Normal People

Normal People
First edition cover
AuthorSally Rooney
Audio read byAoife McMahon
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel (Romance)
Set inDublin and Carricklea, County Sligo[1]
PublisherFaber & Faber
Publication date
30 August 2018
Publication placeIreland
Media typePrint
Pages266
Awards2019 British Book Award for Book of the Year[2]
ISBN978-0-571-33464-3
OCLC1061023590
823/.92
LC ClassPR6118.O59 N67 2018

Normal People is a 2018 novel by the Irish author Sally Rooney. Normal People is Rooney's second novel, published after Conversations with Friends (2017). It was first published by Faber & Faber on 30 August 2018.[3] The book became a best-seller in the US, selling almost 64,000 copies in hardcover in its first four months of release.[4] A critically acclaimed and Emmy nominated television adaptation of the same name aired from April 2020 on BBC Three and Hulu. A number of publications ranked it one of the best books of the 2010s.

  1. ^ Hagan, Rachel (31 May 2019). "The BBC Unveils Plans For Adaptation Of Normal People By Sally Rooney". Elle. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Sally Rooney's Normal People wins big at British Book Awards". BBC News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Normal People". Faber & Faber. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  4. ^ Grady, Constance (3 September 2019). "The cult of Sally Rooney". Vox. Retrieved 13 January 2020.