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Books Like The Outsiders

by S.E. Hinton · about this book

Loved The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton? If its classics, young adult and classism hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with A Separate Peace, Looking for Alaska and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. 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 Outsiders: Classics · Young Adult · Classism · Teenagers · First Person Narrator

1. 

   A Separate Peace

   John Knowles

   Death of a Friend · Loss of Innocence · Coming of Age · Teenagers · Bildungsroman

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   Looking for Alaska

   John Green

   Loss of Innocence · Death of a Friend · Coming of Age · Bildungsroman · Teenagers

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   The Perks of Being a Wallflower

   Stephen Chbosky

   Loss of Innocence · Bildungsroman · Death of a Friend · Coming of Age · Teenagers

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4. 

   The Hate U Give

   Angie Thomas

   Death of a Friend · Loss of Innocence · Classism · Tearjerker · Teenagers

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5. 

   Bridge to Terabithia

   Katherine Paterson

   Loss of Innocence · Death of a Friend · Working-Class Protagonist · Coming of Age · Class Struggle

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6. 

   Before I Fall

   Lauren Oliver

   Death of a Friend · Tearjerker · Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Teenagers

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7. 

   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Bildungsroman · Loss of Innocence · Coming of Age · Teenagers · Classics

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8. 

   David Copperfield

   Charles Dickens

   Classism · Class Struggle · Coming of Age · Bildungsroman · Classics

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9. 

   Rumble Fish

   Marcus Romer, S.E. Hinton

   Loss of Innocence · Bildungsroman · Brothers · Working-Class Protagonist · Teenagers

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10. 

    My Life Next Door

    Huntley Fitzpatrick

    Coming of Age · Teenagers · Found Family · Class Struggle · Classism

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11. 

    Girl in Pieces

    Kathleen Glasgow

    Death of a Friend · Loss of Innocence · Coming of Age · Bildungsroman · Bittersweet

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12. 

    Before I Die

    Jenny Downham

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

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13. 

    Out of the Dust

    Karen Hesse

    Coming of Age · Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Emotional · Teen Protagonist

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14. 

    The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

    Christopher Paul Curtis

    Loss of Innocence · Brothers · Coming of Age · Tearjerker · Bittersweet

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15. 

    Old Yeller

    Fred Gipson

    Loss of Innocence · Coming of Age · Death of a Friend · Tearjerker · Tragic

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16. 

    Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

    Benjamin Alire Saenz

    Coming of Age · Teenagers · Tearjerker · Emotional · Teen Protagonist

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17. 

    The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak

    Loss of Innocence · Death of a Friend · Tragic · Coming of Age · Tearjerker

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18. 

    All the Pretty Horses

    Cormac McCarthy

    Loss of Innocence · Coming of Age · Tragic · Classism · Class Struggle

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    The Catcher in the Rye

    J.D. Salinger

    Bildungsroman · Loss of Innocence · Coming of Age · Classics · Teenagers

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20. 

    The Story of a New Name

    Elena Ferrante

    Bildungsroman · Working-Class Protagonist · Coming of Age · Class Struggle · Classism

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