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Five book club picks for a mixed · short · avoiding sci-fi/fantasy 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

Such a Fun Age

by Kiley Reid

Racial profiling incident upends two women's lives - timely and sharp

Four more your club will like

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    Crying in H Mart
    by Michelle Zauner

    Grief, Korean food, and identity - a memoir that hits every reader differently

  2. 3.
    Verity
    by Colleen Hoover

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

  3. 4.
    The Five People You Meet in Heaven
    by Mitch Albom

    Quick read about interconnected lives that prompts reflection

  4. 5.
    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
    by Ocean Vuong

    Poetic letter from son to mother exploring identity and war's aftermath

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