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Books for Book Clubs That Like to Disagree

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Books That Reward Going In Knowing Almost Nothing
Books That Reward Going In Knowing Almost Nothing
by book_guy  • 
4 in common: Trust, The Lathe of Heaven and 2 more
Sometimes the best preparation is a sense of tone and enough uninterrupted time, rather than a detailed explanation. These novels reward discovering how they work while you read them. The entries...
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Literary Novels With Plots That Keep Moving
Literary Novels With Plots That Keep Moving
by book_guy  • 
5 in common: The Nickel Boys, Yellowface and 3 more
For readers who enjoy an ambitious sentence and still want a reason to turn the page. These novels make style and character work inside a developing story: a decision creates danger, a revelation...
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Books With Endings That Stay With You
Books With Endings That Stay With You
by book_guy  • 
5 in common: The Handmaid's Tale, The Sense of an Ending and 3 more
Some endings close a plot; others change the weight of everything that came before. These novels, novellas and one story collection earn their place through emotional accumulation, moral...
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Books That Challenge Easy Judgements About Other People
Books That Challenge Easy Judgements About Other People
by book_guy  • 
4 in common: An American Marriage, The Dispossessed and 2 more
A useful change of mind often begins with a judgement that stops feeling adequate. These novels and memoirs make room for conflicting loyalties, incomplete knowledge and lives that resist a...
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Books That Make Hope Feel Earned
Books That Make Hope Feel Earned
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, Small Things Like These and 1 more
Hope is more convincing when the work behind it remains visible. These novels, memoirs and reported accounts find it in practical care, resistance, persistent relationships and changed ways of...
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Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
by book_guy  • 
7 in common: Kindred, Small Things Like These and 5 more
Treat this as a set of doors into different kinds of reading. Familiar novels sit beside translated fiction, memoir, poetry, science and stories told in pictures, chosen for a memorable voice, an...
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Books That Open Up on a Second Reading
Books That Open Up on a Second Reading
by book_guy  • 
4 in common: The Sense of an Ending, Atonement and 2 more
A return visit can move your sympathies, reveal a pattern or make a once-minor conversation feel central. These novels offer particular reasons to read again, from Austen's social misreadings to...
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Novels Told Through Letters, Diaries and Documents
Novels Told Through Letters, Diaries and Documents
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: We need to talk about Kevin and The White Tiger
A letter has an intended reader; a diary has a keeper; a case file has someone who selected the evidence. These novels and novellas make those facts matter. Some unfold entirely through...
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Novels That Tell a Life Out of Order
Novels That Tell a Life Out of Order
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The Sense of an Ending and The Remains of the Day
The order in which we learn about a life can change what we think happened. These novels use returns, reversals, competing recollections or literal jumps through time to make that difference felt...
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Books for a Rainy Day When You Want to Feel Everything
Books for a Rainy Day When You Want to Feel Everything
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day
Some rainy days call for a book that lets longing, tenderness, anger and joy occupy the same room. These choices earn their emotion through particular voices, places and relationships. There are...
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Books That Make a Long Train Journey Fly By
Books That Make a Long Train Journey Fly By
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The White Tiger and Convenience store woman
A good train book establishes its voice quickly and gives you a reason to return after a platform change or an announcement. These choices range from mysteries and speculative adventures to...
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Books to Give When You Are Still Learning Someone's Taste
Books to Give When You Are Still Learning Someone's Taste
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Convenience store woman and The Remains of the Day
An interest can tell you more than a favourite-author quiz: cooking, animals, buildings, words or a well-told story each offers a way into a book. These choices have clear premises and different...
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Novels Where the Narrator's Voice Is the Main Attraction
Novels Where the Narrator's Voice Is the Main Attraction
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day
Some novels earn another page because of the person apparently speaking it. These choices favour distinctive rhythms, obsessions, evasions and ways of addressing a listener, from intimate...
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Short Novels That Stay With You for Years
Short Novels That Stay With You for Years
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The Sense of an Ending and Convenience store woman
A short novel can leave a much larger world behind it. These complete novels and novellas earn their place through a memorable voice, moral pressure or an ending that changes the meaning of what...
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Books That Made Me Fall in Love With Reading Again
Books That Made Me Fall in Love With Reading Again
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Convenience store woman and The Remains of the Day
When reading starts to feel like another unfinished obligation, a book with an inviting voice can matter more than a reading target. These choices favour emotional involvement, manageable...
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Books About Work That Get the Small Details Right
Books About Work That Get the Small Details Right
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Convenience store woman and The Remains of the Day
Competence is usually less glamorous than it looks from the outside. These books notice the preparation, repetition, fatigue and awkward human exchanges that let a job continue. They range from...
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Books for When You Want Anger With Somewhere to Go
Books for When You Want Anger With Somewhere to Go
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Dispossessed
Anger becomes more useful when you can name the arrangements behind it, hear from the people affected and argue about what might change them. This selection moves between organising studies...
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Novels Where Different Voices Change the Story
Novels Where Different Voices Change the Story
by book_guy  • 
In common: An American Marriage
A change of speaker can change what counts as the problem. These novels give different accounts and perspectives room to expose conflicting loyalties, private needs and unequal power. Some...
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Books for People Who Think They Do Not Like Reading
Books for People Who Think They Do Not Like Reading
by book_guy  • 
In common: Convenience store woman
If films, podcasts and a good conversation usually win your attention, start with the kind of experience you already enjoy. These books offer an immediate voice, a compelling question or pictures...
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Books for Your Twenties When Life Refuses to Follow a Plan
Books for Your Twenties When Life Refuses to Follow a Plan
by book_guy  • 
In common: Convenience store woman
Your twenties can feel like a series of decisions made while watching other people appear to get theirs right. These novels, essays and memoirs question that impression through insecure work...
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