Bildungsroman

Bildungsroman or coming-of-age story is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood and in which character change is thus extremely important.

The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird
Jane Eyre
Great Expectations
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
The Goldfinch
The Outsiders
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
David Copperfield
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Kite Runner
Norwegian Wood
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
Anne; a Novel by Constance Fenimore WoolsonBread Givers by Anzia YezierskaThe Hidden Hand by E.D.E.N. SouthworthMy Life by Zitkála-ŠáMoods by Louisa May Alcott
Toast Books
9 books — 1 voter
The Cavalier by Israh AziziLife After Death by Emory D. LynnMagic America by C.E. MedfordWood, Talc and Mr. J by Chris   RoseFreaks I've Met by Donald Jans
Coming of Age Tales
121 books — 107 voters

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleJacks Fork by Chris OrletGrendel by John GardnerHeartless by Marissa MeyerThe Just City by Jo Walton
Loss of Innocence
17 books — 2 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Bildungsroman book
377 books — 335 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Middle Grade Coming-of-Age About Girls
421 books — 28 voters

Hanya Yanagihara
“ If I were a different kind of person, I might say this whole incident is a metaphor for life in general: things get broken, and sometimes they get repaired, and in most cases, you realize that no matter what gets damaged, life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss, sometimes wonderfully. (Harold Stein) ”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

Alice Munro
“ I went around the house to the back door thinking, I have been to a dance and a boy has walked me home and kissed me. It was all true. My life was possible. ”
― Alice Munro, Dance of the Happy Shades

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