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  • Natalie Jenner The best books 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
  • Shari McNally The best historical bildungsroman (coming-of-age) novels 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
  • Annette Young The best classic novels of education, or Bildungsroman, 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
  • Steven Prevosto The best books to understand why characters struggle to achieve their goals in coming of age novels 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
  • Alan M. Clark and Lisa Snellings The best books with coming-of-age characters teaming up to face 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
  • Jonah Newman The best 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
  • Paul Jantzen The best nostalgic stories of 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
  • Richard Vetere The best classic coming-of-age novels 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
  • Cynthia Ulmer The best 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
  • Julie A. Sellers The best books for 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
  • Eric Dakota The best gay coming-out 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: Red Book cover of Heartmates
  • Zoë Bossiere The best 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
  • Whitney D. Grandison The best 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
  • Susan Beckham Zurenda The best novels in which an impaired character propels the protagonist’s coming of age 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
  • Susan Doherty The best books on profound explorations of trauma shaping 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
  • Jeremy Bates The best coming-of-age horror novels 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
  • Joanna Horton The best novels about complex female friendship Book cover of Nothing Special Book cover of Conversations with Friends Book cover of The Strays Book cover of The Last of Her Kind Book cover of The Weekend
  • Daniel Hayes The best classic YA books 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
  • Nash Jenkins The best novels about teenage sentimentality Book cover of The Perks of Being a Wallflower Book cover of Less Than Zero Book cover of It's Kind of a Funny Story Book cover of The Virgin Suicides Book cover of A Separate Peace
  • Eric Schlich The best dysfunctional family novels about mythmaking Book cover of Middlesex Book cover of Beloved Book cover of Swamplandia! Book cover of The Family Fang Book cover of Tom Lake
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