Generation X


Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
High Fidelity
Generation X Epic Collection, Vol. 1: Back to School
The Nineties
The Beach
13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?
The Secret History
Less Than Zero
JPod
Generation X Epic Collection, Vol. 4: Pride and Penance
Generation X Epic Collection, Vol. 3: The Secret of M
Generation X Epic Collection, Vol. 2: Emplate's Revenge
Generation X Goes to College: An Eye-Opening Account of Teaching in Postmodern America
1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFight Club by Chuck PalahniukSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Postmodern cult classics
87 books — 99 voters

Trainspotting by Irvine WelshGeneration X by Douglas CouplandPraise by Andrew McGahanYou Belong Here by Laurie SteedRoute 666 by Gina Arnold
Generation X books: 90's memories
23 books — 5 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukTrainspotting by Irvine WelshHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Talking 'Bout My Generation...
581 books — 444 voters

The Joy Makers by James E. GunnOur Friends From Frolix 8 by Philip K. DickMockingbird by Walter TevisThe Gunslinger by Stephen  KingThe Song of Synth by Seb Doubinsky
Generation X Reading List 2018
20 books — 1 voter
Kiss the Sky by Farai ChideyaAmericana by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Black Gen X Chick Lit
2 books — 1 voter

Ada Calhoun
The people I know who are happy realize they can't care about everything," says Deal. "You have to decide what you care about. If everything matters to you, you're going to go nuts. ...more
Ada Calhoun, Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis

By some definitions I am a millennial. I was born in 1980 and entered adulthood in the early 2000s, and my transition from child to adult lasted over a decade. However, I don’t identify as a millennial. If I had been born five months earlier I would have been branded Generation X, a label I don’t feel a strong connection to either. And no brand savvy sociologist came up with a term catchy enough to enter the zeitgeist for the in-betweeners born on the cusp.
Steven Barker

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Top Shelf Reads Portage District Library presents a book discussion group just for young professionals. Join us …more
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Q&A with Wayne Lockwood Join Goodreads author and former national Generation X columnist Wayne Lockwood in discussion ab…more
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Ask R.D. Ronald Questions readers of The Elephant Tree and The Zombie Room may have about contentious issues rai…more
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