Lists of Bests: Bildungsroman Bests http://www.listsofbests.com/list/41821 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 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:28:40 GMT en-us 0 50 44 0 0 The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Mythos Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19996 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19996"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0691017840.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115281946_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Campbell</div> The House on Mango Street http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18785 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18785"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679734775.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128427146_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sandra Cisneros</div> Invisible Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18757 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18757"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679732764.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464902_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ralph Ellison</div> The Chosen (The Stone Dance of the Chameleon, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2065020 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2065020"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/081258435X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ricardo Pinto</div> Emile, or On Education http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2933498 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2933498"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/011klLiAwgL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John, Jacques Rousseau</div> Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2782716 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2782716"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11PDMKc2qoL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Goethe</div> Odyssey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/357455 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/357455"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0872204847.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Homer</div> Peter Camenzind: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/467392 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/467392"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312422636.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hermann Hesse</div> James T Farrell: Studs Lonigan a Trilogy (Library of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/288235 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/288235"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1931082553.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James T. Farrell</div> Anton Reiser: A Psychological Novel (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2477472 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2477472"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140446095.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056421381_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karl Philipp Moritz</div> Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/907520 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/907520"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141441143.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Brontë</div> Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3514 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3514"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439564.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V34858991_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> David Copperfield (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3227 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3227"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140439447.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42219544_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. By Charles Dickens. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/752635 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/752635"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1425558763.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michigan Historical Reprint Series</div> Adventures of Huckleberry Finn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/500240 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/500240"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1580495834.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Twain</div> To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Pernnial Moderns Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/417364 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/417364"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061120081.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harper Lee</div> The Power of One http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/450650 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/450650"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140272917.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bryce Courtenay</div> Starship Troopers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12879 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12879"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0441783589.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/342135 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/342135"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439554934.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div> Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48475 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48475"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747573611.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1120715942_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div> Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2473459 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2473459"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/074757362X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div> Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12260 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12260"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439139600.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div> Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12295 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12295"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439358078.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div> Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150141 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150141"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439785960.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div> Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2647657 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2647657"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0545010225.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45006832_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div> Eureka seveN: Gravity Boys & Lifting Girl Volume 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2933500 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2933500"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11FDU9NI71L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bones</div> Eureka seveN: Gravity Boys & Lifting Girl Volume 2 (Eureka Seven) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2933501 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2933501"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/018XM2OJtBL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bones</div> Eureka seveN Manga Volume 2: Psalms Of Planets Eureka seveN (Eureka Seven) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1056722 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1056722"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594096910.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1135029557_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jinsei Kataoka</div> Eureka seveN Manga Volume 3: Psalms Of Planets Eureka seveN (Eureka Seven: Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1830405 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1830405"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594096929.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65632265_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jinsei Kataoka</div> Eureka seveN Manga Volume 4: Psalms Of Planets Eureka Seven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081449 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081449"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/159409747X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59565538_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jinsei Kataoka</div> Eureka seveN Manga Volume 5: Psalms Of Planet Eureka Seven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081450 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jinsei Kataoka</div> Eureka seveN Manga Volume 6: Psalms Of Planets Eureka seveN http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2490583 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jinsei Kataoka</div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316769177.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.D. Salinger</div> The Go-Between (New York Review Books Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28195 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28195"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0940322994.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by L. P. Hartley</div> Lord of the Flies : (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1467065 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1467065"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140283331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Golding</div> Portnoy's Complaint http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980789 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> How Many Miles to Babylon? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/630419 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/630419"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140119515.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennifer Johnston</div> Empire of the Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47117 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47117"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743265238.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. G. Ballard</div> Riddley Walker http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/122569 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/122569"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074755904X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45179250_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Hoban</div> His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12528 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12528"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440238609.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> Der Vorleser. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/932783 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/932783"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/3257056087.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernhard Schlink</div> Grendel (Fantasy Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337530 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337530"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0575075821.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Gardner</div> Emma (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/495600 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/495600"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439580.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92952 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92952"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BR53YU.01-A2Z42QK87EYWUN._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45526875_.jpg" /></a></div>