Pro tip: let your book club fight over the ending before you pick the next read

I used to plan our monthly pick like a dictator, showing up with three options and a summary I wrote myself. Back in April, our group nearly split over the open ending in Our Wives Under the Sea, and the argument lasted forty minutes past our usual stop time. Now I bring just the title and the first chapter, no author bio, no themes, and I let everyone guess what it's about before we vote. That debate shaped the whole discussion guide I draft for the next meeting, and it made me realize the strongest talks come from what members can't agree on, not what they already expect. Has anyone else tried voting on a book without telling the group what it's about, or does that sound like a disaster waiting to happen?

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