Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Coming of Age

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Title: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Author: James Joyce

Narrator: David George

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Release date: November 24, 2020

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the first novel of James Joyce, portraying the religious and intellectual awakening of young Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion to Daedalus, the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century. James Joyce (1882 - 1941)

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Title: Surrender: A memoir of nature, nurture, and love

Author: Marylee Macdonald

Narrator: Kristi Koons

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 0 minutes

Release date: November 16, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Her young life changed in an instant. Now she shares her story with the child she gave away. Adopted at birth, Marylee's parents told her she was a 'chosen child.' She tried her hardest to make them proud, but her parents' divorce sent her into the comforting arms of a handsome Catholic boy. Convinced that he was her Romeo and she a modern-day Juliet, she surrendered to passion. Unfortunately, it was 1961. Pregnant girls were sent away, and their babies given up for adoption. Nature vs. nurture:Which plays a greater role in who we become? The family we were raised in, or the parents we never knew? In telling her adult son the story of his birth, can the narrator find compassion for her own wounded inner child? If you like truthful accounts laced with the passion of youth and the wisdom of age, read Marylee MacDonald's funny and poignant memoir about how we grow up, grow old, and learn to accept ourselves.

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Title: [German] - Junges Licht

Author: Ralf Rothmann

Narrator: Sebastian König

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Release date: November 10, 2020

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Der Übergang von der Kindheit zur Jugend im Ruhrgebiet der 1960er Jahre: Der zwölfjährige Julian Collien bleibt mit seinem Vater in den Sommerferien zu Hause, da das Geld nur für die Mutter und Schwester reicht, die an die norddeutsche Küste fahren. Die Zeit vergeht schleppend. Nachts, wenn der Vater im Schichtdienst arbeitet, muss Julian mit dem zudringlichen Hausbesitzer zurechtkommen. Und er entdeckt seine ersten eigenen erotischen Gefühle für das Nachbarsmädchen, auf das jedoch auch sein Vater ein Auge geworfen hat.

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Title: Goodbye Charlie Part 2

Author: Carlos Camacho

Narrator: Allon Silove

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Release date: November 2, 2020

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Charlie, a charismatic psychologist turned rock star, awaits his public execution with unnerving calmness. He tells his provocative story to reluctant author, Alistair, who has been commissioned to write an adverse account of Charlie´s histrionic rise and breathtaking fall. As his journey unfolds, Alistair encounters the strange people who knew Charlie, taking him to exotic places around the world. He discovers a curious and disquieting secrecy, a peculiar world of complicity, and a plot to protect Charlie´s short but extraordinary life.

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Title: Closure

Author: Tasche Laine

Narrator: Zura Johnson, Matt Haynes, Conner Goff

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Release date: October 20, 2020

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Tara just wants to be loved. But life makes other plans. Will she take another chance on her first love or realize that self-esteem comes from within? Looking back, Tara Carter wonders if what followed her first kiss was a warning of things to come. At the young age of ten, her heart broke when her best friend Trey moved 1,500 miles away. Crossing paths five years later, the two teens exchange beautiful letters that cement their love. They embark on an idealized relationship, despite trauma and heartbreak on both sides, only to be forced apart shortly after. Tara enters college and is forced to confront the ugly side of life, losing contact with her first love. As time marches on, she yearns to know what could have been … until fate presents her with one last opportunity twenty years later. Will she take it? If you like courageous women, raw emotions, and real-life issues, then you’ll love Tasche Laine’s slice-of-life tale—a moving fictional memoir based on a true story.

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Title: Addicted to Him

Series: #3 of The Callahans Series

Author: Monica Murphy

Narrator: Sarah Mcewan, Teddy Hamilton

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 0 minutes

Release date: September 8, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Eli Bennett: quarterback at our biggest rival high school and my brother’s worst enemy. So why can’t I stop thinking about him? For one, he’s totally gorgeous and boy, does he know it. He’s an arrogant trash talker who brings drama wherever he goes. And for some reason, he’s set his sights on me. The more I get to know him, the more I realize he’s actually kind of … sweet. Deep down, he’s broken. Hurting. He’s dealing with a lot, but he also puts on a major front so no one can tell. I want to be there for him. I want to be with him. But because everyone in my life hates Eli, we have to keep our relationship a secret. The problem with secrets is they never stay secret for long …

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Title: [Spanish] - Girl. Girl. Girl.

