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Books like The Fault in Our Stars: 4 classics to read next

These classic books offer readers of The Fault in Our Stars young love, wit, illness, and encounters with mortality. Start with Romeo and Juliet, where teenage lovers face a family feud and a tragic end.

  1. Romeo and Juliet

    William Shakespeare

    Teenage lovers trade witty remarks before tragic deaths, sharing love, wit, and mortality with The Fault in Our Stars.

    1 h 50 min readMedium
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  2. Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë

    Intense young love haunted by illness and premature death offers another encounter with love and mortality.

    8 h 10 min readMedium
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  3. The Sorrows of Young Werther

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    A young man's consuming love ends in death, connecting romantic feeling with mortality, as in The Fault in Our Stars.

    2 h 50 min readMedium
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  4. Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

    Louisa May Alcott

    Among family quarrels and different hopes, witty young people face first love and a loved one's illness.

    13 h 10 min readChallenging
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What are the best classic books like The Fault in Our Stars?

Romeo and Juliet is a starting point for teenage love, wit, and tragedy. Wuthering Heights connects intense young love with illness and premature death; The Sorrows of Young Werther follows love toward death; Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy brings first love and illness into family life.

Which classic book is closest to The Fault in Our Stars?

Romeo and Juliet is the closest match here for teenage lovers, witty exchanges, and tragic deaths. Its lovers seek a way to be together despite their families' hatred, making young love under pressure the clearest connection.

Where should I start if I loved The Fault in Our Stars?

Romeo and Juliet is the place to start for young love, wit, and mortality. Choose Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy instead for witty young people facing first love and a loved one's illness within a story of sisters growing up.

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