Lad lit was a term used principally from the 1990s to the early 2010s to describe male-authored popular novels about young men and their emotional and personal lives.
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Notable ExampleHigh Fidelity by Nick Hornby (1995) 1 Defining TraitConfessional and humorous writing style 1 Defining Trait Connections
Subgenre Of
Source Lad lit (Wikipedia)
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1. Lad lit (Wikipedia)
Examples
High Fidelity
Overview
characterized by a confessional and humorous writing style
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Lad lit was a term used principally from the 1990s to the early 2010s to describe male-authored popular novels about young men and their emotional and personal lives.
Subgenre Of: Chick Lit, Lead paragraph
male-oriented sub-category of the then massively popular chick lit genre
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