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66 Campus Novels for Back-To-School Reading

"The college campus has been a popular setting for books since the days of ancient Greece. In fact, Aristotle once wrote a dark academic thriller—Bald-Faced Lyres—set at his lyceum circa 300 BCE.

We kid, we kid. But it's true that the campus novel is an interesting specimen that can cut across multiple genres. Here we've collected a class of relatively new books where most or all of the action takes place in a high school or college campus setting, just in time for back-to-school reading/procrastination! You'll also notice we've appended a footnote section at the bottom for Notable Alumni—three additional famous books with campus themes that we couldn't bear leaving off this list.

The recent dark academia resurgence is well-represented this year (check out The Cloisters, Babel, and Ordinary Monsters). And if that weren't harrowing enough, beleaguered graduate students appear to be a developing trend (Disorientation, The Latinist, Identitti)!"
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Either/Or (Elif Batuman)
Either/Or (Elif Batuman)
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Disorientation (Elaine Hsieh Chou)
Disorientation (Elaine Hsieh Chou)
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Identitti (Mithu Sanyal)
Identitti (Mithu Sanyal)
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The Latinist (Mark Prins)
The Latinist (Mark Prins)
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The World Cannot Give (Tara Isabella Burton)
The World Cannot Give (Tara Isabella Burton)
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Vladimir (Julia May Jonas)
Vladimir (Julia May Jonas)
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We Do What We Do in the Dark (Michelle Hart)
We Do What We Do in the Dark (Michelle Hart)
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The Life of the Mind (Christine Smallwood)
The Life of the Mind (Christine Smallwood)
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Sirens & Muses (Antonia Angress)
Sirens & Muses (Antonia Angress)
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Groundskeeping (Lee Cole)
Groundskeeping (Lee Cole)
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Saint Sebastian's Abyss (Mark Haber)
Saint Sebastian's Abyss (Mark Haber)
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Tracy Flick Can't Win (Tom Perrotta)
Tracy Flick Can't Win (Tom Perrotta)
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True Biz (Sara Novic)
True Biz (Sara Novic)
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Delphi (Clare Pollard)
Delphi (Clare Pollard)
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Hawk Mountain (Conner Habib)
Hawk Mountain (Conner Habib)
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The Deceptions (Jill Bialosky)
The Deceptions (Jill Bialosky)
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Tell Me I'm an Artist (Chelsea Martin)
Tell Me I'm an Artist (Chelsea Martin)
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The Great Man Theory (Teddy Wayne)
The Great Man Theory (Teddy Wayne)
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The Finalists (David Bell)
The Finalists (David Bell)
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The Resemblance (Lauren Nossett)
The Resemblance (Lauren Nossett)
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The It Girl (Ruth Ware)
The It Girl (Ruth Ware)
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The Cloisters (Katy Hays)
The Cloisters (Katy Hays)
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Babel (R. F. Kuang)
Babel (R. F. Kuang)
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Ordinary Monsters (J. M. Miro)
Ordinary Monsters (J. M. Miro)
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The Atlas Six (Olivie Blake)
The Atlas Six (Olivie Blake)
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A History of Fear (Luke Dumas)
A History of Fear (Luke Dumas)
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The Atlas Paradox (Olivie Blake)
The Atlas Paradox (Olivie Blake)
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The Netanyahus (Joshua Cohen)
The Netanyahus (Joshua Cohen)
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Lightseekers (Femi Kayode)
Lightseekers (Femi Kayode)
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The Fortunate Ones (Ed Tarkington)
The Fortunate Ones (Ed Tarkington)
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Girls With Bright Futures (Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman)
Girls With Bright Futures (Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman)
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The Divines (Ellie Eaton)
The Divines (Ellie Eaton)
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In My Dreams I Hold a Knife (Ashley Winstead)
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife (Ashley Winstead)
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All's Well (Mona Awad)
All's Well (Mona Awad)
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The Maidens (Alex Michaelides)
The Maidens (Alex Michaelides)
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Never Saw Me Coming (Vera Kurian)
Never Saw Me Coming (Vera Kurian)
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For Your Own Good (Samantha Downing)
For Your Own Good (Samantha Downing)
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Kill All Your Darlings (David Bell)
Kill All Your Darlings (David Bell)
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Oligarchy (Scarlett Thomas)
Oligarchy (Scarlett Thomas)
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The Scapegoat (Sarah Davis)
The Scapegoat (Sarah Davis)
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