Books like…

Books Like Paper Towns

by John Green · about this book

Loved Paper Towns by John Green? If its young adult, first person narrator and florida hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Catcher in the Rye, The Outsiders and The Giver. 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 Paper Towns: Young Adult · First Person Narrator · Florida · Missing Person · Teen Protagonist

1. 

   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Bildungsroman · Identity Formation · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers

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2. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Bildungsroman · Teenagers · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Loss of Innocence

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3. 

   The Giver

   Lois Lowry

   Rite of Passage · Identity Formation · Coming of Age · Loss of Innocence · Teen Protagonist

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4. 

   Gather

   Kenneth M. Cadow

   Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven

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5. 

   Way of the Argosi

   Sebastien de Castell

   Coming of Age · Identity Formation · Self-Discovery · Teen Protagonist · Character-Driven

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6. 

   Taran Wanderer

   Lloyd Alexander

   Identity Formation · Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Self-Discovery · Teen Protagonist

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7. 

   Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

   J.K. Rowling

   Rite of Passage · Teenagers · Loss of Innocence · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age

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8. 

   Middlesex

   Jeffrey Eugenides

   Identity Formation · Coming of Age · Bildungsroman · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven

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9. 

   Better Than the Movies

   Lynn Painter

   Suburbia · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Teenagers · First Person Narrator

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10. 

    The Lovely Bones

    Alice Sebold

    Suburbia · Loss of Innocence · Teen Protagonist · Bittersweet · First Person Narrator

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11. 

    The Battle of the Labyrinth

    Rick Riordan

    Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Friendship and Betrayal · First Person Narrator · Coming of Age

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12. 

    They Both Die at the End

    Adam Silvera

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Bittersweet · Teenagers · Character-Driven

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13. 

    Sunrise on the Reaping

    Suzanne Collins

    Loss of Innocence · Teenagers · Young Adult · Teen Protagonist · Friendship and Betrayal

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14. 

    The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

    Melissa Bank

    Coming of Age · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · First Person Narrator

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15. 

    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

    Holly Jackson

    Teen Protagonist · Missing Person · Young Adult · First Person Narrator · Contemporary Fiction

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16. 

    This Is Where I Leave You

    Jonathan Tropper

    Suburbia · Bittersweet · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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17. 

    The Summer I Turned Pretty

    Jenny Han

    Teenagers · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · First Person Narrator

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18. 

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Mark Twain

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator · Teen Protagonist · Male Lead

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19. 

    The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

    Robert Dugoni

    Coming of Age · Friendship and Betrayal · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator · Bittersweet

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20. 

    Threadneedle

    Cari Thomas

    Coming of Age · Teenagers · Young Adult · Teen Protagonist · Self-Discovery

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