The objective of this project is to bring to the Albanian readers attractive literature that will enlighten them on a broader definition of happiness. We have entitled this project “Growing up, through tough times” because these ten titles can be denominated as stories on developmental processes. Each story presents a different aspect of such processes; some of the characters narrate a difficult and emotional coming-of-age story (“Jane Eyre”, “The sense of an ending”, “The art of joy” and “Razor's edge”); some explore a painful search for the ultimate realization of the self (“The last temptation”, “The lights in others' houses” and “Nothing holds back the night”); others yet focus on rebellion and the loss of innocence through the breaking of cultural and social constraints (“The yellow eyes of the crocodiles”, “The art of hearing heartbeats” and “Maid in waiting”).All the proposed authors have obtained significant commercial and critical acclaim. Two of them are commonly accepted into the canon of secondary school English literature, one of them is a Nobel prize winner, two have scandalized the establishment, two others have won important awards, while the rest have reached commercial success and have been translated in many languages.The proposed translators are well known in Albania, suitable for these works given their experience and preferences and the Agency has already had a chance to evaluate six of them thanks to our previous applications. The involvement of important translators and the financial support of the Agency would help draw the attention of the public and the media. In the era of the self-help books, these titles carry messages of courage and unfaltering strength, and they do it most elegantly, through literature and the magic of fiction. They cast a light on processes will help the readers learn more about themselves and their definition of happiness, disentangling inner and profound realities from social conventions.