Coming of age over 30
Any book with an mc over 30, whose character arch involves themes common in coming of age stories like, questioning their upbringing or experiencing some aspect of the world/ relationships/ common experience for the first time or learning who they truly are/ what’s important to them/ being themselves authentically for the first time ect.
created by kamilla
last updated January, 2026
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I feel like Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher would fit this theme!
Ooooh, interesting collection premise!
kamillaOP
Thank you!! It’s honestly one of my favorite things to see in books, and I feel like it’s underrated
The way that I have like half of these on my TBR 🫣 this is a good premise for a list tho 🫰
kamillaOP
Thanks, I saw a bookstamer talk about how to loose the time war this way a couple years ago and it really stuck with me because it felt kind of personal and then I noticed it applied to a lot of my other favorites too 😅
