I think a lot of literature is normal people writing about their normal lives—except that they happen to be particularly good at writing. A Dutch example is the

I think a lot of literature is normal people writing about their normal lives—except that they happen to be particularly good at writing. A Dutch example is the writer J.J. Voskuil who wrote 5000 pages about his live as an office employee—and quite a few people read it too! But there must be many more examples.