More specifically books that lift small fascinating or beautiful details and or occurances in a life that can generally be classified as mundane or boring. Something that may help me see these small fascinating features of my own life that I may be blind to. Thanks!
(Hopefully that makes sense..)
by Mel_FlpWgn
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Normal people by Sally Rooney
A little life by Hanya Yanagihara (this one will emotionally crush you though, and I’d read the trigger warnings beforehand)
If he had been with me by Laura Nowlin
A Man Called Ove if you want something modern
Mrs. Dalloway if you’re into modernism
“Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life” by Amy Krause Rosenthal is creative non-fiction (nonlinear memoir in the form of a dictionary) that is all about acknowledging the beauty and the meaning of the everyday.
I don’t know if that’s quite what you are looking for but a while back I read a short story collection called “As Told By Things” where different authors narrate the inner monologue of ordinary household objects. As with every short story collection some are better than others, but I really liked the thought exercise to think what my household objects would think. It also gave me some kind of “appreciation” or wonder in my everyday life.
Everything Leads to You by Nina Lacour. The protagonist does set design for movies and she has a way of noticing small, beautiful visual details about the world around her.