Currently a New York Times best-seller, the HuLU original series is nominated for an Emmy and is on the Booker Prize shortlist. From the author of Conversations with Friends, “a master of the literary page-turner” (J. Courtney Sullivan), comes “a stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships” (People).

“[A] book that requires obsessive reading in a single sitting.” —The Post in Washington

ONE OF THE DECADE’S TOP TEN NOVELS IN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

The New York Public Library, Harvard Crimson, Slate, and People are among the top ten books of the year.

The only similarity between Marianne and Connell is that they both grew up in the same little town. Connell is well-liked and popular in school, whereas Marianne is a recluse. However, something life-altering starts when the two start an awkward but exciting chat.

They are both enrolled at Dublin’s Trinity College a year later. Connell hovers on the periphery, timid and unsure, while Marianne has settled into a new social environment. Marianne and Connell circle each other during their time at university, veering off course toward other people and opportunities but always being captivated back together. And both of them have to face how far they are prepared to go in order to save the other as she starts to destroy herself and he starts looking for purpose elsewhere.

The story of love, friendship, and mutual attraction is told in Normal People. It follows two people who attempt to keep apart but are unable to do so, from that initial chat to the following years.