Irvine Welsh with the same name in 2013. "Glue" (2001) was a return to the locations, themes and episodic form of "Trainspotting", telling the stories of four characters spanning several decades in their lives and the bonds that held them together. Having revisited some of them in passing in "Glue", Welsh brought most of the "Trainspotting" characters back for a sequel, "Porno", in 2002. In this book Welsh explores the impact of pornography on the individuals involved in producing it, as well as society as a whole, and the impact of ageing and maturity in individuals against their will. The book is
Middlesex (novel) made the best-selling fiction list and kept its position for five weeks. In June 2007, the novel ranked seventh on "USA Today"s Best-Selling Books list. In the same month, after Eugenides appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to discuss the novel, "Middlesex" placed second on "The New York Times" best-selling paperback fiction list. The Pulitzer award nearly propelled "Middlesex" to "The New York Times" Best Seller list, which in 2003 published only the top 15 bestsellers; in the week after "Middlesex" was announced the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the novel placed 17th on the "expanded list". In 2007, 1.3