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The Best Bildungsroman (Coming-Of-Age) Novels

A Bildungsroman is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age), in which character change is extremely important. Basically, it's a novel where the protagonist doesn't just change, but grows up.
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Hayy Ibn Yaqdhan (Ibn Tufayl)
Hayy Ibn Yaqdhan
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Ibn Tufayl
Parzival
Parzival
2
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
3
Simon Armitage (Translator)
Lazarillo De Tormes (Anónimo)
Lazarillo De Tormes
4
Anónimo
Simplicius Simplicissimus
Simplicius Simplicissimus
5
Les Aventures De Télémaque (Fénelon)
Les Aventures De Télémaque
6
Fénelon
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
7
Henry Fielding
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
8
Voltaire
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
9
Laurence Sterne
Emile
Emile
10
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
11
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
12
Jane Austen
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
13
Stendhal
The Captain's Daughter
The Captain's Daughter
14
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
15
Charlotte Bronte
Pendennis (William Thackeray)
Pendennis
16
William Thackeray
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
17
Charles Dickens
Green Henry
Green Henry
18
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
19
Charles Dickens
A Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
A Sentimental Education
20
Gustave Flaubert
The Story of an African Farm (Olive Schreiner)
The Story of an African Farm
21
Olive Schreiner
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
22
Mark Twain
Pharaoh
Pharaoh
23
What Maisie Knew (Henry James)
What Maisie Knew
24
Henry James
Young Torless
Young Torless
25
Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden
26
Jack London
Book of Khalid
Book of Khalid
27
Le Grand Meaulnes (Alain-Fournier)
Le Grand Meaulnes
28
Alain-Fournier
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
29
D.H. Lawrence
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
30
W. Somerset Maugham
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
31
James Joyce
Demian
Demian
32
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
33
Sherwood Anderson
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
34
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
35
Thomas Mann
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
36
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
37
Margaret Mitchell
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
38
Zora Neale Hurston
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
39
Richard Wright
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
40
Betty Smith
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