Books Like The Chosen

Loved The Chosen by Chaim Potok? If its coming of age, friendship and betrayal and religion & spirituality hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Catcher in the Rye, The Outsiders and Middlesex. 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 The Chosen: Coming of Age · Friendship and Betrayal · Religion & Spirituality · Religious Identity · Father and Son

The Catcher in the Rye
Jerome David Salinger

New York City · Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Identity Formation · Literary Fiction

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The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton

Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · Bittersweet

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Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides

Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Identity Formation · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction

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The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini

Father and Son · Friendship and Betrayal · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Coming of Age

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Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden

Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · World War II · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction

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The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
Robert Dugoni

Coming of Age · Faith Crisis · Religious Identity · Friendship and Betrayal · Character-Driven

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Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb

Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Classics · Character-Driven · Male Lead

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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank

World War II · Coming of Age · Identity Formation · Religious Identity · Teen Protagonist

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Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham

Coming of Age · Faith Crisis · Literary Fiction · Bildungsroman · Character-Driven

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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
John Green, David Levithan

Identity Formation · Coming of Age · Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Character-Driven

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Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese

Father and Son · Literary Fiction · Friendship and Betrayal · Historical Fiction · Coming of Age

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Taran Wanderer
Lloyd Alexander

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

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Ham On Rye
Charles Bukowski

Coming of Age · Father and Son · Bildungsroman · Literary Fiction · Classics

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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee

Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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The Golem and the Jinni
Helene Wecker

New York City · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction

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All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr

World War II · Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers

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The Other Side of the Bridge
Mary Lawson

Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Father and Son

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Dawn of Wonder
Jonathan Renshaw

Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Father and Son · Male Lead

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They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera

New York City · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · Big City · Character-Driven

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Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu

Cultural Identity · Identity Formation · Literary Fiction · Father and Son · Big City

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