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24 alternatives to The Outsiders

Coming of age novel about a 14-year-old boy.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Outsiders launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Outsiders▲63

   Extraordinary companies and returns, building for longer run

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Infinite Home: A Novel▲60

   An unlikely mix of people bond to form a quasi family

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Crossing - A Novel▲66

   A Travel Story About a Boy In Love

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Reason I Jump▲61

   The inner voice of a thirteen-year-old boy with autism

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   How To Build a Girl▲70

   Coming of age story

   2016 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Outsiders▲110

   Eight unconventional CEOs radical blueprint for success

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Arcadia by Iain Pears ▲54

   A novel conceived and written for an app

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   How High School Became a Thing▲84

   A new illustrated story, from Hardbound

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Book of Speculation: A Novel▲60

   A young librarian is haunted by a mystery

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    On Two Feet and Wings▲53

    He is in a foreign country, he is alone, he is just a boy…

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Finding Ultra▲64

    Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming one of the Fittest, ...

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Alex the Brave▲78

    A children's book that challenges gender stereotypes

    2016 · liongirlpublishing.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Peripheral▲62

    Humans from a different future change the past

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    LoveSexTravelMusik▲55

    Stories for the EasyJet generation

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Little Brother▲54

    Novel about the contradictions of society, family, & desire

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Into the Brambles▲60

    Dark fantasy based on modernized classical myth

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Flicker Men: An Novel▲54

    Modern "sci fi" thriller about science, theology, and fate

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Vanishers▲68

    Power struggle between student and mentor

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Dreams of My Russian Summers: A Novel▲55

    Memory and Imagination of Coming of Age in France and Russia

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Brown Girl Dreaming▲60

    Growing up African American in the 60s + 70s

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Boy and the Computer▲63

    Graphic novel inspired by real world programming hacks

    2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Train Dreams▲55

    An American epic in miniature

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Coin Locker Babies▲63

    A surreal novel about two boys abandoned at birth inside co…

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Book of Everyone▲125

    A personalized book about anyone you want in 40 seconds

    2015 · its alternatives →

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