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What to read after Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger: 24 titles sharing themes of City Life, Coming of Age, and Classics, chosen for mood and literary overlap.
Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Ragged Dick.
The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of City Life, Coming of Age, Classics — the same threads that run through Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger. Among the authors featured: WILLA. CATHER, Steve Kluger, Betty Smith, Henry Roth, and others.