Normal People is a 2018 novel by the Irish author Sally Rooney. "Normal People" is Rooney's second novel, published after "Conversations with Friends" (2017). The book became a best-seller in the US, selling almost 64,000 copies in hardcover in its first four months of release. A critically acclaimed and Emmy nominated television adaptation of the same name aired from April 2020 on BBC Three and Hulu. A number of publications ranked it one of the best books of the 2010s.