LIST: 24 Books You Should Read Now, Based On Your High School Favorites

[Ryan Goble]

Wait, what, a thoughtful (if not completely diverse) Buzz Feed post?  A blogger compiled a list of "24 Books You Should Read Now, Based On Your High School Favorites." I pasted the list below but you should visit the site to get the full stories and rationales for the choices.

1. If you loved The Catcher in the Rye, you should read Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
2. If you loved A Separate Peace, you should read Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.
3. If you loved Lolita, you should read Alissa Nutting’s Tampa.
4. If you loved The Diary of a Young Girl, you should read Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief.
5. If you loved Romeo and Juliet, you should read Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park.
6. If you loved I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, you should read Alicia Erian’s Towelhead.
7. If you loved The Scarlet Letter, you should read Amy Brill’s The Movement of Stars.
8. If you loved The Great Gatsby, you should read Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom.
9. If you loved Jane Eyre, you should read Karen Russell’s Swamplandia!
10. If you loved Moby-Dick, you should read David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas.
11. If you loved Their Eyes Were Watching God, you should read Ayana Mathis’ The Twelve Tribes of Hattie.
12. If you loved Brave New World, you should read Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story.
13. If you loved House of Mirth, you should read Emily Gould’s Friendship.
14. If you loved On the Road, you should read Cheryl Strayed’s Wild.
15. If you loved Catch-22, you should read Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette.
16. If you loved The Odyssey, you should read Roberto Bolaño’s The Savage Detectives.
17. If you loved Great Expectations, you should read Zadie Smith’s White Teeth.
18. If you loved The Lord of the Flies, you should read Ben Marcus’ The Flame Alphabet.
19. If you loved 1984, you should read Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother.
20. If you loved Of Mice and Men, you should read Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.
21. If you loved One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, you should read Susanna Kaysen’s Girl, Interrupted.
22. If you loved Dubliners, you should read Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From The Goon Squad.
23. If you loved Frankenstein, you should read Elizabeth Kostova’s The Historian.
24. If you loved The Things They Carried, you should read Kevin Powers’ The Yellow Birds. Full post HERE @ Buzz Feed