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Books Like The Power of One

by Bryce Courtenay · about this book

Loved The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay? If its series, coming of age and racism hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Dawn of Wonder, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Way of the Warrior. 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 Power of One: Series · Coming of Age · Racism · Male Lead · Historical Fiction

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   Dawn of Wonder

   Jonathan Renshaw

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Underdog · Bullying · Mentor Relationship

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   To Kill a Mockingbird

   Harper Lee

   Bildungsroman · Racism · Racial Violence · Coming of Age · Historical Fiction

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   The Way of the Warrior

   Chris Bradford

   Bullying · Underdog · Coming of Age · Mentor Relationship · Historical Fiction

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   Assassin's Apprentice

   Robin Hobb

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Bullying · Mentor Relationship · Male Lead

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5. 

   A Calamity of Souls

   David Baldacci

   Racial Violence · Racism · Underdog · Historical Fiction · Male Lead

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6. 

   The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

   Robert Dugoni

   Coming of Age · Underdog · Bullying · Racism · Male Lead

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7. 

   The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

   Mark Twain

   Bildungsroman · Racism · Coming of Age · Historical Fiction · Male Lead

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8. 

   Forge

   Laurie Halse Anderson

   Racism · Coming of Age · Underdog · Historical Fiction · Male Lead

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9. 

   Great Expectations

   Charles Dickens

   Coming of Age · Bildungsroman · Prison · Male Lead · Mentor Relationship

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10. 

    Memoirs of a Geisha

    Arthur Golden

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Mentor Relationship · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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11. 

    The High King

    Lloyd Alexander

    Coming of Age · Underdog · Mentor Relationship · Rite of Passage · Male Lead

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12. 

    Middlesex

    Jeffrey Eugenides

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Racial Violence · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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13. 

    Ham On Rye

    Charles Bukowski

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Bullying · Male Lead · Emotional

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14. 

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Sue Monk Kidd

    Racial Violence · Coming of Age · Racism · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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15. 

    The Outsiders

    S.E. Hinton

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Male Lead · Violent · Historical Fiction

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16. 

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    J.K. Rowling

    Coming of Age · Bullying · Mentor Relationship · Male Lead · Series

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17. 

    Fairy Tale

    Stephen King

    Prison · Coming of Age · Mentor Relationship · Male Lead · Emotional

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18. 

    Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

    R.F. Kuang

    Racism · Historical Fiction · Male Lead · Emotional · Violent

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19. 

    Demon Copperhead

    Barbara Kingsolver

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Athlete · Male Lead · Emotional

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20. 

    The Ten Thousand Doors of January

    Alix E. Harrow

    Coming of Age · Racism · Historical Fiction · Mentor Relationship · Emotional

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