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The Aging X

Technically defined as the generation following the Baby Boomers, Generation Xers were born between 1965 and the late 1970s. Generation Xers were brought up on television, Atari 2600s and personal computers. They are the generation that was raised in the 1970s and 1980s, and saw this country undergo a selfish phase that they do not want to repeat. They are also one of the most entrepeneurial and tech-friendly generations in American history, having founded Amazon, Google, Yahoo, MySpace, Dell, and countless other billion-dollar tech companies and internet mainstays like Wikipedia.

Fiction

About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Animal Husbandry by Laura Zigman

Bouzi by Jennifer Robin
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney

Color Her Dead by Steve Brown

Dead Kids Tell No Tales by Steve Brown
Dharma Punx: A Memoir by Noah Levine

Eating Chinese Food Naked: A Novel by Mei Ng

The First $20 Million is Always the Hardest by Po Bronson

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland
Geniuses of Crack: A Novel by Jeff Gomez

Ice Storm by Rick Moody
Infinite Jest: a Novel by David Foster Wallace

Jack Frusciante has Left the Band: A Love Story--With Rock 'n' Roll by Enrico Brizzi

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Bright

My Mother: Demonology by Kathy Acker

Our Noise: A Novel by Jeff Gomez

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Stripped to Kill by Steve Brown

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Voices of the Xiled: A Generation Speaks for Itself edited by Michael Wexler and John Hulme

Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon

Nonfiction

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finance in your 20s and 30s by Sarah Young Fisher and Susan Shelly. 332.024010842 F537c3

The Everything Personal Finance in your 20s & 30s Book: Erase Your Debt, Personalize Your Budget, and Plan Now to Secure Your Future by Debby Fowles. 332. 0240562 F821e

A Generation Alone: Xers Making a Place in the World by William Mahedy & Janet Bernardi. 248. 84 M277g
GenXpat: The Young Professional's Guide to Making Successful Life Abroad by Margaret Malewski. 650.1 M294g
Gen X TV: The Brady Bunch to Melrose Place by Rob Owen. 302. 23450973 Ow2g

Managing Generation X: How to Bring Out the Best in Young Talent by Bruce Tulgan. 658.30084 T821m 2000
Mind Your X's and Y's: Satisfying the 10 Cravings of a New Generation of Consumers by Lisa Johnson. 658.8342 J634m

Radical Spirit: Spiritual Writings from the Voices of Tomorrow edited by Stephen Dinan. 305. 20973 R118r
Rational Exuberance: The Influence of Generation X on the New American Economy by Meredith Bagby. 305.235 B146r

Single Over Thirty: Witty Insights into the Single Life (Now That You're Not a Kid Anymore) by John D. Husband. 306.815 H951s
Skinny Bitching: A Thirty-Something Woman Mouths Off about Age Angst, Pregnancy Pressure, and the Dieting Battles You'll Never Win by Jenny Lee. 814.6 L513s.
Sleepwalk: And Other Stories by Adrian Tomine. 741.5973 T595s
The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony by Pamela Paul. 306. 810973 P281s

Trillion-Dollar Moms: Marketing to a New Generation of Mothers by Maria T. Bailey and Bonnie W. Ulman. 658.830852 B153t
Tripod's Tools for Life: Streetsmart Strategies for Work, Life--and Everything Else by Matt Goldberg and the Editors and Members of Tripod. 646.700973 G564t

Virtual Faith: The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X by Tom Beaudoin. 261 B381v

Welcome to the Jungle: The Why Behind "Generation X " by Geoffrey T. Holtz. 305. 235 H745w

Plays, Stories and Poetry

Angels in America, Part I and Part II by Tony Kushner. 812.54 K968a

Jeffrey by Paul Rudnick. 812.54 R835j

A Night Without Armor: Poems by Jewel. 811.54 J541n

Pounding Nails in the Floor With my Forehead by Eric Bogosian. 812. 54 B634p

SubUrbia by Eric Bogosian. 812.54 B634su

Voices of the Xiled: A Generation Speaks for Itself edited by Michael Wexler and John Hulme. Shelved in Fiction.

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