you might have already read some of these but oh well
normal people by sally rooney (this is technically romace but ITS SO GOOD), tender is the night by f scott fitzgerald, the year of magical thinking by joan didion, it girl: the life and legacy of jane birkin by marisa meltzer, it by alexa chung (not really a book but it’s worth a read), the secret history by donna tartt, the goldfinch by donna tartt, just kids by patti smith (this book lowkey changed my life), wuthering heights by emily bronte, jane eyre by charlotte bronte, utopia avenue by david mitchell, faster than a cannonball: 1995 and all that by dylan jones (which is about britpop culture and talks about bands like suede, pulp, oasis, blur, elastica, and radiohead as well as magazines and newspapers from that time and film)