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The English Teacher Reflects: Great Books About the Outsider and the Alienated

Our Maverick English Teacher looks at works of fiction that in some way focus on the fundamental literary motif of the outsider. He has endeavored to be inclusive, and has listed works from YA, genre, and even pulp fiction as well as from mainstream literature and the classics. He has limited the list to narrative fiction, except for 5 plays he feels are fundamental expressions of being "outside".
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13 Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
13 Reasons Why
1
Jay Asher
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
American Psycho
American Psycho
4
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
5
Theodore Dreiser
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
6
William Faulkner
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
7
Kate Chopin
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
8
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
9
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
10
Toni Morrison
The Blackboard Jungle (Evan Hunter)
The Blackboard Jungle
11
Evan Hunter
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
12
Toni Morrison
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
13
Aldous Huxley
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
14
Junot Díaz
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City
15
Jay McInerney
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
16
Graham Greene
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
17
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
18
Greene
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
19
J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
20
Anthony Burgess
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
21
John Kennedy Toole
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
22
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
23
Mark Haddon
Dangling Man (Bellow)
Dangling Man
24
Bellow
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
The Dead Zone
25
Stephen King
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
26
Arthur Miller
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
27
Ursula K. Le Guin
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
28
Robert Silverberg
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
29
Chuck Palahniuk
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
30
Mary Shelley
Generation Loss (Elizabeth Hand)
Generation Loss
31
Elizabeth Hand
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
32
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hamlet
33
Shakespeare
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
34
Margaret Atwood
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
35
Carson McCullers
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
36
Greene
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
37
Saul Bellow
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
38
Harlan Ellison
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
39
Ralph Ellison
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
40
Charlotte Bronte
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