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Slammed by Colleen HooverGabriel's Inferno by Sylvain ReynardEasy by Tammara WebberLosing It by Cora CarmackVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Student-Teacher Affair Novels
388 books — 1,800 voters
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeComplications by Atul Gawande
Best Books for Medical Students
404 books — 576 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughStoner by John WilliamsFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Campus Days
400 books — 296 voters
Fangirl by Rainbow RowellThe Secret History by Donna TarttBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughI Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom WolfeNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Books About College Life
747 books — 268 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttStoner by John WilliamsThe Idiot by Elif BatumanIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioCampusland by Scott Johnston
Best Fiction Set in Academia
157 books — 154 voters
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsIsla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie PerkinsUs in Ruins by Rachel MooreMeant to Be by Lauren MorrillThere You'll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones
Study Abroad
72 books — 112 voters

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsLooking for Alaska by John GreenPrep School Confidential by Kara TaylorThe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. LockhartWicked Little Secrets by Kara Taylor
Boarding Schools in Contemporary YA
148 books — 91 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttMiss Pym Disposes by Josephine TeyCat Among the Pigeons by Agatha ChristieGentlemen and Players by Joanne HarrisWell-Schooled in Murder by Elizabeth George
School Murder Mysteries
131 books — 87 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Cambridge University
238 books — 62 voters
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasA Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasA Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. MaasA Promise of Fire by Amanda BouchetVortex Visions by Elise Kova
Consider it NA
126 books — 56 voters

Get Real and Get In by Aviva LegattThe Lost Promise by Ellen SchreckerFive Practices for Equity-Focused School Leadership by Sharon I RaddStuck Improving by Decoteau J. IrbySavage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol
Books on Education
89 books — 55 voters
A History of American Higher Education by John R. ThelinPedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo FreireAcademically Adrift by Richard ArumJust Back Off and Let Us Teach by Caroline Alexander LewisThe Lost Promise by Ellen Schrecker
Books for Higher Education Professionals
110 books — 52 voters

LIAM by R. Janet WalravenBoy Toy by Barry LygaEven When You Lie to Me by Jessica AlcottPretty Little Liars by Sara ShepardTeach Me by R.A. Nelson
Inappropriate Teacher/Student Relationships in YA
102 books — 44 voters
Excellent Sheep by William DeresiewiczAcademically Adrift by Richard ArumFail U. by Charles J. SykesThe Tyranny of the Meritocracy by Lani GuinierThe Chosen by Jerome Karabel
Controversies in Higher Education
171 books — 43 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckBeloved by Toni MorrisonSong of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Cornell University
119 books — 24 voters
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklCity of Thieves by David BenioffShoe Dog by Phil KnightDeep Listening by Emily KasrielHow To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Best Books Men Should Read In Their 20's
46 books — 20 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeA Solitary Blue by Cynthia VoigtAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Novels For Teachers To Use In Middle School Classroom
24 books — 18 voters
How to Tutor Your Own Child by Marina Koestler RubenNurtureShock by Po BronsonThe Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim TreleaseConquering Babel by Claire HandscombeThe Secrets of Top Students by Stefanie Weisman
Tutoring and Homework Help
35 books — 15 voters

Little Black Dresses, Little White Lies by Laura StamplerAt First Blush by Beth Ellyn SummerSummer Intern by Carrie Doyle KarasyovThe Intern by Gabrielle TozerGloss by Marilyn Kaye
YA Internships
74 books — 13 voters
Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi PirandelloRobert Schumann by John WorthenThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxMax Bruch by Christopher Fifield
Bonn University
99 books — 9 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Favorite Books For 4th & 5th Graders
20 books — 5 voters
The Selected Poetry of Poe by Edgar Allan PoePollyanna by Eleanor H. PorterHeidi by Johanna SpyriFamous Quotes for Life and Happiness by Harold G. StratfordBeyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
High School / University Books for Essays
44 books — 5 voters

The Snatchabook by Helen DochertyTwo Hundred One Tasks for the Modern Elementary Teacher by Dianne DodsonTogether The Ants Save the Trees by Pamela MutambaNoni Is Nervous by Heather Hartt-SussmanRuth the Sleuth and the Messy Room by Carol Gordon Ekster
Books for Elementary School Teachers to Share with their Students
7 books — 4 voters
When Truth Mattered by Robert GilesKent State by Derf BackderfThe Killings at Kent State by I.F. StoneKent State by Thomas M. GraceWe Shall Not Be Moved by Miriam R. Jackson
Kent State, May 4, 1970
69 books — 2 voters

Babel by R.F. KuangThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-RevertePossession by A.S. Byatt2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Books about academics getting into shenanigans
14 books — 2 voters
The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya ParappukkaranWhen the Squirrel Sings by Shana HollowellThe Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. RaúfThe Shack that Dad Built by Elaine RussellIt's the Sound of the Thing by Maxine Beneba Clarke
Great Kids Books
6 books — 2 voters

Star-Crossed by Luna LacourUnforgivable Love by Sophfronia ScottA Factory Of Cunning by Philippa Stockley
Dangerous Liaisons Retellings.
3 books — 1 voter
Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela CervantesA Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore RaméeThe Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. RaúfAddie on the Inside by James HoweClass by Stephanie Land
Book Bags on the Cover
10 books — 1 voter

Woodworking by Emily St. JamesThe Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs by Matthew DicksTake Me With You by Tara AltebrandoWords with Wings by Nikki GrimesPoison Ivy by Amy Goldman Koss
School Desks
11 books — 1 voter
The Corona Diaries by Debra NaylorPandemic Pickup Lines by John Charles HlinkoOn Call by Anthony FauciAlone Together by Garth SteinI Have to Stay Home by Colleen Lemaire
Essential COVID-19 Books for the Classroom
19 books — 1 voter

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