About a Boy, by Nick HornbyRead about the other books on the list.
And they say the the aughts were the domain of overgrown man-children. Here, the man-child is a well-off bachelor (so, in essence, Hugh Grant). In his quest to woo sexy single mothers, he joins a single-parent support group, ends up meeting a schoolboy, Marcus, whose grasp on all things social is somewhat tenuous, and bada bing bada boom—you’ve got yourself an infinitely readable, disarmingly witty good time.
About a Boy is one of Kay S. Hymowitz's five best books on the won't-grow-up modern male.
--Marshal Zeringue