Five book club picks for a mixed · medium-length · avoiding romance group
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Top pick
Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Sally Rooney
Friendship and modern anxiety explored through email and narrative
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- 2.Station Elevenby Emily St. John Mandel
Post-pandemic art and survival - resonant and beautifully written
- 3.Maybe You Should Talk to Someoneby Lori Gottlieb
Therapist becomes patient - funny, moving, and endlessly discussable
- 4.The Book Thiefby Markus Zusak
Death narrates WWII Germany - unique perspective that lingers
- 5.The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Waoby Junot Díaz
Pulitzer winner mixing Dominican history with nerd culture and curses
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