Coming of Age Stories (184 books)

Coming of Age Stories

Remember when you were a kid exploring your home town, thinking that creatures roamed the countryside, and magic was all around you. This list is an exploration of those books that will both scare you and have you remembering growing up through those idyllic days of summer.

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1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.18 avg rating — 889,588 ratings score: 4,130, and 42 people voted	My rating:
2	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.74 avg rating — 509,851 ratings score: 2,542, and 26 people voted	My rating:
3	It by Stephen King 3.93 avg rating — 73,715 ratings score: 2,085, and 21 people voted	My rating:
4	Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury 3.90 avg rating — 20,600 ratings score: 1,683, and 17 people voted	My rating:
5	Judgment Cove by Christopher Godsoe (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 1,494, and 15 people voted	My rating:
6	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.56 avg rating — 576,130 ratings score: 1,163, and 12 people voted	My rating:
7	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.73 avg rating — 664,016 ratings score: 1,125, and 12 people voted	My rating:
8	Black Swan Green by David Mitchell 3.95 avg rating — 7,503 ratings score: 1,096, and 11 people voted	My rating:
9	The Body by Stephen King 4.19 avg rating — 5,559 ratings score: 1,077, and 11 people voted	My rating:
10	Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon 4.28 avg rating — 3,845 ratings score: 980, and 10 people voted	My rating:
11	The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 3.95 avg rating — 124,322 ratings score: 969, and 10 people voted	My rating:
12	The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry 4.11 avg rating — 264,987 ratings score: 887, and 9 people voted	My rating:
13	The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale 4.17 avg rating — 1,156 ratings score: 846, and 9 people voted	My rating:
14	The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 3.86 avg rating — 381,815 ratings score: 781, and 8 people voted	My rating:
15	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 4.20 avg rating — 85,868 ratings score: 747, and 8 people voted	My rating:
16	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume 3.85 avg rating — 49,300 ratings score: 611, and 7 people voted	My rating:
17	The Starlight Crystal by Christopher Pike 3.62 avg rating — 718 ratings score: 600, and 6 people voted	My rating:
17	Ada: Legend of a Healer by R.A. McDonald (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 87 ratings score: 600, and 6 people voted	My rating:
19	A Separate Peace by John Knowles 3.50 avg rating — 52,099 ratings score: 578, and 6 people voted	My rating:
20	The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman 3.83 avg rating — 278,919 ratings score: 566, and 6 people voted	My rating:
21	Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury 3.96 avg rating — 12,309 ratings score: 537, and 6 people voted	My rating:
22	Outside - a post-apocalyptic novel (The Outside Series #1) by Shalini Boland (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 124 ratings score: 499, and 5 people voted	My rating:
23	Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski 4.13 avg rating — 11,977 ratings score: 496, and 5 people voted	My rating:
23	Hidden (Marchwood Vampire Series #1) by Shalini Boland (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 160 ratings score: 496, and 5 people voted	My rating:
25	Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 3.80 avg rating — 38,308 ratings score: 463, and 5 people voted	My rating:
26	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 3.88 avg rating — 104,173 ratings score: 428, and 5 people voted	My rating:
27	Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt 3.95 avg rating — 106,326 ratings score: 414, and 5 people voted	My rating:
28	Different Seasons by Stephen King 4.13 avg rating — 51,906 ratings score: 392, and 4 people voted	My rating:
29	The Boar by Joe R. Lansdale 3.94 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	My rating:
30	A Fine Dark Line by Joe R. Lansdale 4.00 avg rating — 530 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	My rating:
31	Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1) by Frank Herbert 3.96 avg rating — 174,420 ratings score: 277, and 3 people voted	My rating:
31	David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 32,596 ratings score: 277, and 3 people voted	My rating:
33	Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein 3.75 avg rating — 98,509 ratings score: 276, and 3 people voted	My rating:
34	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 3.54 avg rating — 34,296 ratings score: 259, and 3 people voted	My rating:
35	Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham 4.01 avg rating — 12,148 ratings score: 255, and 3 people voted	My rating:
36	Paddy Clarke ha ha ha: Roman by Roddy Doyle 3.70 avg rating — 4,416 ratings score: 236, and 3 people voted	My rating:
37	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind 3.87 avg rating — 39,855 ratings score: 221, and 3 people voted	My rating:
38	The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness 4.04 avg rating — 11,803 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	My rating:
38	The Sunset Strip Diaries by Amy O'Hare 3.68 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	My rating:
38	Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 3.88 avg rating — 82,473 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	My rating:
41	Spin (Spin, #1) by Robert Charles Wilson 3.96 avg rating — 4,793 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	My rating:
41	Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey 4.00 avg rating — 1,175 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	My rating:
43	Moloka'i by Alan Brennert 4.10 avg rating — 15,502 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	My rating:
44	The Talisman by Stephen King 4.00 avg rating — 25,229 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	My rating:
45	The Risk Pool by Richard Russo 3.93 avg rating — 1,978 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	My rating:
46	Summer Sisters by Judy Blume 3.67 avg rating — 25,220 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	My rating:
47	Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 3.83 avg rating — 208,340 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	My rating:
48	Wait Until Spring, Bandini by John Fante 4.08 avg rating — 1,668 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	My rating:
