# Literary Fiction books about coming of age

**3** literary fiction books that explore coming of age, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Reading levels:** Lexile measures range from 840L to 920L across these 3 titles.

**Genre:** Literary Fiction  ·  **Theme:** coming of age
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## Literary Fiction coming of age reading list

- [Purple Hibiscus](https://readinglist.school/book/purple-hibiscus) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie _(920L · Grades 10–12 · pub 2003)_
- [The Secret Life of Bees](https://readinglist.school/book/the-secret-life-of-bees) by Sue Monk Kidd _(840L · Grades 9–11 · pub 2002)_
- [To Kill a Mockingbird](https://readinglist.school/book/to-kill-a-mockingbird) by Harper Lee _(870L · Grades 7–10 · pub 1960)_

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