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The Essential Gen X Book List

Do you consider yourself as part of Gen X? If so, you've probably read or been recommended these novels! Revisit your favorites, and set the mood by playing Sonic Youth or Ani DiFranco in the background.
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Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City
1
Jay McInerney
The Broom of the System
The Broom of the System
2
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge (Mark Yarm)
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
3
Mark Yarm
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
4
Bret Easton Ellis
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America
5
Tony Kushner
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
6
Bret Easton Ellis
Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)
Motherless Brooklyn
7
Jonathan Lethem
The Beach (Alex Garland)
The Beach
8
Alex Garland
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
9
Sandra Cisneros
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
10
Katherine Dunn
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday
11
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
12
Dave Eggers
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
13
Donna Tartt
The Basketball Diaries (Jim Carroll)
The Basketball Diaries
14
Jim Carroll
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
15
Nick Hornby
Journals (Kurt Cobain)
Journals
16
Kurt Cobain
Anywhere but Here (Mona Simpson)
Anywhere but Here
17
Mona Simpson
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted
18
Susanna Kaysen
Wonder Boys (Michael Chabon)
Wonder Boys
19
Michael Chabon
The Firm (John Grisham)
The Firm
20
John Grisham
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