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Normal People

If you loved Normal People by Sally Rooney, these 6 books capture the same magic. Each one hand-picked by AI for fans like you.

01

Exciting Times

by Naoise Dolan

Fans of Normal People's witty banter and millennial relationship tensions will adore this sharp Dublin love triangle.

02

Everything I Know About Love

by Dolly Alderton

Captures the messy friendships and romantic heartaches of young adulthood like Normal People's emotional intimacy.

03

The Idiot

by Elif Batuman

Offers intellectual yearning and awkward college romance mirroring Connell and Marianne's on-off dynamic.

04

Conversations with Friends

by Sally Rooney

Delivers the same precise dialogue and complicated Dublin affairs fans crave in Normal People.

05

Expectation

by Anna Hope

Explores female friendship strains and life regrets akin to Normal People's class-tinged heartbreaks.

06

Milk Fed

by Melissa Broder

Intense queer desire and body issues echo Normal People's raw, obsessive modern love explorations.

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