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Coming Of Age

Growing up means navigating life's pivotal moments - first loves, family struggles, identity questions, and the raw emotions of youth. These transformative stories capture the universal journey from innocence to understanding, following characters as they find their place in a complex world through triumph, heartbreak, and self-discovery.

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The Country Girls Summary
The Country Girls
by Edna O'Brien 1960 175 pages
3.69
8.1K ratings
Ireland
Irish Literature
Classics
Demon Copperhead Summary
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver 2022 560 pages
4.48
661.8K ratings
Book Club
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
The Whistling Season Summary
The Whistling Season
by Ivan Doig 2006 345 pages
4.07
20.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Westerns
Quarterlife Crisis Summary
Quarterlife Crisis
The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
by Alexandra Robbins 2001 224 pages
3.18
1.1K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Knockout Queen Summary
The Knockout Queen
by Rufi Thorpe 2020 277 pages
3.73
14.1K ratings
Contemporary
LGBT
Young Adult
Love Letters to the Dead Summary
Love Letters to the Dead
by Ava Dellaira 2014 336 pages
3.79
90.9K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Speak Summary
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson 1999 202 pages
4.05
625.6K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Canada Summary
Canada
by Richard Ford 2012 420 pages
3.52
27.7K ratings
Book Club
Canada
Literary Fiction
The Distance Between Us Summary
The Distance Between Us
by Reyna Grande 2012 325 pages
4.36
16.8K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography Memoir
The Making of Men Summary
The Making of Men
by Arne Rubinstein 2013 288 pages
4.15
149 ratings
Parenting
Coming Of Age
Self Help
This Is All Summary
This Is All
The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn
by Aidan Chambers 2005 808 pages
4.31
2.4K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
What Will People Think? Summary
What Will People Think?
by Sara Hamdan 2025 336 pages
3.72
1.4K ratings
Contemporary
Coming Of Age
Romance
A Gate at the Stairs Summary
A Gate at the Stairs
by Lorrie Moore 2009 322 pages
3.17
18.6K ratings
Book Club
Novels
Literary Fiction
Girl Through Glass Summary
Girl Through Glass
by Sari Wilson 2016 289 pages
3.38
3.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Book Club
Good Girl Summary
Good Girl
by Aria Aber 2025 368 pages
3.65
6.3K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Queer
Friends Like These Summary
Friends Like These
by Meg Rosoff 2022 320 pages
3.30
2.5K ratings
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Coming Of Age
The Skin I'm In Summary
The Skin I'm In
by Sharon G. Flake 2000 176 pages
4.16
17.1K ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Middle Grade
The Traveler's Gate Trilogy Summary
The Traveler's Gate Trilogy
by Will Wight 2015 1218 pages
4.35
3.4K ratings
Fantasy
Magic
Magick
Big Girl Small Summary
Big Girl Small
by Rachel DeWoskin 2011 294 pages
3.34
2.8K ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Adult
Bitterschokolade Summary
Bitterschokolade
by Mirjam Pressler 1992 112 pages
2.89
809 ratings
Young Adult
German Literature
School
With the Fire on High Summary
With the Fire on High
by Elizabeth Acevedo 2019 395 pages
4.17
89.3K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Daphne Summary
Daphne
by Josh Malerman 2022 262 pages
3.37
6.1K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
Little Pieces of Light Summary
Little Pieces of Light
by Emma Scott 2025 432 pages
4.27
290 ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Cor Amare Summary
Cor Amare
by Pepper Winters 2023 625 pages
4.57
2.0K ratings
Dark
Dark Romance
Romance
Lunamare Summary
Lunamare
by Pepper Winters 2023 452 pages
4.38
2.6K ratings
Romance
Dark Romance
Dark
Small Worlds Summary
Small Worlds
by Caleb Azumah Nelson 2023 260 pages
4.28
11.2K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Romance
House of Blades Summary
House of Blades
by Will Wight 2013 294 pages
4.07
18.1K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Magic
Black Shack Alley Summary
Black Shack Alley
by Joseph Zobel 1980 184 pages
4.06
622 ratings
France
Classics
School
The Last Piece of His Heart Summary
The Last Piece of His Heart
by Emma Scott 2021 413 pages
4.42
2.9K ratings
Romance
New Adult
Friends To Lovers
Thirst Trap Summary
Thirst Trap
by Gráinne O'Hare 2025 288 pages
3.74
2.3K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Queer
The Son & His Hope Summary
The Son & His Hope
by Pepper Winters 2019 666 pages
4.48
3.8K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
When We Were the Kennedys Summary
When We Were the Kennedys
A Memoir from Mexico, Maine
by Monica Wood 2012 235 pages
3.92
7.3K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Before I Forget Summary
Before I Forget
by Tory Henwood Hoen 2025 288 pages
4.34
734 ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Family
We Begin at the End Summary
We Begin at the End
by Chris Whitaker 2020 384 pages
4.18
169.9K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Thriller
Slanting Towards the Sea Summary
Slanting Towards the Sea
by Lidija Hilje 2025 336 pages
4.15
5.0K ratings
Literary Fiction
Romance
Summer
The Bartender's Tale Summary
The Bartender's Tale
by Ivan Doig 2012 387 pages
4.07
10.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Coming Of Age
Demian / Siddhartha Summary
Demian / Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse 1998 0 pages
4.2
12.6K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Love and Other Four-Letter Words Summary
Love and Other Four-Letter Words
by Carolyn Mackler 2002 247 pages
3.61
1.9K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
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