49	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.03 avg rating — 384,957 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	My rating:
50	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.60 avg rating — 111,237 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	My rating:
51	Little Women (Little Women, #1) by Louisa May Alcott 3.93 avg rating — 474,073 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	My rating:
52	A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks 3.95 avg rating — 83,243 ratings score: 165, and 2 people voted	My rating:
53	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.02 avg rating — 523,010 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	My rating:
54	The Red Pony by John Steinbeck 3.25 avg rating — 11,726 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	My rating:
55	My Ántonia by Willa Cather 3.67 avg rating — 37,416 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	My rating:
56	The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 3.87 avg rating — 23,629 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	My rating:
56	A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean 4.06 avg rating — 6,449 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	My rating:
58	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 358,984 ratings score: 116, and 2 people voted	My rating:
59	If Rock and Roll Were a Machine by Terry Davis 4.26 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
59	Sweet Charlotte's Seventh Mistake by Cori Crooks (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
59	A Season of Miracles by Rusty Whitener 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
59	Stick Man by Richard Rossi 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
59	Candide by Voltaire 3.72 avg rating — 38,164 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
59	Ashfall (Ashfall, #1) by Mike Mullin (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 1,111 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
59	(W)hole by Ruth Madison (Goodreads Author) 3.46 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
59	Betsey Brown by Ntozake Shange 3.70 avg rating — 198 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
59	A Lost Argument by Therese Doucet (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
59	Düzenin Yabancılaşması: Batılaşma by İdris Küçükömer 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
59	Destined by Gail Cleare (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
59	The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 4.17 avg rating — 64,109 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
59	The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author) 4.54 avg rating — 34,999 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
72	Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 3.92 avg rating — 4,122 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	My rating:
72	The Boy with No Shoes by William Horwood 4.31 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	My rating:
72	Emile: Or On Education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 3.53 avg rating — 765 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	My rating:
72	Looking for Alaska by John Green 4.27 avg rating — 40,237 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	My rating:
72	Me and Mr. Booker by Cory Taylor 3.32 avg rating — 47 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	My rating:
72	The Handbook of Children, Media, and Development by Sandra L. Calvert 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	My rating:
72	Breath by Ruth Madison (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	My rating:
79	Jim the Boy by Tony Earley 3.76 avg rating — 1,188 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	My rating:
79	La Petite Fadette by George Sand 3.74 avg rating — 274 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	My rating:
79	Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1) by Margaret Weis 4.00 avg rating — 13,882 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	My rating:
82	The Fabulous Clipjoint by Fredric Brown 4.01 avg rating — 95 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	My rating:
82	Evil Genius (Genius, #1) by Catherine Jinks 3.74 avg rating — 2,444 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	My rating:
82	Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron 3.69 avg rating — 2,529 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	My rating:
82	Very Far Away from Anywhere Else by Ursula K. Le Guin 3.87 avg rating — 563 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	My rating:
82	My Convent Life by George Sand 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	My rating:
82	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 4.14 avg rating — 38,867 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	My rating:
88	Witch Baby (Weetzie Bat, #2) by Francesca Lia Block 4.15 avg rating — 1,557 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	My rating:
88	Animal's People by Indra Sinha 3.76 avg rating — 645 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	My rating:
88	Where Rivers Change Direction by Mark Spragg 4.20 avg rating — 322 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	My rating:
88	My Father's Glory & My Mother's Castle: Marcel Pagnol's Memories of Childhood by Marcel Pagnol 4.11 avg rating — 164 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	My rating:
88	The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler 3.62 avg rating — 1,340 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	My rating:
93	The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.12 avg rating — 9,586 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	My rating:
93	Weetzie Bat (Weetzie Bat, #1) by Francesca Lia Block 3.77 avg rating — 4,730 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	My rating:
93	Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 309 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	My rating:
93	The Collected Works, Vol. 9: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 3.81 avg rating — 222 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	My rating:
93	Miss you like crazy: Eliza Clark. by Eliza Clark 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	My rating:
98	The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr 3.65 avg rating — 100 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	My rating:
98	Summer of Night by Dan Simmons 3.94 avg rating — 2,239 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	My rating:
98	The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 3.58 avg rating — 8,867 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	My rating: