Normal People
Title | Normal People PDF eBook |
Author | Sally Rooney |
Publisher | Crown |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2019-04-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1984822195 |
NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • “A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships” (People) from the author of Conversations with Friends, “a master of the literary page-turner” (J. Courtney Sullivan). “[A] novel that demands to be read compulsively, in one sitting.”—The Washington Post ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: People, Slate, The New York Public Library, Harvard Crimson Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation—awkward but electrifying—something life changing begins. A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years at university, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other. Normal People is the story of mutual fascination, friendship, and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find that they can’t. WINNER: The British Book Award, The Costa Book Award, The An Post Irish Novel of the Year, Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Vogue, Esquire, Glamour, Elle, Marie Claire, Vox, The Paris Review, Good Housekeeping, Town & Country
All Adults Here
Title | All Adults Here PDF eBook |
Author | Emma Straub |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2020-05-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0698407989 |
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK! "In a time when all we want is hope, it’s a beautiful book to reach for." -Jenna Bush Hager "Brimming with kindness, forgiveness, humor and love and yet (magically) also a page turner that held me captive until it was finished. This is Emma Straub's absolute best and the world will love it. I love it." —Ann Patchett “An immensely charming and warmhearted book. It’s a vacation for the soul.”—Vox A warm, funny, and keenly perceptive novel about the life cycle of one family--as the kids become parents, grandchildren become teenagers, and a matriarch confronts the legacy of her mistakes. From the New York Times bestselling author of Modern Lovers and The Vacationers, and the forthcoming novel This Time Tomorrow. When Astrid Strick witnesses a school bus accident in the center of town, it jostles loose a repressed memory from her young parenting days decades earlier. Suddenly, Astrid realizes she was not quite the parent she thought she'd been to her three, now-grown children. But to what consequence? Astrid's youngest son is drifting and unfocused, making parenting mistakes of his own. Her daughter is pregnant yet struggling to give up her own adolescence. And her eldest seems to measure his adult life according to standards no one else shares. But who gets to decide, so many years later, which long-ago lapses were the ones that mattered? Who decides which apologies really count? It might be that only Astrid's thirteen-year-old granddaughter and her new friend really understand the courage it takes to tell the truth to the people you love the most. In All Adults Here, Emma Straub's unique alchemy of wisdom, humor, and insight come together in a deeply satisfying story about adult siblings, aging parents, high school boyfriends, middle school mean girls, the lifelong effects of birth order, and all the other things that follow us into adulthood, whether we like them to or not.
Normal Doesn't Exist Here
Title | Normal Doesn't Exist Here PDF eBook |
Author | Chelsey Spicer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2021-04-17 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780578900315 |
Alex loves two things: trolling fanfiction authors anonymously and Dilynn Greyson. As Alex watches Dilynn's engagement fall apart in the middle of a crowded mall, there is a flicker of hope that Dilynn could accept their non-binary status and choose them, so they agree to a social engagement at Dilynn's house. If Alex has any chance with Dilynn, they will have to be honest about who they are and face the possibility of another door closing in their face. Dilynn smiles too much. She smiles when her daughter, Evie makes fun of her publicly and when Lyra, the woman that slept Dilynn's with former fiancé, shows up at the Greyson's front door in middle of the night. She also smiles as she talks about Runner89, the troll commenting on her fanfiction work. Evie wants to be normal. Finally stable with her adopted mother, Evie wants to see her mom happy. Anger and fear constantly stand in the way of her reaching that sense of normalcy that she seeks. Lyra doesn't want to spend another night on the street. She's avoided prostitution thus far, but her time may be running out. She doesn't know if the door will be open for her. She doesn't know what will be on the other side. All she has is hope.
We Are Totally Normal
Title | We Are Totally Normal PDF eBook |
Author | Naomi Kanakia |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2020-03-31 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0062865838 |
In this queer contemporary YA, perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story, Nandan’s perfect plan for junior year goes awry after he hooks up with a guy for the first time. Nandan’s got a plan to make his junior year perfect, but hooking up with his friend Dave isn’t part of it—especially because Nandan has never been into guys. Still, Nandan’s willing to give a relationship with him a shot. But the more his anxiety grows about what his sexuality means for himself, his friends, and his social life, the more he wonders whether he can just take it all back. Is breaking up with Dave—the only person who’s ever really gotten him—worth feeling “normal” again?
Normal
Title | Normal PDF eBook |
Author | Graeme Cameron |
Publisher | Harlequin |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2016-03-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0778317773 |
The nameless narrator first appears to fit the stereotype of a meticulous killer untroubled by normal emotions. He researched 18-year-old Sarah Abbott, who was taking a year off from school before heading to Oxford, killed her in her house, and carefully cleaned up afterward. On returning to his van, however, he discovers that he has locked its keys inside. A brick through the van's window solves that problem, but later, back at the victim's house, he runs into a friend of Sarah's, Erica Shaw, who winds up in a cage in the basement of the narrator's garage. His bumbling continues throughout. In a big departure from the standard serial killer trope, he begins nonpredatory relationships with three different women. He even falls in love with one of them. Those who have no trouble accepting a humanized serial killer will be most satisfied.
No Such Thing As Normal
Title | No Such Thing As Normal PDF eBook |
Author | Megan DeJarnett |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2020-02-22 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780578646534 |
No Such Thing As Normal speaks to the curiosities and difficult questions that arise in a world full of diversity. Equipped with discussion questions, this story provides a creative, honest, and interactive way to instill dignity and respect for all people.
This Is Not a Normal Animal Book
Title | This Is Not a Normal Animal Book PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Segal-Walters |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2017-11-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1481439235 |
Blobfish! Blobfish blobfish blobfish! This is a silly picture book about animals and collaboration—or lack thereof. But mostly blobfish. This is a book about animals. It is? I mean, it sort of is. It does have animals in it. It’s a book about animals. I hear you, but you have to admit it’s pretty strange. This is NOT a normal animal book. You should read it. At least we can agree on that. This offbeat picture book asks hilarious questions about animals and art, who’s in charge of a picture book—the author or the illustrator—and really gets you thinking about…BLOBFISH!