10 best-selling contemporary books like Normal People: The Scripts by Sally Rooney

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Normal People: The Scripts

By: Sally Rooney

4.59

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Delve deeper into the Emmy- and Golden Globe–nominated Hulu series based on Sally Rooney's bestsell…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Normal People: The Scripts by Sally Rooney , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. One Day

By: David Nicholls

5.00

Format: 362 pages,

It's 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met on the night of their graduation. To… read more

Similar categories in David Nicholls's One Day book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Fleabag: The Original Play

By: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

3.95

Format: 768 pages,

'I sit on the loo and think about all the people I can have sex with now. I'm not obsessed with sex… read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Original Play book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • theatre
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan, None

3. Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

By: Richard Linklater , Kim Krizan , None

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In one volume, the screenplays to two contemporary classics, directed by Richard Linklater, and sta… read more

Similar categories in Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • romance
  • film
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • plays

4. Call Me by Your Name

By: André Aciman

3.94

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolesc… read more

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5. Sonetos del amor oscuro

By: Federico García Lorca

3.24

Format: 324 pages,

Cuando Lorca fue asesinado en 1936, estaba en el apogeo de su madurez literaria, como demuestran la… read more

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6. Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

By: Alice Oseman

4.49

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about l… read more

Similar categories in Alice Oseman's Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5) book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • mental health
"Una parte de la intimidad consiste en confiar en alguien lo suficiente como para renunciar a una parte de ese control. Y eso, a veces, es muy difícil. Pero es importante que recuerdes que, si Nick y …"

-Alice Oseman, Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

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7. Talking at Night

By: Claire Daverley

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Will and Rosie meet as teenagers. They’re opposites in every way. She overthinks everything; he … read more

Similar categories in Claire Daverley's Talking at Night book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Cleopatra and Frankenstein

By: Coco Mellors

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant d… read more

Similar categories in Coco Mellors's Cleopatra and Frankenstein book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And you’re in love?"

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

"People are like this too, you know,"

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

"When the darkest part of you meets the darkest part of me, it creates light."

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

"Cleo and Frank could not make each other happy, no matter how hard they’d tried."

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

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9. Everything I Know About Love

By: Dolly Alderton

4.00

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking internationally bestselling memoir about growing up, g… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • romance
  • contemporary
"Nearly everything I know about love, I've learnt from my long-term friendships with women."

-Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

"No matter how uncertain and unpredictable life gets, some people really do walk next to you for ever."

-Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

"She knows where to find everything in me and I know where all her stuff is too. She is, in short, my best friend."

-Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

"I don't need any words or looks or comments from a man to believe I'm visible; to believe I'm here. don't need to run away from discomfort and into a male eyeliner. That's not where I come alive."

-Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

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10. Fleabag: The Scriptures

By: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

4.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Fleabag: The Scriptures includes new writing from Phoebe Waller-Bridge alongside the filming script… read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • plays
  • drama
"I think you know how to love better than any of us. That's why you find it all so painful."

-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures

"The funeral liturgy says that life is changed and not ended. I've always loved that, if that's of any help."

-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures

"I just think I want someone to tell me how to live my life, Father, because so far, I think I've been getting it wrong."

-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures

"[Love] is all any of us want and it's hell when we get there. So no wonder it's something we don't want to do on our own."

-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures

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11. Get Out: The Complete Annotated Screenplay

By: Jordan Peele

4.78

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Jordan Peele’s celebrated screenplay combines horror and dark humor to reveal the terrifying realit… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Peele's Get Out: The Complete Annotated Screenplay book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • plays
  • fiction
  • film
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12. Amy Winehouse – In Her Words

By: Amy Winehouse

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Global iconSix-time Grammy winnerHeadline-makerThe most talented recording artist of her generation… read more

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13. Barbie: The Screenplay

By: Greta Gerwig

4.74

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

Barbie's perfect life spirals into existential chaos, prompting a soul-searching journey that chall… read more

Similar categories in Greta Gerwig's Barbie: The Screenplay book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • plays
  • fiction
  • film
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14. Lady Bird [Screenplay]

By: Greta Gerwig

4.54

Format: 115 pages, None

A teenager navigates a loving but turbulent relationship with her strong-willed mother over the cou… read more

Similar categories in Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird [Screenplay] book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • plays
  • film
  • contemporary
Cover of Cartas desde el desierto by Manu Carbajo

15. Cartas desde el desierto

By: Manu Carbajo

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

En un futuro no muy lejano, La Mili vuelve a ser obligatoria para todos los jóvenes que cumplan die… read more

Similar categories in Manu Carbajo's Cartas desde el desierto book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • romance
Cover of Normal People: The Scripts by Sally Rooney

16. Normal People: The Scripts

By: Sally Rooney

4.59

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Delve deeper into the Emmy- and Golden Globe–nominated Hulu series based on Sally Rooney's bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • film
  • mental health
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • irish literature
  • plays
  • drama
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17. El maestro que prometió el mar

By: Francesc Escribano

4.25

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

A finales de julio de 1936, justo en el inicio de la Guerra Civil, desapareció el maestro catalán A… read more

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Cover of Aftersun: A Screenplay by Matthew Ogdahl

18. Aftersun: A Screenplay

By: Matthew Ogdahl

4.81

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

None read more

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19. Hereditary (A24 Screenplay Book)

By: Ari Aster

4.59

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Clear off your miniatures and make space for the new Hereditary screenplay book. Featuring a forewo… read more

Similar categories in Ari Aster's Hereditary (A24 Screenplay Book) book and Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts

  • plays
  • film
Cover of Succession –  Season Three: The Complete Scripts by Jesse Armstrong

20. Succession – Season Three: The Complete Scripts

By: Jesse Armstrong

4.83

Format: None pages, ebook

The complete, authorised scripts, including deleted scenes, of the multiple award-winning Successio… read more

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Cover of The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky

21. The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Screenplay

By: Stephen Chbosky

4.44

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

None read more

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3.95

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3.57

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4.49

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5.00

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David Nicholls

4.08

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4.53

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4.21

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