| ABOUTABOY | 1998 coming-of-age novel by Nick Hornby |
| REDSKYATMORNING | *1968 coming-of-age novel by Richard Bradford |
| RUBYFRUITJUNGLE | *Coming-of-age novel by Rita Mae Brown |
| PURPLEHIBISCUS | 2003 coming-of-age novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| KES | Name of the windhover in Barnsley-born Barry Hines's classic coming-of-age novel that was adapted for the screen by Ken Loach (3) |
| ABOUT | ___ A Boy, 1998 novel by Nick Hornby (5) |
| ABOY | 1998 novel by Nick Hornby (5,1,3) (see 22A) |
| THEOUTSIDERS | Coming-of-age novel, written by SE Hinton in her teens (3,9) |
| PEACE | "A Separate ___" (John Knowles coming-of-age novel) |
| ALCOTT | Coming-of-age novel pioneer |
| RYE | Classic coming-of-age novel (3) |
| PUBERTY | Aussie miniseries based on coming-of-age novel (- Blues) |
| FEVER | and 20 Debut novel by Nick Hornby (5,5) |
| ALONG | and 6dn, 2005 novel by Nick Hornby (1,4,3,4) |
| GOOD | 2001 novel by Nick Hornby (3,2,2,4) |
| NAKED | 2009 novel by Nick Hornby (6,5) |
| JULIET | 2009 novel by Nick Hornby (6,5) |
| JULIETNAKED | 2009 novel by Nick Hornby |
| HOWTOBEGOOD | 2001 novel by Nick Hornby |
| HIGHFIDELITY | 1995 novel by Nick Hornby |
