(Tom Perrotta (born August 13, 1961) is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novels Election (1998) and Little Children (2004), both of which were made into critically acclaimed, Golden Globe-nominated films. Perrotta co-wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film version of Little Children with Todd Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Novels
The Wishbones (1997)
Election (1998)
Joe College (2000)
Little Children (2003)
The Abstinence Teacher (2007)
The Leftovers (2011)
Mrs. Fletcher (2017)
Election (1998)
Joe College (2000)
Little Children (2003)
The Abstinence Teacher (2007)
The Leftovers (2011)
Mrs. Fletcher (2017)
Collections
Plays
Novellas
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Tom Perrotta recommends
Maneater (2003)
Gigi Levangie Grazer
"Maneater is the rare satire that manages to be both scathingly funny and affectionate toward its targets. Gigi Levangie's gloriously ditzy L.A. party girls make the women of Sex and the City seem like a bunch of stuffy New York intellectuals."
Rattled (2006)
Debra Galant
"Debra Galant does for the McMansions of New Jersey what Carl Hiaasen did for the swamps of Florida."
Death of a Circus (2006)
Chandra Prasad
"Puts a fresh spin on the timeworn myths of the big top. Chandra Prasad's Death of a Circus is narrated with Dickensian verve, a keen eye for historical detail, and lots of heart."
I Love You, Beth Cooper (2007)
Larry Doyle
"An instant classic... freakishly smart and wickedly funny."
The Romantics (2008)
Galt Niederhoffer
"The Romantics is a smart, edgy novel that is wickedly insightful about class and privilege, amusingly cynical about love and friendship, and thoroughly entertaining throughout. Galt Niederhoffer is an elegant prose stylist and a shrewd social observer."
Parents Behaving Badly (2011)
Scott Gummer
"Not just a sharp satire about Little League madness but a shrewd and sympathetic portrait of a midlife marriage."
Best Staged Plans (2011)
Claire Cook
"Claire Cook's characters aren't rich or glamorous--they're physically imperfect, emotionally insecure, and deeply familiar."
The End of Everything (2011)
Megan Abbott
"Megan Abbott writes with total authority and an almost desperate intensity; her story grabs hold of you and won't let go."
Blind Speed (2012)
Josh Barkan
"Part farce, part political satire, part metafiction, Blind Speed is a rich fictional stew. Josh Barkan has written an energetic modern-day picaresque."
Vernon Downs (2014)
Jaime Clarke
"A gripping, hypnotically written and unnerving look at the dark side of literary adulation."
Edgar and Lucy (2017)
Victor Lodato
"A quirky coming-of-age novel that deepens into something dark and strange without losing its heart or its sense of wonder."
The Italian Teacher (2018)
Tom Rachman
"The Italian Teacher is a marvel - an entertaining, heartbreaking novel about art, family, loyalty, and authenticity. Tom Rachman is an enormously talented writer - this book is alive, from the first page to the last."
An American Marriage (2018)
Tayari Jones
"An American Marriage asks hard questions about injustice and betrayal, and answers them with a heartbreaking and genuinely suspenseful love story in which nobody's wrong and everybody's wounded. Tayari Jones has written a complex and important novel about people trapped in a tragic situation, struggling to reconcile their responsibilities and desires."
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