Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Author: Douglas Coupland
Generation X is Douglas Coupland’s acclaimed salute to the generation born in the late 1950s and 1960s–a generation known vaguely up to then as “twentysomething.”Andy, Claire, and Dag, each in their twenties, have quit “pointless jobs done grudgingly to little applause” in their respective hometowns and cut themselves adrift on the California desert. In search of the dras….Read More
21 Books Similar to Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Girlfriend in a Coma
Girls, memory, parenting, millennial fear -- all served Coupland-style. Karen, an attractive, popular student, goes into a coma one night in 1979. Whilst in it, she gives birth to a… Continue Reading Posted in: Canadian Fiction, Coma Patients, Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Patients
Story of My Life
In his breathlessly paced new novel Jay McInerney revisits the nocturnal New York of Bright Lights, Big City. Alison Poole, twenty going on 40,000, is a budding actress already fatally… Continue Reading Posted in: American Humorous Fiction, Bildungsromans, Sex Customs, United States, Women's Psychological Fiction
Microserfs
Narrated in the form of a Powerbook entry by Dan Underwood, a computer programmer for Microsoft, this state-of-the-art novel about life in the '90s follows the adventures of six code-crunching… Continue Reading Posted in: Canada, Computer Software Industry Employees, English Fiction
Bright Lights, Big City
With the publication of Bright Lights, Big City in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. The novel follows a young man, living… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Literature & Fiction, English Fiction, United States
Going Out
Luke can't remember the last time he went outside. When an Internet healer offers to heal his allergies, he and his friend Julie must face their fears and embark on… Continue Reading Posted in: Allergy Treatment, Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Fiction, Friendship
Shampoo Planet
Tyler Johnson is a 20-year-old MTV child. Once a baby raised in a hippie commune, he is now an ambitious Reagan youth dreaming of a career with the corporation whose… Continue Reading Posted in: American Fiction, American Literature, Black Humor (Literature), Dark Humor
Life After God
This collection of stories cuts through the hype of modern living, travelling inward to the elusive terrain of dreams and nightmares. Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Religious Fiction, Fiction, Literature, Religious Fiction Short Stories
Garden State: A Novel
On the occasion of the paperback release of Demonology, Back Bay Books takes pleasure in making all four of Rick Moody's acclaimed earlier works of fiction available in handsome new… Continue Reading Posted in: Literary Fiction, Musical Fiction, Teenagers
Miss Wyoming
Miss Wyoming is a novel by Douglas Coupland. It was first published by Random House of Canada in January 2000. The novel follows two protagonists, Susan Colgate, a former Miss… Continue Reading Posted in: Beauty Contestants, Fiction, Mothers And Daughters
The Tetherballs of Bougainville
From his cult classic, I Smell Esther Williams, to his wildly popular and insightful column "Wild Kingdom" appearing in Esquire magazine every month, Mark Leyner has been giving us up close… Continue Reading Posted in: Fathers And Sons, Humorous Stories, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing, Self-Help & Psychology Humor, Social Life And Customs
Hey Nostradamus!
The story of one family piecing itself back together after a tragic highschool shooting, Hey Nostradamus! is Douglas Coupland's most soulful, piercing and searching novel yet. Pregnant and secretly married,… Continue Reading Posted in: Authors, Canadian, Canadian Fiction, High School Seniors
All Families Are Psychotic
On the eve of the next Space Shuttle mission, a divided family comes together... Warm, witty and wise, All Families Are Psychotic is Coupland at the very top of his… Continue Reading Posted in: Action & Adventure Literary Fiction, Canadian Fiction, Dysfunctional Families, Family, Saga Fiction
The Gum Thief
The first and only story of love and looming apocalypse set in the aisles of an office supply superstore. In Douglas Coupland's ingenious new novel--sort of a Clerks meets Who's… Continue Reading Posted in: American Literature, Diary Fiction, Divorced Men, General Humorous Fiction, Intergenerational Relations
Eleanor Rigby
Liz Dunn is one of the world’s lonely people. She’s in her late thirties and has a boring cubicle job at a communications company, doing work that is only slightly… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Fiction, High School Seniors, Single Women
This Book Will Save Your Life
Short listed for the Richard & Judy Book Club 2007. An uplifting story set in Los Angeles about one man's effort to bring himself back to life. Richard is a… Continue Reading Posted in: Life Change Events, Middle Aged Men, Psychological Fiction
The Dice Man
The cult classic that can still change your life...Let the dice decide! This is the philosophy that changes the life of bored psychiatrist Luke Rhinehart - and in some ways… Continue Reading Posted in: Chance, Contemporary Christian Fiction, Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Fiction, World War (1939 1945)
Syrup
When Scat comes up with the idea for the hottest new soda ever, he's sure he'll retire the next rich, savvy marketing success story. But in the treacherous waters of… Continue Reading Posted in: Computers & Internet Humor, Marketing, Satire, Success In Business
Night of the Shifter’s Moon
With the Royal Scepter in hand, Princess Arianna and her unicorn are armed with Royal Magic. They are ready to reclaim the throne and conquer evil. Continue Reading Posted in: Children's, Fantasy
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