The best coming of age books of 1970s (chosen by coming of age authors)

Loved by 21 people

Watership Down

By Richard Adams ,

Loved by 6 people

The House of God

By Samuel Shem ,

Loved by 6 people

Orlando

By Virginia Woolf ,

Loved by 4 people

The Great Gilly Hopkins

By Katherine Paterson ,

Fourteen

By Leslie Johansen Nack ,

Child of Vanris

By Nikki McCormack ,

Loved by 4 people

A High Wind in Jamaica

By Richard Hughes ,

Loved by 4 people

No Longer Human

By Osamu Dazai , Donald Keene (translator) ,

Fourteen

By Leslie Johansen Nack ,

Child of Vanris

By Nikki McCormack ,

The Diamondbacks

By Sandra K. Barnidge ,

Loved by 3 people

The Cement Garden

By Ian McEwan ,

Loved by 2 people

Paper Moon

By Joe David Brown ,

Fourteen

By Leslie Johansen Nack ,

Child of Vanris

By Nikki McCormack ,

The Diamondbacks

By Sandra K. Barnidge ,

The Sherangivan

By Jacqueline Fellows ,

Loved by 2 people

Lives of Girls and Women

By Alice Munro ,

Loved by 2 people

The Beggar Maid

By Alice Munro ,

The Diamondbacks

By Sandra K. Barnidge ,

The Sherangivan

By Jacqueline Fellows ,

Fourteen

By Leslie Johansen Nack ,

Child of Vanris

By Nikki McCormack ,

The Diamondbacks

By Sandra K. Barnidge ,

The Sherangivan

By Jacqueline Fellows ,

Upon the Corner of the Moon

By Valerie Nieman ,

Loved by 2 people

Killing Mr. Griffin

By Lois Duncan ,

Loved by 2 people

I Know What You Did Last Summer

By Lois Duncan-Arquette ,

Loved by 2 people

Edwin Mullhouse

By Steven Millhauser ,

Loved by 1 person

The Parasites

By Daphne du Maurier ,

Fourteen

By Leslie Johansen Nack ,

Child of Vanris

By Nikki McCormack ,

The Diamondbacks

By Sandra K. Barnidge ,

The Sherangivan

By Jacqueline Fellows ,

Upon the Corner of the Moon

By Valerie Nieman ,

The Aphorism Club

By Tracey Lee ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

Loved by 1 person

The Lying Days

By Nadine Gordimer ,

The Sherangivan

By Jacqueline Fellows ,

Upon the Corner of the Moon

By Valerie Nieman ,

The Aphorism Club

By Tracey Lee ,

Loved by 1 person

Black Tickets

By Jayne Anne Phillips ,

Upon the Corner of the Moon

By Valerie Nieman ,

The Aphorism Club

By Tracey Lee ,

Loved by 1 person

The Favourite Game

By Leonard Cohen ,

Loved by 1 person

Who Has Seen the Wind

By W.O. Mitchell ,

Loved by 1 person

Dreamland Lake

By Richard Peck ,

Loved by 1 person

Martha Quest

By Doris Lessing ,

Upon the Corner of the Moon

By Valerie Nieman ,

The Aphorism Club

By Tracey Lee ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

No, You're Crazy

By Jeff Beamish ,

Fourteen

By Leslie Johansen Nack ,

Child of Vanris

By Nikki McCormack ,

The Diamondbacks

By Sandra K. Barnidge ,

The Sherangivan

By Jacqueline Fellows ,

Upon the Corner of the Moon

By Valerie Nieman ,

The Aphorism Club

By Tracey Lee ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

No, You're Crazy

By Jeff Beamish ,

The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman

By Robin Gregory ,

Fried Chicken Castañeda

By Suzanne Stauffer ,

Loved by 1 person

Farnham's Freehold

By Robert A. Heinlein ,

Loved by 1 person

Summer of '42

By Herman Raucher ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

No, You're Crazy

By Jeff Beamish ,

Loved by 1 person

The Rachel Papers

By Martin Amis ,

Loved by 1 person

Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice?

By Paula Danziger ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

No, You're Crazy

By Jeff Beamish ,

The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman

By Robin Gregory ,

Loved by 1 person

Dancer from the Dance

By Andrew Holleran ,

The Aphorism Club

By Tracey Lee ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

No, You're Crazy

By Jeff Beamish ,

The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman

By Robin Gregory ,

Fried Chicken Castañeda

By Suzanne Stauffer ,

Loved by 1 person

Ultramarine

By Malcolm Lowry ,

Loved by 1 person

Endless Love

By Scott Spencer ,

Fourteen

By Leslie Johansen Nack ,

Child of Vanris

By Nikki McCormack ,

The Diamondbacks

By Sandra K. Barnidge ,

The Sherangivan

By Jacqueline Fellows ,

Upon the Corner of the Moon

By Valerie Nieman ,

The Aphorism Club

By Tracey Lee ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

No, You're Crazy

By Jeff Beamish ,

The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman

By Robin Gregory ,

Fried Chicken Castañeda

By Suzanne Stauffer ,

The Birthright of Sons

By Jefferey Spivey ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

My Summer (with Robots)

By Marsh Myers ,

Liddy-Jean Marketing Queen and the Matchmaking Scheme

By Mari SanGiovanni ,

Debut

By Robert Rioux ,

The best coming of age books of the 1970s

The books our community loved the most.

Watership Down

The House of God

Orlando

The Great Gilly Hopkins

Books from our members

Fourteen

Child of Vanris

A High Wind in Jamaica

No Longer Human

Books from our members

Fourteen

Child of Vanris

The Diamondbacks

The Cement Garden

Paper Moon

Books from our members

Fourteen

Child of Vanris

The Diamondbacks

The Sherangivan

Lives of Girls and Women

The Beggar Maid

Books from our members

The Diamondbacks

The Sherangivan

Books from our members

Fourteen

Child of Vanris

The Diamondbacks

The Sherangivan

Upon the Corner of the Moon

Killing Mr. Griffin

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Edwin Mullhouse

The Parasites

Books from our members

Fourteen

Child of Vanris

The Diamondbacks

The Sherangivan

Upon the Corner of the Moon

The Aphorism Club

Rooted in Sunrise

The Lying Days

Books from our members

The Sherangivan

Upon the Corner of the Moon

The Aphorism Club

Black Tickets

Books from our members

Upon the Corner of the Moon

The Aphorism Club

The Favourite Game

Who Has Seen the Wind

Dreamland Lake

Martha Quest

Books from our members

Upon the Corner of the Moon

The Aphorism Club

Rooted in Sunrise

No, You're Crazy

Books from our members

Fourteen

Child of Vanris

The Diamondbacks

The Sherangivan

Upon the Corner of the Moon

The Aphorism Club

Rooted in Sunrise

No, You're Crazy

The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman

Fried Chicken Castañeda

Farnham's Freehold

Summer of '42

Books from our members

Rooted in Sunrise

No, You're Crazy

The Rachel Papers