Bildungsroman examples (post-1930)
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This list extends the examples of Bildungsroman contained in the main article. These are novels that trace the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character from (usually) childhood to maturity. These are examples post 1930. See Bildungsroman examples (pre-1930) for more examples.
- Sherman Alexie, Smoke Signals (film)
- Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim
- Paul Auster, Moon Palace
- Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road
- Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia (Tree of Knowledge)
- Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March
- William Boyd, Any Human Heart
- Camilo Jose Cela, La familia de Pascual Duarte (The Family of Pascual Duarte)
- Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Leonard Cohen, The Favourite Game
- Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline
- Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One and Four Fires
- Abha Dawesar, Babyji
- Samuel R. Delany, The Tale of Gorgik, Empire Star, Phallos
- Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
- Janet Fitch, White Oleander
- John Fowles, Daniel Martin
- Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
- Peter Goldsworthy, Maestro
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song
- Shannon Hale, Princess Academy
- Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty
- Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
- John Irving, The Cider House Rules
- John Knowles, A Separate Peace
- Jerzy Kosinski, The Painted Bird
- Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
- Doris Lessing, Children of Violence Series (Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage, A Ripple from the Storm, Landlocked, The Four-Gated City)
- Hisham Matar, In The Country of Men
- Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing
- Michael McClure, The Mad Cub
- Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
- Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer
- Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
- Frank O'Connor, An Only Child
- Sylvia Plath, the Bell Jar
- Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City
- Terry Pratchett, Mort
- Mordecai Richler, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
- John Ringo and David Weber, Empire of Man series
- J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
- Zadie Smith, White Teeth
- Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age
- Jack Vance, Maske: Thaery
- Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons
- Richard Wright, Black Boy
- William Maxwell,The Folded Leaf
