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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 (Jay Asher)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
3
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
4
American Psycho
American Psycho
5
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
6
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
7
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
8
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
9
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
10
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
11
The Blackboard Jungle (Evan Hunter)
The Blackboard Jungle (Evan Hunter)
12
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
13
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
14
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
15
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
16
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
17
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
18
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
19
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
20
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
21
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
22
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
23
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
24
Dangling Man (Bellow)
Dangling Man (Bellow)
25
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
26
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
27
The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed
28
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
29
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
30
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
31
Generation Loss (Elizabeth Hand)
Generation Loss (Elizabeth Hand)
32
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
33
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
34
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
35
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
36
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
37
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
38
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison
39
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
40
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
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