Normal People

This is one of those novels for young adults where the main girl character is awkward, bullied at school, and her family is abusive, and she falls for the main guy character, and he's handsome and athletic, but also mysterious and introspective, and yet it subverts expectations, it even subverts its own clichés.

Normal People is filled with beautiful sentences, and Sally Rooney has a tremendous capacity for writing complex and neurotic teenagers who become equally complex and neurotic adults.
I also find it admirable how she explores capitalism and the effect it has on our relationships and our mental well-being, and how the place and people you grow up with can dictate your future.