The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
BILDUNGSROMAN
96 books — 34 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannA Separate Peace by John KnowlesThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Best Bildungsroman book
360 books — 318 voters

William Wilson by Edgar Allan PoeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Double by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Double by José SaramagoDespair by Vladimir Nabokov
Doppelgängers
175 books — 120 voters