Best Bildungsroman book

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,108 ratings
2.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,568 ratings
3.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,931 ratings
4.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,141 ratings
5.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,855 ratings
6.
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7) 4.73 avg rating — 299,547 ratings
7.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,552 ratings
8.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,908 ratings
9.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,893 ratings
10.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,356 ratings
11.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,878 ratings
12.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,165 ratings
13.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,286 ratings
14.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating — 160,999 ratings
15.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,913 ratings
16.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,172 ratings
17.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,530 ratings
18.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,099 ratings
19.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,556 ratings
20.
Freaks I've Met
Freaks I've Met 3.56 avg rating — 1,051 ratings
21.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,223 ratings
22.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,390 ratings
23.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,764 ratings
24.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,252 ratings
25.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,111 ratings
26.
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 299,216 ratings
27.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,269 ratings
28.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret 3.94 avg rating — 252,114 ratings
29.
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage 4.15 avg rating — 60,343 ratings
30.
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 96,280 ratings
31.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther 3.69 avg rating — 148,960 ratings
32.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 56,594 ratings
33.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,350 ratings
34.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,524 ratings
35.
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 378,377 ratings
36.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,841 ratings
37.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,867 ratings
38.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
39.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,716,055 ratings
40.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,142 ratings
41.
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers 3.64 avg rating — 55,124 ratings
42.
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 348,980 ratings
43.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,667 ratings
44.
Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine 4.09 avg rating — 76,305 ratings
45.
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss 3.83 avg rating — 58,101 ratings
46.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,465 ratings
47.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,824 ratings
48.
Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund 4.22 avg rating — 69,810 ratings
49.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,963 ratings
50.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating — 74,823 ratings
51.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating — 286,576 ratings
52.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,258 ratings
53.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,694 ratings
54.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,072 ratings
55.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,524 ratings
56.
The Red Pony
The Red Pony 3.49 avg rating — 58,799 ratings
57.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,400 ratings
58.
Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 67,101 ratings
59.
Because of Winn-Dixie
Because of Winn-Dixie 4.10 avg rating — 274,167 ratings
60.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,806 ratings
60.
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating — 50,452 ratings
62.
Walk Two Moons
Walk Two Moons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 172,178 ratings
63.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 3.75 avg rating — 34,037 ratings
63.
My Name Is Asher Lev
My Name Is Asher Lev 4.24 avg rating — 42,914 ratings
65.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,731 ratings
66.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,597 ratings
67.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,714 ratings
68.
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship 3.76 avg rating — 3,411 ratings
69.
The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings 4.26 avg rating — 328,066 ratings
70.
About a Boy
About a Boy 3.80 avg rating — 140,020 ratings
71.
Clover Blue
Clover Blue 4.12 avg rating — 1,917 ratings
72.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,457 ratings
73.
This Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise 3.64 avg rating — 78,638 ratings
74.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating — 18,692 ratings
75.
Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby 3.94 avg rating — 46,292 ratings
75.
Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors 3.77 avg rating — 400,432 ratings
75.
The Yearling
The Yearling 4.03 avg rating — 30,134 ratings
78.
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha 3.75 avg rating — 23,938 ratings
78.
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 169,164 ratings
80.
Paper Towns
Paper Towns 3.70 avg rating — 1,465,140 ratings
81.
The Power of One (The Power of One, #1)
The Power of One (The Power of One, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 93,091 ratings
82.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,924 ratings
83.
The Blackberry Bush
The Blackberry Bush 3.24 avg rating — 352 ratings
83.
Raptor
Raptor 4.11 avg rating — 1,903 ratings
83.
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 140,288 ratings
86.
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating — 22,079 ratings
87.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 3.73 avg rating — 22,670 ratings
88.
The Dark Is Rising Sequence (The Dark is Rising, #1-5)
The Dark Is Rising Sequence (The Dark is Rising, #1-5) 4.29 avg rating — 16,527 ratings
89.
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book 4.16 avg rating — 560,867 ratings
90.
Very Far Away from Anywhere Else
Very Far Away from Anywhere Else 3.97 avg rating — 4,065 ratings
91.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,477 ratings
92.
Maurice
Maurice 4.08 avg rating — 55,451 ratings
93.
The Rainbow
The Rainbow 3.70 avg rating — 21,411 ratings
94.
The Bottoms
The Bottoms 4.19 avg rating — 9,487 ratings
95.
Ordinary Grace
Ordinary Grace 4.27 avg rating — 183,940 ratings
96.
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 696,688 ratings
97.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,207 ratings
98.
Victoria
Victoria 3.93 avg rating — 30,160 ratings
99.
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories 4.19 avg rating — 29,559 ratings
99.
The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny 4.29 avg rating — 26,468 ratings
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