Literary fiction someone indie would like?

Question

My favorite authors are Elliot Perlman, Douglas Coupland, Margaret Atwood, Chuck Palahniuk, Bret Easton Ellis, Miranda July, and Dave Eggers. (Don't read David Sedaris.)

Who else is a good author that writes emotional fiction?

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I've already read that one. :)

Answer 1

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I think you might like The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

Answer 2

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Definitely indie, definitely emotional.

Ugh I didn't see him on your list but should have figured uhh uhh you've probably already read invisible monsters uhhmm....TWILIGHT!?!?! Just kidding. The Sookie Stackhouse books could be good, because the show True Blood is so good. Bleh, sorry I couldn't help more.

Answer 3

James St. James wrote a book called Freak Show that I absolutely loved. It's for teens, but damned if I didn't snap it up at the age of 23.

Also, Christopher Moore's books run the gamut of emotion, are smart, cleverly irreverent and funny to boot. He's got books about whales, Jesus, Shakespeare, vampires in San Francisco, a little girl whose father collects people's souls in second-hand merchandise. Start with A Dirty Job or even Lamb. Can't go wrong!

Jasper Fforde has some of the best novels I've read in years in his Thursday Next series, it starts with The Eyre AffairI absolutely love them because they're funny, easy to read and even turn out to be surprisingly touching but never ordinary enough to be boring.

Jeanette Winterson, especially with her book Weight, is pretty awesome.

Neil Gaiman is pretty much incredible, so if you haven't picked him up, do so. Even if they're in weird settings, there's some real human feeling mixed up in there. (Did you see coraline? The book is even better, though that's his children's stuff.) For kids start with Coraline or The Graveyard Book. For his adult stuff, I like Anansi Boys the best. It's the most accessible in my opinion.

And although he does not write fiction, try Chuck Klosterman. Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs has to be at the top of any "indie" sort of person's non-fiction reading list. It's divided into short essays about everything pop culture from Star Wars to the idea of love that Hollywood sells through bands like Coldplay and movies like Say Anything. He writes about himself and his personal life even while saying the most ridiculously funny things you'll want to read out loud to your friends. He's awesome.

Answer 4

Chinua Achebe's Man of the People is a good one in that area. If you haven't read it, Vonnegut's Jailbird would be a good choice also.