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Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (2021)
8.0/10on Open Library
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A conversation about a crime novel makes a stranger think Finlay takes commissions for murder. Her attempts to balance childcare, a deadline, and the misunderstanding raise a useful question. Which corner would you cut first?
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2012)
7.4/10on Open Library
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Emails, reports, and other documents let a daughter try to understand a famous architect’s disappearance. The funniest complaints can turn out to be evidence of a bigger grievance. Ask who in the collection has the strongest motive to make themselves look reasonable.
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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (2023)
8.7/10on Open Library
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Tea-shop owner Vera treats every suspected murderer like a guest who needs feeding and instruction. Ask when that strategy helps her see something the police miss and when her certainty makes her less observant.
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Nothing to See Here (2019)
8.0/10on Open Library
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A live-in caretaker takes charge of two kids who burst into flames. The premise is funny and concrete enough to spark a group argument about what makes a safe home and whether Lillian is the only adult doing her job.
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Arsenic and Adobo (2021)
7.3/10on Open Library
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Restaurant work and relatives’ advice keep interrupting Lila’s investigation after her ex dies. Compare the favors your group sees as real community care with the ones that turn into unwelcome pressure.
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Dial A for Aunties (2021)
6.0/10on Open Library
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Wedding work, a misplaced body and family meddling pile up fast. Ask which of the aunties’ plans you’d have trusted and which family obligations Meddy should have refused earlier.
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The Spellman Files (2007)
6.8/10on Open Library
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Hiring detectives to watch your children takes the usual family boundary problems well past a sensible limit. Discuss whether any family member could quit snooping without losing their advantage over everyone else.
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Murder Your Employer (2023)
4.7/10on Open Library
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A school trains students to eliminate terrible bosses, and the etiquette and coursework send up the self-help manual. Discuss whether the elaborate institution makes students more accountable for their choices or helps them avoid thinking about them.
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Anxious People (2020)
8.7/10on Open Library
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An open-house viewing turns into a hostage situation with a room full of unhelpful witnesses. Once your group has the whole picture, compare the first impression you formed of a character with the detail that changed it.
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The Thursday Murder Club (2020)
7.3/10on Open Library
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The puzzle gets the story moving, but the retirement-village friends make this a good pick for a discussion of age and independence. Ask which member gets underestimated most, and when the group’s rule-breaking starts to look like a virtue.
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Less (2017)
7.5/10on Open Library
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A novelist uses a string of invitations to avoid an ex’s wedding. His trip gives a group plenty of secondhand embarrassment to talk about. Ask which rejection Arthur actually fears most.
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The Wedding People (2024)
8.0/10on Open Library
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An unexpected hotel guest gets drawn into a wedding party and starts hearing what its members won’t say at home. The sharp reception-room comedy sits alongside suicidal grief. Ask why saying some things to strangers can be easier than saying them to friends.
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The people we hate at the wedding (2017)
8.0/10on Open Library
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A wedding draws a family across the Atlantic and gives them an excuse to keep score about each other’s lives. Ask who the title could be talking about in each scene, and whether you change your mind once you know who is keeping score.
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The Rosie Project (2013)
7.8/10on Open Library
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A genetics professor approaches romance with a questionnaire, then finds that the most interesting person breaks its rules. Compare the traits your group thinks the questionnaire ought to test with the traits that actually make Don someone a partner could live with.
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En man som heter Ove (2012)
8.6/10on Open Library
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In A Man Called Ove, new neighbors upend the carefully arranged life of a man who wants to be left alone. Ask which ordinary favor first makes their relationship feel mutual. The story mixes prickly humor with grief and suicidal thoughts.
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Dear Committee Members (2014)
7.3/10on Open Library
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A professor’s increasingly exasperated recommendation letters pull the curtain back on a struggling department. Ask whose work is being taken for granted and which letter the committee would have been wise to read all the way through.
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2012)
7.4/10on Open Library
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A man in boat shoes walks much farther than he planned, and the people he meets keep tripping up his ideas about what the journey means. Ask whether Harold’s spontaneous decision is brave or a particularly elaborate way to leave things unsaid at home.
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The Princess Bride (1973)
8.5/10on Open Library
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The made-up abridgment of an adventure story keeps interrupting itself with the editor’s commentary. Compare the parts Goldman claims to have cut with the parts your group would keep, then ask which narrator you trust least.
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Funny Story (2024)
8.3/10on Open Library
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Daphne ends up sharing a home with the ex of the woman her fiancé left her for. Use the funny debriefs about the two former relationships to ask how much of anyone’s story changes when they have a listener sympathetic to a different side.
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The Idiot (1969)
7.1/10on Open Library
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Selin’s first year of college includes long email exchanges in which two students can barely agree on what they mean. Ask which misunderstandings only become possible because the pair have time to write back.
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Big Swiss (2023)
8.0/10on Open Library
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A transcriptionist gets fixated on a woman whose sex-therapy sessions she types. Dark jokes and blunt dialogue give a group more to debate than whether the premise is outrageous. Ask who gets to decide when an overheard story can become yours.
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