Coming of Age Books
Coming-of-age stories track a young protagonist through the messy transition from childhood to adulthood. These narratives deal in first heartbreaks, shifting family dynamics, identity crises, and the painful realization that the world is more complicated than it once seemed.
118 books
A Separate Peace
Literary Fiction
All the Colors of the Dark
Romance
All the Pretty Horses
Young Adult
Along for the Ride
Memoir
Angela's Ashes
Young Adult
Anna and the French Kiss
Beautyland
Young Adult
Before I Fall
Young Adult
Better Than the Movies
Literary Fiction
Bones and All
Romance
Booth
Young Adult
Bud, Not Buddy
Contemporary Fiction
Caucasia
Romance
Christy
Comedy
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Mystery
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Romance
Eleanor & Park
Romance
Every Summer After
Young Adult
Girl in Pieces
Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Young Adult
Hatchet
Young Adult
Hatchet
Young Adult
Holes
Mystery
I Am the Messenger
Comedy
I Capture the Castle
Comedy
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Horror
Let the Right One In
Literary Fiction
Little Women
Young Adult
Looking for Alaska
Literary Fiction
Lord of the Flies
Young Adult
Maniac Magee
Comedy
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Comedy
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Literary Fiction
Middlesex
Young Adult
My Life Next Door
Literary Fiction
Norwegian Wood
Romance
Offside
Young Adult
On the Come Up
Fantasy
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Mystery
Pretty Little Liars
Contemporary Fiction
Purple Hibiscus
Young Adult
Restart
Non-Fiction
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Young Adult
Rumble Fish
Literary Fiction
Salvage the Bones
Young Adult
Save Me a Seat
Non-Fiction
Scythe
Literary Fiction
Shuggie Bain
Comedy
Smile
Non-Fiction
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Young Adult
Stargirl
Horror
Stuart Little
Contemporary Fiction
Summer Sisters
Horror
Summer of Night
Young Adult
That Was Then, This Is Now
Literary Fiction
The Bell Jar
Literary Fiction
The Bluest Eye
Historical Fiction
The Book Thief
Non-Fiction
The Book of Three
Fantasy
The Borrowers
Young Adult
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Literary Fiction
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Comedy
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
Literary Fiction
The Catcher in the Rye
Young Adult
The Cay
Young Adult
The Chocolate War
Fantasy
The City & The City
The City of the Plague God
Non-Fiction
The Diamond Age
Non-Fiction
The Farthest Shore
Contemporary Fiction
The Fault in Our Stars
The Flamethrowers
Young Adult
The Fortress of Solitude
Comedy
The Fortunes
Non-Fiction
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Thriller
The Girl with All the Gifts
Dystopian
The Giver
Literary Fiction
The Goldfinch
Young Adult
The Graveyard Book
Contemporary Fiction
The Hate U Give
Self-Help
The Heart's Invisible Furies
Literary Fiction
The House on Mango Street
Fantasy
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Literary Fiction
The Idiot
Young Adult
The Impossible Fortress
Fantasy
The Indian in the Cupboard
Literary Fiction
The Invisible Man
Literary Fiction
The Kite Runner
Non-Fiction
The Last of the Wine
Memoir
The Liars' Club
Non-Fiction
The Librarian of Auschwitz
Fantasy
The Lightning Thief
Literary Fiction
The Lincoln Highway
Non-Fiction
The Map of Salt and Stars
Young Adult
The Maze Runner
Non-Fiction
The Mothers
Literary Fiction
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Fantasy
The Name of the Wind
Science Fiction
The Namesake
Young Adult
The Naturals
Horror
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Others Gold
Literary Fiction
The Outsiders
Contemporary Fiction
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Young Adult
The Poet X
The Rachel Incident
Non-Fiction
The Round House
Contemporary Fiction
The Secret Life of Bees
Young Adult
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
Non-Fiction
The Story of the New Name
Young Adult
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Literary Fiction
The Virgin Suicides
Literary Fiction
This Tender Land
Literary Fiction
To Kill a Mockingbird
Young Adult
Walk Two Moons
Fantasy
White Oleander
Young Adult
Wonder
Literary Fiction