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Books Like On the Road

by Jack Kerouac · about this book

Loved On the Road by Jack Kerouac? If its first person narrator, classics and male lead hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Catcher in the Rye, Women and The Great Gatsby. 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 On the Road: First Person Narrator · Classics · Male Lead · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Classics · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Male Lead

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   Women

   Charles Bukowski

   Substance Abuse · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Male Lead

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   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald

   Classics · First Person Narrator · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Male Lead

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   Fight Club

   Chuck Palahniuk

   Classics · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Character-Driven

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   Great Expectations

   Charles Dickens

   Classics · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Male Lead

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   The Vampire Lestat

   Anne Rice

   Classics · First Person Narrator · Lyrical Prose · Male Lead · Literary Fiction

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   Piranesi

   Susanna Clarke

   Literary Fiction · Lyrical Prose · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Male Lead

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   The Stranger

   Albert Camus

   Classics · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator · Literary Fiction · Male Lead

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9. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Classics · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Male Lead · Literary Fiction

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10. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Substance Abuse · Character-Driven · Male Lead · Lyrical Prose · Literary Fiction

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11. 

    Assassin's Apprentice

    Robin Hobb

    Classics · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Male Lead · Literary Fiction

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12. 

    A Far Better Thing

    H.G. Parry

    Lyrical Prose · Character-Driven · Substance Abuse · Male Lead · Literary Fiction

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13. 

    The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

    Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Lyrical Prose · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Ocean Vuong

    Substance Abuse · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator · Literary Fiction · Lyrical Prose

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    The Dispossessed

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Male Lead · Rebellion Against Authority

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Mark Twain

    Classics · First Person Narrator · Literary Fiction · Male Lead · Rebellion Against Authority

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    As I Lay Dying

    William Faulkner

    Stream of Consciousness · Classics · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction

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18. 

    Lolita

    Vladimir Nabokov

    Classics · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction · Lyrical Prose

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19. 

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Hunter S. Thompson

    Classics · First Person Narrator · Substance Abuse · Literary Fiction · Male Lead

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    Shantaram

    Gregory David Roberts

    Substance Abuse · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Male Lead · Literary Fiction

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