Bildungsroman Bests

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A bildungsroman (IPA: German: "novel of personal development") is a novelistic form which concentrates on the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the protagonist usually from childhood to maturity. These themes are now often portrayed in films as well as novels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildungsroman

  1. 1.
    The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series, No. 17)
    by Joseph Campbell

  2. 2.
    The House on Mango Street
    by Sandra Cisneros

  3. 3.
    Invisible Man
    by Ralph Ellison

  4. 4.
    The Chosen (The Stone Dance of the Chameleon, Book 1)
    by Ricardo Pinto

  5. 5.
    Emile, or On Education
    by John, Jacques Rousseau

  6. 6.
    Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
    by Goethe

  7. 7.
    Odyssey
    by Homer

  8. 8.
    Peter Camenzind: A Novel
    by Hermann Hesse

  9. 9.
    James T Farrell: Studs Lonigan a Trilogy (Library of America)
    by James T. Farrell

  10. 10.
    Anton Reiser: A Psychological Novel (Penguin Classics)
    by Karl Phillip Moritz

  11. 11.
    Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
    by Charlotte Brontë

  12. 12.
    Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)
    by Charles Dickens

  13. 13.
    David Copperfield (Penguin Classics)
    by Charles Dickens

  14. 14.
    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
    by Charles Dickens

  15. 15.
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    by Mark Twain

  16. 16.

  17. 17.
    Power of One
    by Bryce Courtenay

  18. 18.
    Starship Troopers
    by Robert A. Heinlein

  19. 19.
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
    by J. K. Rowling

  20. 20.
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)
    by J.K. Rowling

  21. 21.
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)
    by J.K. Rowling

  22. 22.
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
    by J. K. Rowling

  23. 23.
    Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
    by J. K. Rowling

  24. 24.
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
    by J.K. Rowling

  25. 25.
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
    by J. K. Rowling

  26. 30.
    Eureka seveN Manga Volume 4: Psalms Of Planets Eureka Seven
    by Jinsei Kataoka

  27. 31.
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    Eureka seveN Manga Volume 5: Psalms Of Planet Eureka Seven
    by Jinsei Kataoka

  28. 32.
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    Eureka seveN Manga Volume 6: Psalms Of Planets Eureka seveN
    by Jinsei Kataoka

  29. 33.
    The Catcher in the Rye
    by J. D. Salinger

  30. 34.
    The Go-Between (New York Review Books Classics)
    by L.P. Hartley

  31. 35.
    Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
    by William Golding

  32. 36.
    Portnoy's Complaint
    by Philip Roth

  33. 37.
    How Many Miles to Babylon?
    by Jennifer Johnston

  34. 38.
    Empire of the Sun
    by J. G. Ballard

  35. 39.
    Riddley Walker
    by Russell Hoban

  36. 41.
    Der Vorleser.
    by Bernhard Schlink

  37. 42.
    Grendel (Fantasy Masterworks)
    by John Gardner

  38. 43.
    Emma (Penguin Classics)
    by Jane Austen

  39. 44.
    The Catcher in the Rye

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Created by bijilah on Sep 25, 2007.
 

Comments

Untitled — 4 years ago

I think you have a very broad concept of the Bildungsroman. I imagine poor Wolfgang is rolling in his grave :)




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