I'd recommend "Bright Light Big City" by Jay McInerney. "There There" by Tommy Orange would also be good, if you're interested in West Coast slang. A good introduction, but a history book would be "Can't Stop Won't Stop" by Jeff Chang, which is a history of American hip-hop. Hope this helps!

Where'd You Go, Bernadette? Set largely in Seattle, very modern, idiomatic English, lots of e-speak - and very funny in parts. But this is quite advanced reading.

@ Michael

Among what you suggested, I loved 'Set largely in Seattle' as it's more like what I've been looking up. I've got to give the last one a try as well, although it's an advanced reading. Thank you very much for your time, Michael.

@ Michael Linsner

I can't thank you enough for coming up with these amazing books among which "Can't Stop Won't Stop" seems best suits my purpose. It's an awesome one!