Books Like Oliver Twist

Loved Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens? If its classics, orphans and victorian era hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Of Human Bondage, Peter Pan and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 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 Oliver Twist: Classics · Orphans · Victorian Era · London · Underdog

Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham

Classics · London · Victorian Era · Economic Inequality · Classism

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Peter Pan
J. M. Barrie

Classics · Victorian Era · Omniscient Narrator · London · Coming of Age

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl

Underdog · Classics · Economic Inequality · Kids in Danger · Satirical

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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte

Victorian Era · Classics · Neglect · Classism · Child Abuse

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Les Misérables
Victor Hugo

Omniscient Narrator · Classics · Classism · Economic Inequality · Male Lead

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
J.R.R. Tolkien

Omniscient Narrator · Classics · Underdog · Thieves and Rogues · Coming of Age

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Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver

Neglect · Classism · Child Abuse · Economic Inequality · Male Lead

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Ordinary Monsters
J.M. Miro

Orphans · Victorian Era · Kids in Danger · London · Found Family

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Perfume
Patrick Süskind

Neglect · Omniscient Narrator · Satirical · Classics · Male Lead

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The House of Silk
Anthony Horowitz

Victorian Era · London · Child Abuse · Kids in Danger · Male Lead

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The Hobbit
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Classics · Omniscient Narrator · Thieves and Rogues · Coming of Age · Mentor Relationship

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling

Neglect · Classics · Underdog · Coming of Age · Mentor Relationship

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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Classics · Classism · Economic Inequality · Male Lead · Hidden Identity

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Candide
Voltaire

Classics · Omniscient Narrator · Satirical · Male Lead · Mentor Relationship

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The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton

Classics · Classism · Male Lead · Coming of Age · Found Family

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Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck

Classics · Economic Inequality · Classism · Male Lead · Found Family

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Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card

Underdog · Classics · Omniscient Narrator · Kids in Danger · Mentor Relationship

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The Way of Shadows
Brent Weeks

Child Abuse · Thieves and Rogues · Kids in Danger · Coming of Age · Male Lead

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Foundryside
Robert Jackson Bennett

Economic Inequality · Underdog · Classism · Thieves and Rogues · Found Family

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The Lady and the Highwayman
Sarah M. Eden

Victorian Era · London · Classism · Kids in Danger · Male Lead

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