| Welfare | Anwyll, Steve | Coming of age, Fiction, Novel | Emancipation, High school, Welfare |
| The Idiot | Batuman, Elif | Coming of age, Fiction, Novel | Budapest, College Students, Immigrants |
| Godshot | Bieker, Chelsea | Coming of age, Environmentalism, Fiction, Novel, Rural | Alchoholic parents, California, Cult, Drought |
| Stephen Florida | Habash, Gabe | Coming of age, Fiction, Novel | College wrestling, Dead parents, Loneliness, Obsession |
| Ugly Girls | Hunter, Lindsay | Coming of age, Fiction, Novel | Power struggles, Social Media |
| The Red-Headed Pilgrim | Maloney, Kevin | Autofiction, Biographical fiction, Coming of age, Dark humor, Novel | Divorce, Misadventure, Parenthood, Wanderlust |
| Now is Not the Time to Panic | Wilson, Kevin | Coming of age, Fiction, Novel | Summer, Teenagers, Tennessee |
