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Books Like The House on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros · about this book

Loved The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros? If its literary fiction, short stories and coming of age hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Sabrina & Corina, The Outsiders and Ham On 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 The House on Mango Street: Literary Fiction · Short Stories · Coming of Age · Bildungsroman · Contemporary Fiction

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   Sabrina & Corina

   Kali Fajardo-Anstine

   Short Stories · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Belonging · Working-Class Protagonist

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   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Sparse Prose · Belonging · Working-Class Protagonist

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   Ham On Rye

   Charles Bukowski

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Literary Fiction · Sparse Prose · Belonging

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   Demon Copperhead

   Barbara Kingsolver

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Classism

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   To Kill a Mockingbird

   Harper Lee

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Literary Fiction · Child Narrator · Classism

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   Middlesex

   Jeffrey Eugenides

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Big City

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   Where the Crawdads Sing

   Delia Owens

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Belonging · Classism · Literary Fiction

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   Beautyland

   Marie-Helene Bertino

   Working-Class Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Short Chapters · Lyrical Prose · Belonging

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   Jane Eyre

   Charlotte Bronte

   Bildungsroman · Working-Class Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Classism · Feminism

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Mark Twain

    Bildungsroman · Child Narrator · Coming of Age · Literary Fiction · Teen Protagonist

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    Girl, Interrupted

    Susanna Kaysen

    Sparse Prose · Short Chapters · Feminism · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist

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12. 

    On Beauty

    Zadie Smith

    Contemporary Fiction · Classism · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Belonging

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13. 

    My Sister, the Serial Killer

    Oyinkan Braithwaite

    Sparse Prose · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Big City · Short Chapters

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    The Catcher in the Rye

    Jerome David Salinger

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Literary Fiction · Belonging · Teen Protagonist

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    Memoirs of a Geisha

    Arthur Golden

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Classism · Literary Fiction · Lyrical Prose

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16. 

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Sue Monk Kidd

    Coming of Age · Belonging · Lyrical Prose · Literary Fiction · Teen Protagonist

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17. 

    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Ocean Vuong

    Coming of Age · Working-Class Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Contemporary Fiction

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18. 

    Little Women

    Louisa May Alcott

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Feminism · Classism · Female Lead

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    The Kite Runner

    Khaled Hosseini

    Coming of Age · Literary Fiction · Classism · Cultural Identity · Contemporary Fiction

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20. 

    The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

    Melissa Bank

    Short Stories · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Big City

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