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The Best Books About Outsiders

The outsider is a classic literary character who, for one reason or another, lives on the outskirts of so-called "normal" society. They're able to offer a unique, unflinching, and sometimes distorted view on the culture they don't inhabit. The outsider may be cast aside or may be there by choice, but they give a fresh, honest, and often brutal reflection of both the world and our inner lives.
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
1
Albert Camus
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
2
Toni Morrison
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
3
J.D. Salinger
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
4
Charlotte Bronte
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
5
George Orwell
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
6
Ralph Ellison
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
7
William Faulkner
Slapstick (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slapstick
8
Kurt Vonnegut
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
9
Jeanette Winterson
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
10
Katherine Dunn
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
11
S.E. Hinton
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
12
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Palm at the End of the Mind
The Palm at the End of the Mind
13
Songs of Innocence and Experience (William Blake)
Songs of Innocence and Experience
14
William Blake
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
15
Richard Wright
The Meursault Investigation (Kamel Daoud)
The Meursault Investigation
16
Kamel Daoud
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
17
Chuck Palahniuk
American Psycho
American Psycho
18
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
19
James Joyce
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
20
Anne Brontë
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
21
Nella Larsen
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
22
Noviolet Bulawayo
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
23
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
24
Sylvia Plath
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
25
Walt Whitman
What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal] (Zoe Heller)
What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
26
Zoe Heller
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
27
Vladimir Nabokov
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
28
Oscar Wilde
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
29
Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
30
Shirley Jackson
Wittgenstein's Mistress (David Markson)
Wittgenstein's Mistress
31
David Markson
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
32
Alison Bechdel
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
33
Marjane Satrapi
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
34
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
35
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
36
William Shakespeare
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
37
Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
38
Franz Kafka
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
39
Nathanael West
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
40
Joan Didion
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