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Picks · Literary · short · avoiding Horror

Five book club picks for a literary · short · avoiding horror group

These books were chosen from our 150-book editorial catalog using the same matching algorithm we use on the quiz. They're a starting point — refine for your specific group with the 2-minute quiz.

Top pick

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

by Heather Morris

True love story inside a concentration camp - moving and accessible

Four more your club will like

  1. 2.
    Yellowface
    by R.F. Kuang

    Publishing industry satire about identity theft and racism - razor-sharp

  2. 3.
    Klara and the Sun
    by Kazuo Ishiguro

    Quiet but profound - lingers after reading

  3. 4.
    Normal People
    by Sally Rooney

    Will-they-won't-they with class tension that divides book clubs

  4. 5.
    Small Things Like These
    by Claire Keegan

    Booker-shortlisted novella about moral courage in 1980s Ireland

Refine these for your specific group

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