Novels with characters who are just a little dysfunctional...

[K]

My favorite movie is Lost in Translation, and I'd love book recommendations with a similar feel. I don't know how to describe it other than the characters are interesting but a little lost/dysfunctional and kind of brooding. Can either be set in a fairly "typical" place, or I also love when they are running away in some sense and/or the setting is exotic or an important part of the storyline in some way.

Some books I've loved that kind of have that feel that I'd like more of:

Carousel Court by Joe McGinnis
Swimming with Jonah by Audrey Schulman
The Tribes of Palos Verdes by Joy Nicholson
God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo
Swimming by Joanna Hershon
The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
Breathing Water by T. Greenwood

[Mateusz]

You may like A Man Called Ove by Fredric Backman. Added bonus is they just made movie about it.

[Rainbowheart]

Carrie Pilby
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

[K]

Rainbowheart wrote: "Carrie Pilby
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You"

These both sound perfect -- thank you!

[rory]

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

[Andrew]

What genres are you looking for?? I have read extensively in a science fiction and somewhat in fantasy and can think of several in those veins

[Aleksander]

if you are cool with scifi, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and The Circus Infinite

[Marco]

You may like "The Rosie Project" by Graeme Simsion https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
I consider the first half of the book a masterpiece, then it levels to a good book

[Jenn]

Running with Scissors is hilarious and true, AND there's a movie based on the book which is actually pretty darn spot-on.

[Sirvantes]

You might enjoy some of the novels by Steve Martin, particularly The Pleasure of My Company ,Shopgirl and An Object of Beauty