Catcher in the Rye & Perks

I'm looking for books like The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
This is for a friend of mine. Korean, been here a couple years and liked these two books, and has no preconceived notions of hipster shit so I know she genuinely enjoyed them. I'd like to find some good stuff that is similar. I guess she liked the fairly plain vocabulary (she has to ask what a lot of words mean) and I know she liked the depressing nature of the stories. She frequently borrows my music player and the music she tells me she likes is always the saddest out of the bunch.

What are some recommended books that may interest her?

And this is my first time posting here, or visiting here, for that matter. I didn't even know we had a /books/ board. So I don't know what the community is like here, but hopefully it's not as shitty and troll-y as the rest of 4chan is. Hopefully it's somewhere I can come and talk about worthwhile stuff and meet new anon friends.
/sentimentality

gb2/mu/

Sigh. I guess 4chan is 4chan.

>>3
Well, it is, and it isn't.  There are some human beings here.  I just couldn't think of a good recommendation. Maybe some Hemingway?

>>4
Hey, awesome. Any one in particular?

>>5

Not the same dude, but maybe Farewell to Arms? It's not quite as universal a story as Catcher (set during WWI), but it of course has simple language, a romantic plot (chicks dig that?) and depressing.

>>6

Same dude - another recommendation, maybe "Of Mice and Men" by Steinbeck? I don't recall the language being that complex, and it sure is depressing, and also short (like 100 pages or so).

>>7
Thanks! I'll find out if she's read it yet. I imagine she has, isn't required reading for school?
I'm writing down all these recommendations, keep 'em coming!

Have her read The Great Gatsby.

Also, some of Kafka's short stories have pretty straightforward vocabulary (translated lawl)... Metamorphosis (longer), Before the Law (2 pages), An Imperial Message (3 pages)... hell, they're all good. And maybe depressing, depending on how you take it, but it has that sort of atmosphere about it.