"The Catcher in the Rye" has had significant cultural influence, and works inspired by the novel have been said to form their own genre.Sarah Graham assessed works influenced by "The Catcher in the Rye" to include the novels "Less Than Zero" by Bret Easton Ellis, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky, "A Complicated Kindness" by Miriam Toews, "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath, "Ordinary People" by Judith Guest, and the film "Igby Goes Down" by Burr Steers.