It begins like every high school romance does: The popular jock, who falls in love with the nerdy ‘ugly duckling’. However, this is where all the similarities end between every high school book ever and Sally Rooney’s brilliant, heartbreaking and entirely unpretentious book.
It is the end of a year that has upended the world and changed life as we know it. There has been loss, there has been grief, yet love thrives through it all. For those among us who’ve lost loved ones, who are far apart from their significant others, or who will be unable to hug our families this festive season, love is alive, but tinged with the bittersweet. Here, we select some of the best books to read that navigate the love, joy, pain and sorrow we have experienced this year
Normal People by Sally Rooney
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