The Outsiders
American novelist, born 1948.
The Outsiders is a 1967 novel by S. E. Hinton.
In children's and young adult, coming of age
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
The Novel Index earns a small commission if you buy through our links, at no extra cost to you. It never affects our rankings. More about how we earn.
At a glance
- Author
- S. E. Hinton
- First published
- 1967
- Length
- 224 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Children's and young adult, Coming of age, Class and society
Is The Outsiders worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts) and The Great American Read (PBS).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Outsiders
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2016), 224 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2016)
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN
- 9780141368887
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Outsiders
Readers and critics rate it about equally: it earned 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 10% on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Outsiders
If you liked The Outsiders, try To Kill a Mockingbird, Ulysses or The Catcher in the Rye.
