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Books to Shake Up Your Book Club

This list includes everything from heartbreaking romances to page-turning thrillers.  Despite their varying genres, these are the kind of stories you’ll want to discuss with friends making these novels the perfect book club picks.

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    The Most Fun We Ever Had

    by Claire Lombardo

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    White Chrysanthemum

    by Mary Lynn Bracht

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    My Sister, the Serial Killer

    by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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    Inland

    by Téa Obreht 

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    America Is Not the Heart

    by Elaine Castillo

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    Where the Crawdads Sing

    by Delia Owens

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    Fleishman Is in Trouble

    by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

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    City of Girls

    by Elizabeth Gilbert

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    A Place for Us

    by Fatima Farheen Mirza

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    My Year of Rest and Relaxation

    by Ottessa Moshfegh

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