Books like The Outsiders
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton reads as gritty, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
That was then, this is now
S. E. Hinton · 1971
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
83% genome match
This is our youth
Kenneth Lonergan · 1999
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Lot
Bryan Washington
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie · 2007
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Stoner & Spaz
Ronald Koertge · 2002
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Hairstyles of the damned
Joe Meno · 2004
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Chlorine Sky
Mahogany L. Browne · 2021
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Midnight cowboy ; a novel
James Leo Herlihy · 1965
Shares the vspare + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The pigman
Paul Zindel · 1968
Shares the vspare + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky · 1999
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Wigwam bam
Jaime Hernandez · 1993
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Hard love
Ellen Wittlinger · 1999
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
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