If you run a One City One Book program and are looking specifically for coming-of-age books for your selection this year, look no further!
For even more recommendations, check out this post and this Edelweiss catalog.
MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME by Rasheed Newson
9781250833549
Trade paperback available 8/22/23
A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a young gay Black man in 1980s New York City.
WILD SPACES by S.L. Coney
9781250866837
Trade paperback available 8/1/23
Robert R. McCammon’s Boy’s Life meets Lovecraftian horror in this foreboding, sensual coming-of-age story in which the corrosive nature of family secrets assumes eldritch proportions.
OTHER NAMES FOR LOVE by Taymour Soomro
9781250872883
Trade paperback available 7/11/23
A charged, hypnotic debut novel about a boy’s life-changing summer in rural Pakistan: a story of fathers, sons, and the consequences of desire.
ELSEWHERE by Alexis Schaitkin
9781250219626
Trade paperback available 7/11/23
Richly emotive and darkly captivating, with elements of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” and the imaginative depth of Margaret Atwood, ELSEWHERE by Alexis Schaitkin conjures a community in which girls become wives, wives become mothers and some of them, quite simply, disappear.
THE RUINS by Phoebe Wynne
9781250800695
Trade paperback available 7/4/23
A suspenseful, contemporary Gothic coming-of-age tale with shades of Patricia Highsmith and Atonement, pitched against the sun-soaked backdrop of the French Riviera.
NSFW by Isabel Kaplan
9781250871497
Trade paperback available 6/27/23
Blisteringly sharp and hypersmart—meet Isabel Kaplan’s searing debut novel about a young woman trying to succeed in Hollywood without selling her soul.
THIS GOLDEN STATE by Marit Weisenberg
9781250786289
Trade paperback available 6/6/23
A propulsive, emotional novel following a family on the run, a restless teenage daughter hungry for the truth, and the simple DNA test that threatens their carefully crafted world.
NOTES ON YOUR SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE by Alison Espach
9781250871442
Trade paperback available 5/2/23
Opening in the early nineties and charting almost two decades of shared history and missed connections, this is both a breathtaking love story about two broken people who are unexplainably, inconveniently drawn to each other and a wryly astute coming-of-age tale brimming with unexpected moments of joy.
A THOUSAND STEPS by T. Jefferson Parker
9781250890214
Trade paperback available 2/14/23
A beguiling thriller, an incisive coming-of-age story, and a vivid portrait of a turbulent time and place by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker.
BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU by Sally Rooney
9781250859044
Trade paperback available now
Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon are still young—but life is catching up with them. Are they standing in the last lighted room before the darkness, bearing witness to something? Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world?
ALL GIRLS by Emily Layden
9781250751126
Trade paperback available now
A kaleidoscopic debut novel from an unforgettable new voice in fiction, exploring the aftermath of a sexual assault allegation at an elite all-girls boarding school.
THE HOUSE UPTOWN by Melissa Ginsburg
9781250784209
Trade paperback available now
An emotional coming-of-age novel about a young girl who goes to live with her eccentric grandmother in New Orleans after the death of her mother.
ONE LAST STOP by Casey McQuiston
9781250244499
Trade paperback available now
From the New York Times bestselling author of RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE comes a new romantic comedy that puts a queer spin on Kate & Leopold.
DOMINICANA by Angie Cruz
9781250205940
Trade paperback available now
In the vein of ANOTHER BROOKLYN and AMERICANAH, a novel about a Dominican teenager’s arranged marriage and immigration to New York City, set in the 1960s and inspired by the author’s mother.
TRUST EXERCISE by Susan Choi
9781250231260
Trade paperback available now
As captivating and tender as it is surprising, Susan Choi’s TRUST EXERCISE will incite heated conversations about fiction and truth and about friendships and loyalties, leaving readers with wiser understandings of the true capacities of adolescents and of the powers and responsibilities of adults.
