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Books Like Native Son

by Richard Wright · about this book

Loved Native Son by Richard Wright? If its racism, classics and tragic hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Of Mice and Men, The Running Man and Les Misérables. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Native Son: Racism · Classics · Tragic · Male Lead · Literary Fiction

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   Of Mice and Men

   John Steinbeck

   Tragic · Working-Class Protagonist · Economic Inequality · Bleak · Classics

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   The Running Man

   Richard Bachman

   Working-Class Protagonist · Class Struggle · Bleak · Economic Inequality · Anti-Hero

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   Les Misérables

   Victor Hugo

   Class Struggle · Tragic · Classics · Classism · Economic Inequality

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   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Class Struggle · Working-Class Protagonist · Classics · Tragic · Classism

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   Blood Over Bright Haven

   M.L. Wang

   Class Struggle · Tragic · Economic Inequality · Classism · Racism

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   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald

   Tragic · Fall From Grace · Classics · Classism · Economic Inequality

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   A Tale of Two Cities

   Charles Dickens

   Class Struggle · Economic Inequality · Tragic · Classics · Courtroom Drama

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   To Kill a Mockingbird

   Harper Lee

   Racism · Racial Violence · Classics · Courtroom Drama · Literary Fiction

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9. 

   Red Rising

   Pierce Brown

   Class Struggle · Working-Class Protagonist · Economic Inequality · Classism · Intense

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10. 

    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding

    Bleak · Classics · Tragic · Literary Fiction · Intense

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    The Stranger

    Albert Camus

    Classics · Courtroom Drama · Bleak · Anti-Hero · Literary Fiction

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12. 

    Parable of the Sower

    Octavia E. Butler

    Class Struggle · Bleak · Economic Inequality · Classics · Intense

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13. 

    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë

    Tragic · Classics · Bleak · Classism · Literary Fiction

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14. 

    A Calamity of Souls

    David Baldacci

    Racial Violence · Racism · Courtroom Drama · Classism · Crime

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15. 

    King of Ashes

    S.A. Cosby

    Fall From Grace · Anti-Hero · Working-Class Protagonist · Intense · Male Lead

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16. 

    Soylent Green

    Harry Harrison

    Economic Inequality · Bleak · Big City · Classism · Classics

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17. 

    Roadside Picnic

    Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

    Classics · Working-Class Protagonist · Bleak · Anti-Hero · Male Lead

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18. 

    Matterhorn

    Karl Marlantes

    Bleak · Racism · Tragic · Intense · Literary Fiction

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19. 

    Gone with the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell

    Classics · Fall From Grace · Racial Violence · Anti-Hero · Racism

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20. 

    Anna Karenina

    Leo Tolstoy

    Tragic · Fall From Grace · Classics · Literary Fiction · Classism

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