Twenty Favorite Coming-of-Age Novels

(in order of preference)

 

  1. So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

  2. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys by Chris Fuhrman

  3. My Abandonment by Peter Rock

  4. Borderliners by Peter Høeg

  5. Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy

  6. Jujitsu for Christ by Jack Butler

  7. A Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Seasons 1-7, by Joshua Chapman by Zachary Auburn

  8. Little Boys Come from the Stars by Emmanuel Dongala

  9. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

  10. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

  11. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You by Peter Cameron

  12. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

  13. Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim

  14. King Dork by Frank Portman

  15. A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride

  16. The Best People in the World by Justin Tussing

  17. Vaclav & Lena by Haley Tanner

  18. The Chosen by Chaim Potok

  19. Cargill Falls by William Lychack

  20. The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton

— April 8, 2022


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