Books like The Catcher in the Rye
If you liked The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction, coming of age.
Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Because shares tags: literary fiction, new york, coming of age.
Nine year old Oskar searches New York for a lock matching his father's key after 9/11.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Because shares tags: classics, coming of age, literary fiction.
Paul Bäumer enlists at nineteen and faces the trenches of World War I in Remarque's 1929 classic, told from the German side of the wire.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Because shares tags: classics, coming of age, literary fiction.
To Kill a Mockingbird through the eyes of Scout Finch: Maycomb's slow days, Atticus's defense of Tom Robinson, the Boo Radley mystery, and…
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White Oleander
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age.
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
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Things Fall Apart
Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.
Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…
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The Virgin Suicides
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age.
Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.
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The Nanny Diaries
Because shares tags: fiction, new york.
NYU student Nan nannies four-year-old Grayer X on Park Avenue, caught between a demanding Mrs. X, an absent Mr. X, and a lonely child who…
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The Master and Margarita
Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.
Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.
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The Karamazov Brothers
Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.
Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.
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She's Come Undone
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age.
Abused as a girl, divorced and struggling with weight, Dolores Price slowly finds healing after years of trauma.
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My Dark Vanessa
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age.
Vanessa recalls teacher Strane abuse as adult reckoning looms.
