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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,081,969 ratings — published 1999
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.80 — 898,166 ratings — published 1861
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,026,904 ratings — published 1951
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,426,532 ratings — published 1847
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,481,478 ratings — published 2022
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,876,836 ratings — published 1997
Holes (Holes, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,404,750 ratings — published 1998
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,625,469 ratings — published 2003
A Wizard of Earthsea (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.01 — 379,098 ratings — published 1968
The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.96 — 87,454 ratings — published 2006
Whistler (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.30 — 241,857 ratings — published 2026
The Director (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.94 — 20,814 ratings — published 2023
Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,621 ratings — published 2022
My Friends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.30 — 637,002 ratings — published 2025
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.95 — 61,135 ratings — published 2006
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.96 — 580,588 ratings — published 2001
The Emperor of Gladness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.84 — 88,743 ratings — published 2025
The Three Lives of Cate Kay (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.72 — 121,144 ratings — published 2025
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.14 — 408,796 ratings — published 1980
Cat's Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.96 — 75,000 ratings — published 1988
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.06 — 520,326 ratings — published 2011
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.47 — 198,475 ratings — published 2014
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Neapolitan Novels, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.36 — 215,850 ratings — published 2013
The Iron Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.86 — 13,254 ratings — published 1968
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,075,582 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,694,742 ratings — published 1998
Martyr! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.13 — 230,145 ratings — published 2024
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.01 — 144,247 ratings — published 2020
Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.03 — 380,107 ratings — published 1911
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,161,729 ratings — published 1908
The Dutch House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.10 — 607,735 ratings — published 2019
The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.01 — 179,792 ratings — published 2019
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.93 — 207,421 ratings — published 1952
Strait is the Gate (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.57 — 6,780 ratings — published 1909
The Glass Bead Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.09 — 44,122 ratings — published 1943
Mysterious Skin (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.18 — 13,614 ratings — published 1995
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.14 — 328,105 ratings — published 1970
A Woman's Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.24 — 24,273 ratings — published 1988
In Other Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.74 — 16,255 ratings — published 2015
Every Exquisite Thing (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.64 — 8,985 ratings — published 2016
Congratulations, by the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.19 — 9,820 ratings — published 2013
Happening (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.29 — 86,761 ratings — published 2000
Skellig (Skellig, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.81 — 31,800 ratings — published 1998
The Poet X (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.36 — 146,568 ratings — published 2018
Skim (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.76 — 17,415 ratings — published 2008
The Sound of Waves (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.77 — 26,248 ratings — published 1954
Phoenix Boxed Set (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.40 — 10 ratings — published 2013
Princess Knight: New Omnibus Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 3.76 — 241 ratings — published
She Rides Shotgun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.04 — 11,024 ratings — published 2017
Bastard Out of Carolina (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as buildungsroman)
avg rating 4.15 — 49,352 ratings — published 1992