If the Great Recession has you down, try one of these ten books (featured in this article from Flavorwire) and laugh at someone else's economic distress. In Model Home, enjoy the delicious irony of an upper-class investor whose bad move in the real estate market forces him out of his elite gated community and into one of the substandard homes he himself once developed. In The Craiglist Murders, an interior designer takes the Robin Hood concept to the next level & seeks brutal revenge on rich Manhattanites. In both Union Atlantic and This is Where We Live, the characters deal with loss of income and potential home foreclosure. This One Is Mine tells the story of the discontented wife of a rock star, while Insignificant Others (available via interloan from other Suffolk County libraries) is the story of a 50-something gay software engineer's depressing project to create a list of his disappointments. In The Hole We're In, a working-class church-going Texas family struggles to keep it together as the bills mount; by contrast, The Recessionistas (described by some as Gossip Girl for adults) tells the story of a family at the opposite end of the wealth spectrum who is also adversely affected by the Great Recession. The Privileges tells the story of a wealthy couple of newlyweds who are keen to climb the social ladder. And Fight Club, while written in the 1990s, may resonate with readers who are now working longer hours with less pay.
Top Ten Schadenfreude Picks
If the Great Recession has you down, try one of these ten books (featured in this article from Flavorwire) and laugh at someone else's economic distress. In Model Home, enjoy the delicious irony of an upper-class investor whose bad move in the real estate market forces him out of his elite gated community and into one of the substandard homes he himself once developed. In The Craiglist Murders, an interior designer takes the Robin Hood concept to the next level & seeks brutal revenge on rich Manhattanites. In both Union Atlantic and This is Where We Live, the characters deal with loss of income and potential home foreclosure. This One Is Mine tells the story of the discontented wife of a rock star, while Insignificant Others (available via interloan from other Suffolk County libraries) is the story of a 50-something gay software engineer's depressing project to create a list of his disappointments. In The Hole We're In, a working-class church-going Texas family struggles to keep it together as the bills mount; by contrast, The Recessionistas (described by some as Gossip Girl for adults) tells the story of a family at the opposite end of the wealth spectrum who is also adversely affected by the Great Recession. The Privileges tells the story of a wealthy couple of newlyweds who are keen to climb the social ladder. And Fight Club, while written in the 1990s, may resonate with readers who are now working longer hours with less pay.
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