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20054046 No.20054046 [Reply] [Original]

Recommend contemporary fiction (90s to present) about normie young people leading normal lives (going in and out of relationships, having sex, socialising, killing time at work, hanging out with friends, etc).

>> No.20054085

>>20054046
Anything by McCarthy

>> No.20054091

>>20054046
Rules of attraction

>> No.20054092

>>20054046
Why would anyone read this shit? Just watch social media posts.

>> No.20054113

>>20054046
What you want is Bret Easton Ellis

>> No.20054124

normal people

>> No.20054144
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>> No.20054159

no one is "normal" friend. no one's life is as simple as going out and getting laid. don't conflate activity with personality

>> No.20054325

Any British novels which fit this criteria?

>> No.20055455

bump

>> No.20055468

>>20054085
Heh

>> No.20055855

>>20054325
Trainspotting

>> No.20055886

Sally Rooney

>> No.20055931

Douglas Coupland's novels are kind of like this, specifically Microserfs, Generation X, and JPOD. The characters are mostly nerds but they have jobs and relationships, which makes them normies by 4chan standards.

I really liked these books at the time, but I don't imagine time has been kind to them. Still worth a look.

>> No.20055951

>>20055931
Hey! Nostradamus also fits the bill, actually, and is probably Coupland's best novel. But a lot of it revolves around a school shooting, and it was written back when those where still rare. The experience will be pretty different 20 years later.