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  • Eric Dakota Gay coming-of-age books that capture the realism of the experience Book cover of Snow Boys Book cover of All the Pretty Boys Book cover of Boy Shattered Book cover of Pride High Book cover of Heartmates
  • Susan Doherty Trauma resilience, identity, and the human spirit Book cover of A Little Life Book cover of The Kite Runner Book cover of The Art of Fielding Book cover of The Goldfinch Book cover of My Dark Vanessa
  • Paul Jantzen Coming-of-age heroes facing grown up problems Book cover of A Painted House Book cover of The Crossing Book cover of The Body Book cover of In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash Book cover of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • Whitney D. Grandison YA romances with bad boys to swoon over Book cover of Leaving Paradise Book cover of The Duff Book cover of Through My Window Book cover of Say You'll Remember Me Book cover of I Wanna Be Where You Are
  • Annette Young Education that make you think, laugh, and cry Book cover of Jane Eyre Book cover of How Green Was My Valley Book cover of Goodbye, Mr. Chips Book cover of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Book cover of I Can Jump Puddles
  • Cynthia Ulmer Family drama and saga books for when you want to escape into the past Book cover of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Book cover of To Kill a Mockingbird Book cover of All the Forgivenesses Book cover of The Road to Bittersweet Book cover of If the Creek Don't Rise
  • Jonah Newman Gay coming-of-age graphic novels Book cover of Fun Home Book cover of Flamer Book cover of Spinning Book cover of The Magic Fish Book cover of This One Summer
  • Julie A. Sellers Kindred spirits Book cover of Anne of Green Gables Book cover of Up a Road Slowly Book cover of Little Women Book cover of I Capture the Castle Book cover of The Blue Castle
  • Alan M. Clark and Lisa Snellings Coming-of-age characters facing the unknown Book cover of To Kill a Mockingbird Book cover of Something Wicked This Way Comes Book cover of The Goldfinch Book cover of The Ocean at the End of the Lane Book cover of The Body
  • Steven Prevosto Why characters struggle to achieve their goals Book cover of The Midnights Book cover of Sold Out Book cover of The Outsiders Book cover of The Perks of Being a Wallflower Book cover of The Contender
  • Natalie Jenner By Jane Austen Book cover of Pride and Prejudice Book cover of Persuasion Book cover of Emma Book cover of Mansfield Park Book cover of Sense and Sensibility
  • Susan Beckham Zurenda Impaired characters propeling the protagonists Book cover of Amy and Isabelle Book cover of Sing, Unburied, Sing Book cover of Rich in Love Book cover of Child of My Heart Book cover of Peace Like a River
  • Richard Vetere Classic coming-of-age set within the last century Book cover of A Separate Peace Book cover of Portnoy's Complaint Book cover of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Book cover of My Brilliant Friend Book cover of Great Expectations
  • Shari McNally Historical bildungsroman coming-of-age Book cover of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Book cover of The Catcher in the Rye Book cover of The Color Purple Book cover of Orlando: A Biography Book cover of The Outsiders
  • Jeremy Bates Coming-of-age horror Book cover of The Body Book cover of The Traveling Vampire Show Book cover of Boy's Life Book cover of The Girl Next Door Book cover of Suffer the Children
  • Zoë Bossiere Coming of age memoirs about trans kids actually written by trans people Book cover of Pretty: A Memoir Book cover of Fairest: A Memoir Book cover of Gender Queer: A Memoir Book cover of Pageboy: A Memoir Book cover of A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings
  • Daniel Hayes Classic YA that are coming-of-age gems Book cover of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Book cover of The Catcher in the Rye Book cover of The Outsiders Book cover of Space Station Seventh Grade Book cover of Dreamland Lake
  • Terri Apter That shed light on those baffling teenage years Book cover of The Member of the Wedding Book cover of Middlesex Book cover of The House on Mango Street Book cover of Adventures of Tom Sawyer Book cover of Call Me by Your Name
  • Nell Freudenberger What it’s really like to be a teenage girl Book cover of Sula Book cover of The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose Book cover of Milkman Book cover of Americanah Book cover of The Lying Life of Adults
  • Christy Cashman Coming of age YA books with strong voices Book cover of Cold Sassy Tree Book cover of A Prayer for Owen Meany Book cover of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Book cover of The Yellow House Book cover of A Day No Pigs Would Die
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