Adolescence is complex and confusing. Identity development during the transition from adolescence to adulthood, or coming of age, is unique and is strongly influenced by each individual's gender and social class, as well as factors relating to culture and the social, physical, spiritual, and economic resources all used to survive. The author read everything from the year's "best of" lists to select what he considered to be the six must-reads. This article presents the six books that he feels represent the "best of the best."