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The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 430 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,023,507 ratings — published 1951
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 383 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,143,498 ratings — published 1960
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 323 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,423,482 ratings — published 1847
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 245 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.80 — 897,478 ratings — published 1861
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 223 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,079,880 ratings — published 1999
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 207 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,550,246 ratings — published 1868
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 154 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,088,471 ratings — published 2013
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,696,598 ratings — published 1967
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.65 — 168,718 ratings — published 1916
David Copperfield (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.05 — 267,120 ratings — published 1850
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.31 — 535,615 ratings — published 1943
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,622,079 ratings — published 2003
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.98 — 776,510 ratings — published 1987
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 128 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,160,246 ratings — published 1908
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 128 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,355,926 ratings — published 1885
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 125 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,863,765 ratings — published 1997
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
by (shelved 119 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.06 — 518,954 ratings — published 2011
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.85 — 919,376 ratings — published 2005
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.46 — 915,584 ratings — published 2022
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 97 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,988,099 ratings — published 2005
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 96 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,809,102 ratings — published 2018
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 94 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.28 — 696,083 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 92 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,249,780 ratings — published 2007
Demian (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.14 — 146,606 ratings — published 1919
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 91 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,792,251 ratings — published 2005
A Separate Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.60 — 236,820 ratings — published 1959
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 89 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,942,803 ratings — published 2003
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.09 — 919,009 ratings — published 1922
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,324,497 ratings — published 1963
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 88 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,688,789 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 86 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,370,202 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 84 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,069,000 ratings — published 1999
Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.04 — 673,925 ratings — published 2002
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 80 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,911,980 ratings — published 1993
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,790,580 ratings — published 2005
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,048,191 ratings — published 1876
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.76 — 311,286 ratings — published 1759
The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.67 — 252,871 ratings — published 1984
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,637,652 ratings — published 2003
I Capture the Castle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.98 — 119,238 ratings — published 1948
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,374,734 ratings — published 2001
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,011,339 ratings — published 2018
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,506,802 ratings — published 1985
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,770,195 ratings — published 1988
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,897,784 ratings — published 2012
A Wizard of Earthsea (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.01 — 378,584 ratings — published 1968
Of Human Bondage (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.16 — 63,484 ratings — published 1915
The Magic Mountain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 62 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.13 — 66,475 ratings — published 1924
Black Swan Green (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 3.98 — 44,513 ratings — published 2006
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as bildungsroman)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,018,679 ratings — published 2015
“The story of the self is simply the insight into the emotions of the protagonist and how he interacts with the outside world.”
― Learn Creative Writing: A guide to writing perfect drafts
― Learn Creative Writing: A guide to writing perfect drafts
“Time...is a rocking horse. When Krishna was a child, he pulled its ear, released it, and walked away, laughing. It creaked, back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth. Noisy nonstop. We worship Krishna in the child form because we want him to come and grab that Time Horse by its tail; when he does, the horse’s grinning face will come to a halt and
silence will descend. Peace, at last, from the noise of time. Isn’t that the need at the heart of our every prayer, whatever our material demands, whatever words we choose? Peace from the noise of time.”
― The Sea Elephants
back and forth, back and forth. Noisy nonstop. We worship Krishna in the child form because we want him to come and grab that Time Horse by its tail; when he does, the horse’s grinning face will come to a halt and
silence will descend. Peace, at last, from the noise of time. Isn’t that the need at the heart of our every prayer, whatever our material demands, whatever words we choose? Peace from the noise of time.”
― The Sea Elephants
