Books like…

Books Like The Jungle

by Upton Sinclair · about this book

Loved The Jungle by Upton Sinclair? If its classics, immigration and male lead hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Les Misérables, Of Mice and Men and The Four Winds. 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 Jungle: Classics · Immigration · Male Lead · Corporate Greed · Economic Inequality

1. 

   Les Misérables

   Victor Hugo

   Economic Inequality · Class Struggle · Classics · Tragic · Classism

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   Of Mice and Men

   John Steinbeck

   Working-Class Protagonist · Classics · Economic Inequality · Tragic · Bleak

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   The Four Winds

   Kristin Hannah

   Labor Movement · Economic Inequality · Class Struggle · Classism · Bleak

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4. 

   The Kite Runner

   Khaled Hosseini

   Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Tragic · Classism · Historical Fiction

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5. 

   Red Rising

   Pierce Brown

   Class Struggle · Classism · Working-Class Protagonist · Economic Inequality · Underdog

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6. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Class Struggle · Working-Class Protagonist · Classics · Classism · Tragic

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7. 

   The Running Man

   Richard Bachman

   Working-Class Protagonist · Economic Inequality · Class Struggle · Bleak · Male Lead

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8. 

   Blood Over Bright Haven

   M.L. Wang

   Political Corruption · Tragic · Class Struggle · Classism · Economic Inequality

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9. 

   Lord of the Flies

   William Golding

   Classics · Bleak · Child Death Depicted · Tragic · Intense

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10. 

    Human Acts

    Han Kang

    Death of a Child · Tragic · Bleak · Political Corruption · Historical Fiction

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11. 

    Parable of the Sower

    Octavia E. Butler

    Economic Inequality · Class Struggle · Bleak · Classics · Dark

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12. 

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Classics · Tragic · Classism · Economic Inequality · Historical Fiction

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13. 

    Munmun

    Jesse Andrews

    Economic Inequality · Class Struggle · Classism · Working-Class Protagonist · Survival Story

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14. 

    Pet Sematary

    Stephen King

    Tragic · Bleak · Child Death Depicted · Death of a Child · Classics

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15. 

    A Tale of Two Cities

    Charles Dickens

    Class Struggle · Classics · Economic Inequality · Tragic · Historical Fiction

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16. 

    Pachinko

    Min Jin Lee

    Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Working-Class Protagonist · Classism · Historical Fiction

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17. 

    Matterhorn

    Karl Marlantes

    Bleak · Tragic · Historical Fiction · Political Corruption · Survival Story

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18. 

    Animal Farm

    George Orwell

    Political Corruption · Class Struggle · Classics · Bleak · Tragic

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19. 

    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë

    Classics · Tragic · Bleak · Classism · Historical Fiction

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20. 

    The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Book One)

    Suzanne Collins

    Economic Inequality · Class Struggle · Child Death Depicted · Classics · Survival Story

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