If the BBC adaptation (and Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones’s undeniable chemistry) lives rent-free in your mind, then hark back to the original material with Sally Rooney’s novel. Normal People follows contemporary star-crossed lovers Marianne and Connell as they venture from their small rural school life into university, and (sort of) beyond. Like the TV series, you can expect lots of intensity, passion, and heartbreak in this modern classic.
