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Five book club picks for a mixed · short · avoiding non-fiction 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

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

Time-hopping anti-war classic - short enough to read twice before meeting

Four more your club will like

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    Before We Were Strangers
    by Renée Carlino

    Missed connections and second chances in New York City

  2. 3.
    Verity
    by Colleen Hoover

    Dark thriller with a manuscript-within-a-manuscript twist

  3. 4.
    The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
    by Alexander McCall Smith

    Gentle mysteries set in Botswana - refreshingly different

  4. 5.
    Beach Read
    by Emily Henry

    Light but substantive enough for discussion

Refine these for your specific group

These picks fit a mixed · short · avoiding non-fictiongroup on average. The 2-minute quiz tunes them to your group's actual taste — and once you have a club going, ratings improve future picks.