I'm looking for books to read, since I have more free time than I used to and I want something to do that I don't feel weird mentioning to my family when they ask what I'm doing to keep busy. Ideally fiction or relatively non-serious nonfiction, so this isn't a request for theory, though I might read it if you recommend it. I'm cool with whatever genre wise, but at least give a brief description. Ideally I should be able to get it at my local library, but if it's too obscure for that I'm fine with using other methods.
George Saunders is pretty great, mostly a short story author and available at most libraries.
His most well-stocked collection is Tenth of December, but if they have In Persuasion Nation that's his best in my opinion. Most of his stuff is great, though. He just wrote Ghoul, which you can read or listen to him read here which is among his best work I think.
He's furious at the cruelty of Western society, but lib-friendly. I'd best describe him as a mixture of Vonnegut and Black Mirror, but he's a better writer than Vonnegut (don't @ me I like Vonnegut :vonnegut:). I also think Black Mirror sucks, he's just similar somewhat in form as he often sets stories in the near future and turns up the volume on specific contradictions.