Jenny Offill

Aug 13, 2024 | aarp.org | Colson Whitehead |Jenny Offill |Helen DeWitt |Leïla Slimani

Photo Collage: AARP; (Source: Vintage (2); Catapult; New Directions; Penguin Books; Bellevue Literary Press; Grove Press (2); Getty Images (2)) Facebook Twitter LinkedIn It happens to countless book clubs: You start out with great intentions of reading brilliant weighty novels, taking on books like Barbara Kingsolver’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Demon Copperhead (560 pages) or Abraham Verghese’s epic The Covenant of Water (736 pages). They’re fantastic, but many members of your group just don’t...