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Books like Romeo & Juliet (adaptation)

Loved Romeo & Juliet (adaptation) by William Shakespeare? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from young adult, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

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    The Hunger Games

    Suzanne Collins · 2008 · Young Adult

    A girl volunteers for a televised fight to the death to save her sister; a propulsive, sharp dystopian thriller.

  2. 2

    The Fault in Our Stars

    John Green · 2012 · Young Adult

    Two teenagers with cancer fall in love; funny and heartbreaking without ever being saccharine.

  3. 3

    The Hate U Give

    Angie Thomas · 2017 · Young Adult

    A teenager witnesses a police shooting and finds her voice; urgent, powerful and humane.

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    What Katy Did Next (Best Loved Stories)

    Susan Coolidge · 1886 · Young Adult

    Katy Carr can hardly believe it when she is invited to spend a whole year in Europe with Mrs Ashe and Amy. Although a year seems like a long time away from her beloved family, living in the small Amer

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    Marianela

    Benito Pérez Galdós · 1883 · Young Adult

    «Marianela» (1878) pertenece a lo que Galdós llamó Novelas de la Primera época (que comprenden obras como «Doña Perfecta» y «Gloria»). Partiendo de un caso extraído de un tratado de Psicología (la rec

  6. 6

    By Pike And Dyke A Tale Of The Rise Of The Dutch Republic

    G. A. Henty · 1880 · Young Adult

    A young man who is half Dutch and half English becomes involved in the Dutch revolt against Spain. He reports on the battles of Den Briel, Haarlem, Alkmaar, Leiden, and Antwerp. Prequel of By England'

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    The wise woman

    George MacDonald · 1875 · Young Adult

    The Wise Woman abducts a princess and a peasant girl and carries them off to her magical cottage in the forest in order to teach them the lessons of Christian love and humility.

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    The man from Snowy River

    Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson · 1900 · Young Adult

    In the ballads and poetry of Banjo Paterson are captured the spirit of the Australian Outback, and the essences of the bushmen and women who pioneered it. The vast distances, the droughts, the floods,

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    Dr. Heidegger's Experiment and Other Stories

    Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1902 · Young Adult

    My kinsman, Major Molineux -- Roger Malvin's burial -- The gentle boy -- The gray champion -- Young Goodman Brown -- Wakefield -- the maypole of Merry Mount -- The minister's black veil -- Dr. Heidegg

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    Peer Gynt

    Henrik Ibsen · 1867 · Young Adult

    Peer Gynt is a charming but lazy and arrogant peasant youth who leaves home to seek his fortune. Confident of success, he has one disastrous adventure after another. In one, he attends the wedding of

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