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Book Recommendations for General Fiction + Coming of Age

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 393
Historical Fiction - 110
Thrillers - 21
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Short Stories - 26
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Firsts
Debuts - 203
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Uplifting - 16
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Generational Sagas - 111
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Ages & Stages
Adult Books From Child's Perspective - 64
Coming of Age - 597
Mid-Life Onwards - 22
Dealing with Loss - 161

Ethnicity
Books in Translation - 22
Immigrants & Expats - 84
Black Authors - 55
Latinx Authors - 9
Asian Authors - 78
Jewish Authors - 28
Middle-Eastern Authors - 16
Native and Indigenous Authors - 7

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Female Friendships - 74
Strong Women - 204
LGBTQ+ - 67

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Philosophical - 22
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Magical or Supernatural - 57
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Miscellaneous
Books with Discussion Guides - 311
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War Related - 90
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400+ Pages - 48
250-400 Pages - 597
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17th Century or Earlier - 12
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USA - 279
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Europe - 91
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Mass. - 12
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West, USA - 80

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Asia by Region
Middle-East (West Asia) - 18
Russia (North Asia) - 3
Central Asia - 3
East Asia (except China) - 15
China - 11
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South-East Asia - 7

Africa by Region
Eastern Africa - 11
Middle & Southern Africa - 4
Northern & Western Africa - 11

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  • The Emperor of Gladness
    Ocean Vuong
    Hardcover: 05/13/2025
     
    Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we ...
  • Remember Us
    Jacqueline Woodson
    Paperback: 05/06/2025
     
    Winner: BookBrowse YA Book Award 2023

    National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful...
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    My Friends: A Novel
    Fredrik Backman
    Hardcover: 05/06/2025
     
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale ...
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    Eve J. Chung
    Paperback: 05/06/2025
     
    A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the ...
  • Change
    Change: A Novel
    Edouard Louis
    Paperback: 05/06/2025
     
    An autobiographical novel from Édouard Louis, hailed as one of the most important voices of his ...
  • The Pretender
    The Pretender: A Novel
    Jo Harkin
    Hardcover: 04/22/2025
     
    A sweeping historical novel in the vein of Hilary Mantel and Maggie O'Farrell set during the time of the ...
  • The Corruption of Hollis Brown
    K. Ancrum
    Hardcover: 04/22/2025
     
    From acclaimed author K. Ancrum comes a queer romantic thriller in which the lives of Hollis, a boy in search ...

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