Collider has published a ranking of the ten best coming-of-age novels of all time, written by staff writer Jeremy Urquhart, spanning both well-established classics and a handful of more recent works. The article defines a coming-of-age story broadly, as one about young characters who either grow up over its course or learn something about the process of becoming an adult, and notes that entries range from books aimed at younger readers to darker, more mature works intended for adults reflecting on their youth.

At the lower end of the list are Stephen King's novella "The Body" (1982), the basis for the film Stand by Me, about a group of boys who set out to find a dead body and confront hard truths along the way, and Richard Price's "The Wanderers" (1974), a grittier, harsher portrayal of troubled teenage life. The full list continues upward through eight further titles not detailed in the excerpt provided.