Banal Nightmare - Halle Butler

Halle Butler's first novel, Jillian, was called the feel-bad book of the year by the Chicago Tribune. Her second novel, The New Me, was named a Best Book of the Decade by Vox and a Best Book of the Year by Vanity Fair, Vulture, the Chicago Tribune, Mashable, Bustle, and NPR, and the New Yorker called it a definitive work of millennial literature. She was named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree.