It, by Stephen King (1986) This Boy's Life, memoirs by Tobias Wolff (1989) What's Eating Gilbert Grape, by Peter Hedges (1991) The Virgin Suicides, by Jeffrey Eugenides (1993) Ghost World, graphic novel by Daniel Clowes (1993–1997) The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, novel by Chris Fuhrman (1994) The Zigzag Kid, by David Grossman (1994) Into the Widening World, a collection of 26 short fictional coming-of-age stories by 26 notable authors (published 1995) Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling (1997–2007) The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky (1999) Alex Rider, by Anthony Horowitz (2000–till date) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares (2001) Life of Pi, by Yann Martel (2001) Invincible, by Robert Kirkman (2003–2018) The Power of Five, by Anthony Horowitz (2005–2012) Winter's Bone, by Daniel Woodrell (2006) Call Me by Your Name, by André Aciman (2007) Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, by Peter Cameron (2007) The Enola Holmes Mysteries: The Case of the Missing Marquess, by Nancy Springer (2007) The Name of the Wind and the rest of The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss (2007–present) Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain by Derek Landy (2007–2014; 2017–present) Goodnight Punpun, by Inio Asano (2007) Paper Towns, by John Green (2008) Homestuck, by Andrew Hussie (2009) The Miseducation of Cameron Post, by Emily M. Danforth (2012) Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, by Jesse Andrews (2012) Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, by Becky Albertalli (2015) Boy Erased: A Memoir, by Garrard Conley (2016) Bones & All, novel by Camille DeAngelis (2015) The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas (2017) Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel, by Val Emmich with Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2018) The Prom: The Novel, by Saundra Mitchell with Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin (2019) In theatre Musical theatre West Side Story (1957–present) Oliver! (1960–present) Miss Saigon (1989–present) Once on This Island (1990–present) Billy Elliot the Musical (2005–2016) Spring Awakening (2006–2015) Hadestown (2006–present) Dear Evan Hansen (2015–present) Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2017–present) Mean Girls (2017–present) The Prom (2017–present) & Juliet (2019–present) Play 4000 Miles (2011–2013, 2022) Choir Boy (2012–2019) In film and television In film, coming-of-age is a genre of teen films. Films in this subgenre include: Little Women (1933) Anne of Green Gables (1934) Captains Courageous (1937) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Babes in Arms