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Books Like Nine Stories

by J.D. Salinger · about this book

Loved Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger? If its short stories, literary fiction and classics hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Catcher in the Rye, The News from Dublin: Stories and The Outsiders. 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 Nine Stories: Short Stories · Literary Fiction · Classics · Character-Driven · Dialogue-Heavy

1. 

   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Classics · New York City · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Loss of Innocence

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2. 

   The News from Dublin: Stories

   Colm Tóibín

   Short Stories · Sparse Prose · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Bittersweet

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   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Classics · Loss of Innocence · Sparse Prose · Bittersweet · Character-Driven

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4. 

   Sabrina & Corina

   Kali Fajardo-Anstine

   Short Stories · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Haunting

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5. 

   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald

   Classics · New York City · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet · Character-Driven

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   Of Mice and Men

   John Steinbeck

   Dialogue-Heavy · Classics · Sparse Prose · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet

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7. 

   The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

   Melissa Bank

   Short Stories · New York City · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet

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8. 

   Uncommon Type: Some Stories

   Tom Hanks

   Short Stories · New York City · Character-Driven · Dialogue-Heavy · Literary Fiction

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9. 

   Never Let Me Go

   Kazuo Ishiguro

   Loss of Innocence · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Classics

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10. 

    Girl, Interrupted

    Susanna Kaysen

    Sparse Prose · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction · Classics · Suicide Content

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11. 

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee

    Classics · Literary Fiction · Loss of Innocence · Character-Driven · Bittersweet

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12. 

    The Other Side of the Bridge

    Mary Lawson

    Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Sparse Prose · Loss of Innocence · Bittersweet

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13. 

    Night Watch

    Jayne Anne Phillips

    War Trauma · PTSD · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Child Narrator

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14. 

    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Ocean Vuong

    War Trauma · Literary Fiction · PTSD · Character-Driven · Coming of Age

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15. 

    Anna Karenina

    Leo Tolstoy

    Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Suicide Content · Philosophy

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16. 

    The Little Prince

    Antoine de Saint-Exupery

    Loss of Innocence · Classics · Sparse Prose · Bittersweet · Philosophy

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17. 

    Women

    Charles Bukowski

    Sparse Prose · Dialogue-Heavy · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Classics

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18. 

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    Classics · Dialogue-Heavy · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction · Dry Humor

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19. 

    Beautyland

    Marie-Helene Bertino

    Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · New York City · Bittersweet · Dry Humor

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20. 

    The Stranger

    Albert Camus

    Classics · Literary Fiction · Sparse Prose · Character-Driven · Haunting

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