52 Best Coming of Age Books

Daniel Pink mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"Read [this book]." - Walter Isaacson

Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.

"My favorite book." - Bill Gates

"I'm so drawn to [the author]'s view of society back then, and to his sarcasm." - Jennifer Lawrence

"Was not written to be a young adult book. It’s an adult book. But it sort of drifted there because the protagonist is a teenager." - Gretchen Rubin

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"I love [this book]. I read it at four different times in my life. Teenager and later." - Larry King

"My [mother] recommended [this book]." - Tim Draper

"Has started drifting into YA." - Gretchen Rubin

"My feeling of kinship with [this book] has never waned." - Alice Walker

"One of those that when you read it, kinda changes you." - Shonda Rhimes

"Excellent novel." - James Altucher

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Ann Miura-Ko mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"You get something new every time." - Oprah Winfrey

"I read the script first and then I read [this book]." - Emma Watson

"Has such sentimental value to me." - Jenn Im

"I read it over and over in part because I felt it was describing to me what my parents’ life was like when they were kids." - Stephen Dubner

"I promise it will grab you from the first sentence." - Oprah Winfrey

Alicia Keys recommended this book on Twitter.

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

"[The storytelling] makes your mind wander." - Taylor Swift

"I remember starting it and just devouring it, not being able to get enough of it, because I fell in love with Scout." - Oprah Winfrey

"This story of tragic injustice resonated in my young mind and still does. It should be required reading for everyone." - Kathie Lee Gifford

"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear

"Great." - Donald Glover

Shah Rukh Khan mentioned this book in an interview.

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com.

Gretchen Rubin mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com.

"I truly believe will be remembered as a classic of our time." - John Green

Jennifer Lopez recommended this book on Twitter.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

"Makes you feel as lost in the characters as they are in each other." - Tavi Gevinson

"Will fill [you] with love and then break [your] heart into tiny pieces." - Jack Edwards

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

Jennifer Lopez recommended this book on Twitter.

Jay Shetty recommended this book on Twitter.

Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.

"[The author] says the greatest of art, the masterpieces, are the ones that stop you. It causes a stasis in your brain. Stops time and makes it last longer." - Jim Carrey

Hillary Clinton mentioned reading this book in a NY Times interview.

"I’m indescribably jealous of any reader picking up this masterpiece for the first time." - Sarah Jessica Parker

Ann Patchett recommended this book on the Parnassus Books website.

One of Levar Burton's book recommendations.

"Has some great twists and turns." - Jack Edwards

On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile.

Barack Obama's favorite books of 2017 list.

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

"My favorite literary heroine is Jo March." - J.K. Rowling

"Was written more than a century ago, but its message resonates today." - Hillary Clinton

"I felt like I was almost there with them in their living room and their kitchen." - Maya Angelou

"I read [this book], I'm not gonna lie, every year at Christmas. Because it makes me happy." - Shonda Rhimes

"My favorite book." - Kathie Lee Gifford

"I’ve now read [this book] three times." - Michelle Obama

"Fills me with admiration and awe." - Oprah Winfrey

On the "favorite books" section of Barack Obama's Facebook profile.

"I love [this book]. Her writing style is incredibly poetic and complex." - Bozoma Saint John

"The characters’ dilemmas just rocked my world in high school." - Jesse Williams

"I have always wanted to read [this book]." - Peter Attia

"I totally pretended I’d read it because I wanted [Mike Schur] to think I was cool." - Mindy Kaling

"Probably one of my favorite books, but I also read it when I was 21." - Amelia Boone

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recommended this book on Twitter.

"I read it as a 22-year-old, and it made me think deeply about how society doesn’t “see” so many of its members." - Jacqueline Novogratz

"When I first read [this book], it was as if somebody turned a bright light on in a dark corridor." - Maya Angelou

"One of my favorite books." - Ryan Holiday

"Riveting time capsule material." - Dan Barreiro

"Can be really interesting [as a movie] — if it's done the right way" - Chloë Grace Moretz

"When I myself first read [this book], the phrase of hers that most arrested me was the one with which she described her father's hometown." - Christopher Hitchens

"A story of a group of students in this really prestigious elite university, and it's a murder mystery." - Jenn Im

"I don’t re-read lots of books, but making an exception for this modern classic." - Nicola Sturgeon

Jennifer Lopez recommended this book on Twitter.

"Gotta be read." - Shonda Rhimes

"My second favorite book." - Bill Gates

"Clearly an adult book, but the protagonist is a teenager." - Gretchen Rubin

"Details different types of depression." - Jack Edwards

"I think that people who love Taylor Swift's writing would really love the writing of [this author]." - Jack Edwards

"A fun read with lots of geek culture, great history, and oh, it also won the Pulitzer Prize." - Tim Ferriss

"My favorite memoir." - Hannah Hart

"For articulating, intentionally or not, what it means to be in love with the idea of love, in love with your own memories, with your own control, with a prevailing aloneness." - Tavi Gevinson

"I love the way the story weaves together so many complex and powerful forces that affect our lives and our relationships." - Michelle Obama