Author: Ros Serra

Narrator: Georgia Tancabel

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Release date: September 7, 2020

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

La forma en la que la conocí fue la más rara que se me puede ocurrir para conocer a alguien. Yo antes de conocerla tenía una vida 'perfecta', llena de vestidos rosas, horquillas, buenas notas, buenos modales, clases de inglés, de piano, cosas de 'señoritas', enseñanzas de mi madre sobre cocina, cuidado de la casa, costura y podría seguir, pero creo que se ha captado el mensaje. Entonces un día alguien murió y, por muy raro que suene, no puedo estar más agradecida por ello. Mis notas bajaron de un nueve y medio a un dos, mi mente se abrió de par en par, mi paciencia disminuyó y todo lo que creía que era bueno se volvió tóxico de repente. Y todo porque en diecisiete años nadie, jamás, me había enseñado a volar por mi cuenta. Girl. Girl. Girl., como todas las historias de Ros Serra, tiene como base el feminismo. Ella misma asegura que esta historia nació de la rabia: 'Me cabreé y pensé qué habría pasado si yo hubiera sido la niña perfecta que de repente se rebelaba contra el mundo. También pensé en qué pasaría si fuera la más revolucionaria del planeta. Entonces lo vomité todo'. Grabado en español ibérico (España).

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Title: [German] - Die Selbstmord-Schwestern

Author: Jeffrey Eugenides

Narrator: Stephan Benson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Release date: July 24, 2020

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Eugenides Debütroman über ein erschütterndes Familiendrama: Die fünf Lisbon-Schwestern wachsen gut behütet in einer Mittelstandsfamilie in einer Vorstadt im Norden der USA auf. Doch als sich die Jüngste aus dem Fenster stürzt und ihre Schwestern sich innerhalb eines Jahres ebenfalls eine nach der anderen umbringen, ist nichts mehr, wie es mal war. Erzählt aus der Perspektive der Nachbarjungen steht nicht so sehr die Frage nach den Motiven der Mädchen im Vordergrund, sondern der Umgang der Hinterbliebenen mit den Vorfällen.

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Title: Scarlet Odyssey

Series: #1 of Scarlet Odyssey

Author: C. T. Rwizi

Narrator: Susan Dalian, Kimberly Woods, Robin Eller, Janina Edwards, Korey Jackson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 19 hours 24 minutes

Release date: July 1, 2020

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

“Thrillingly refreshing, a propulsive story built around a fascinating cast of characters…brutal and beautiful and bold and Black in every way.” —Tor.com Magic is women’s work; war is men’s. But in the coming battle, none of that will matter. Men do not become mystics. They become warriors. But eighteen-year-old Salo has never been good at conforming to his tribe’s expectations. For as long as he can remember, he has loved books and magic in a culture where such things are considered unmanly. Despite it being sacrilege, Salo has worked on a magical device in secret that will awaken his latent magical powers. And when his village is attacked by a cruel enchantress, Salo knows that it is time to take action. Salo’s queen is surprisingly accepting of his desire to be a mystic, but she will not allow him to stay in the tribe. Instead, she sends Salo on a quest. The quest will take him thousands of miles north to the Jungle City, the political heart of the continent. There he must gather information on a growing threat to his tribe. On the way to the city, he is joined by three fellow outcasts: a shunned female warrior, a mysterious nomad, and a deadly assassin. But they’re being hunted by the same enchantress who attacked Salo’s village. She may hold the key to Salo’s awakening—and his redemption.

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Title: [German] - Pankraz der Schmoller

Author: Gottfried Keller

Narrator: Reiner Unglaub

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Release date: June 23, 2020

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Von einem der auszog, das Schmollen zu verlernen: Pankraz, das Kind einer armen Witwe, reagiert auf alles mit beharrlichem Schmollen. Als er als Jugendlicher ausreißt und erst viele Jahre später zu seiner Mutter und Schwester als Oberst zurückkehrt, berichtet er von seinen Erlebnissen in Ostindien, seiner gescheiterten ersten Liebe und was es mit dem Löwenfell auf sich hat, das er aus der Ferne mitbringt.