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Books Like Steppenwolf

by Hermann Hesse · about this book

Loved Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse? If its classics, philosophy and depression hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Dispossessed, The Midnight Library and The Catcher in the Rye. 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 Steppenwolf: Classics · Philosophy · Depression · Suicidal Ideation · Literary Fiction

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   The Dispossessed

   Ursula K. Le Guin

   Philosophy · Classics · Belonging · Literary Fiction · Slow-Paced

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   The Midnight Library

   Matt Haig

   Suicidal Ideation · Depression · Musician · Philosophy · Self-Discovery

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   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Depression · Identity Formation · Classics · Literary Fiction · Belonging

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   The Vampire Lestat

   Anne Rice

   Musician · Frame Story · Classics · Dense Prose · Self-Discovery

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5. 

   Girl, Interrupted

   Susanna Kaysen

   Suicidal Ideation · Depression · Identity Formation · Literary Fiction · Classics

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   Fight Club

   Chuck Palahniuk

   Identity Formation · Classics · Literary Fiction · Depression · Self-Discovery

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   Lirael

   Garth Nix

   Depression · Suicidal Ideation · Self-Discovery · Belonging · Classics

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   The Stranger

   Albert Camus

   Philosophy · Classics · Literary Fiction · Self-Discovery · Dark

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9. 

   Frankenstein

   Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

   Classics · Belonging · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose · Frame Story

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10. 

    Assassin's Apprentice

    Robin Hobb

    Frame Story · Classics · Belonging · Slow-Paced · Literary Fiction

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11. 

    Anna Karenina

    Leo Tolstoy

    Classics · Literary Fiction · Philosophy · Dense Prose · Slow-Paced

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12. 

    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    Suicidal Ideation · Depression · Literary Fiction · Writer Protagonist · Dark

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13. 

    The Map of Time

    Félix J. Palma

    Writer Protagonist · Frame Story · Suicidal Ideation · Dense Prose · Slow-Paced

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14. 

    The Weight of Ink

    Rachel Kadish

    Philosophy · Writer Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Slow-Paced · Dense Prose

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15. 

    Perfume

    Patrick Süskind

    Identity Formation · Literary Fiction · Classics · Dense Prose · Dark

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16. 

    I'm Thinking of Ending Things

    Iain Reid

    Suicidal Ideation · Identity Formation · Literary Fiction · Philosophy · Dark

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17. 

    Will Grayson, Will Grayson

    John Green, David Levithan

    Depression · Identity Formation · Musician · Self-Discovery · Male Lead

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18. 

    Women

    Charles Bukowski

    Midlife Crisis · Literary Fiction · Writer Protagonist · Classics · Dark

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19. 

    The Neverending Story

    Michael Ende

    Classics · Identity Formation · Frame Story · Self-Discovery · Male Lead

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20. 

    Empire of Silence

    Christopher Ruocchio

    Frame Story · Philosophy · Slow-Paced · Dense Prose · Literary Fiction

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