Popsugar Reading Challenge 2024 - hosted by jenabest

A bildungsroman
 While they're both similar, they're not interchangeable. Coming-of-age novels can consist of any story and can fall within many different genres. In contrast, Bildungsroman novels follow a protagonist from childhood to adulthood and focus on the experiences that result in a character's growth. 
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Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

Summer Sisters

Judy Blume

399 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction romance young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

7 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Blood on the Tracks, Vol. 1 by Shuzo Oshimi

Blood on the Tracks, Vol. 1

Blood on the Tracks [血の轍] #1

Shuzo Oshimi

216 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction horror manga dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

310 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Violeta English Edition by Isabel Allende, Isabel Allende

Violeta English Edition

Isabel Allende, Isabel Allende

341 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Scythe

Arc of a Scythe #1

Neal Shusterman

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

1 hour, 57 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

307 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

The Seed Keeper

Diane Wilson

372 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary nature emotional reflective medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

21 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced