Books about school days...in a way

[Carolle]

Today on the 2nd floor we put together a display of books titled "No More Teachers, No More* Books...*well, maybe some more books" There is a variety of titles having to do with school, education, growing up, and youth change.
Do you have a memorable book that takes place in a school? A book that helped you form your education?
One that sticks in my mind is Donna Tartt's "The Secret History."

[Ann]

The Lake of Dead Languages (Carol Goodman)- some similarities with The Secret History because of the connection with dead languages
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark) - Muriel Stark's incomparable wit at its best
Le Grand Meaulnes (Alain Fournier) and Le Petit Chose (Alphonse Daudet) both deal with school children.
Teach like your hair is on fire - non-fiction

[Willie]

Villette by C. Bronte
The Rector of Justin by Auchincloss
A Separate Peace by Knowles
Good Times/Bad Times by James Kirkwood

[Ann]

Claudine a l'ecole by Colette
Straight Man by Richard Russo (recommended, it had me in stitches)
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis

[Carolle]

Colette is wonderful; I forgot about her! Lucky Jim is a riot and on our pile in the display! Thanks!!

[Carolle]

Of course! The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie! A Separate Peace!

[Ann]

And then there's the whole sub-genre of mysteries that take place in academic environments.

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers
The Godwulf manuscript by Robert Parker (with the added bonus that it takes place around Boston)
An unsuitable job for a women by P.D. James

I think there are some books by Reginald Hill in the Dalziel/Pascoe series as well.

[Ann]

An Academic Question by Barbara Pym

Less than Angels by Barbara Pym

[Ann]

"The War between the Tates" by Alison Lurie

[Carolle]

Ann! Thank you so much for all the suggestions! Doug at security is rereading Goudy Night at the moment.

[Kaelin]

Death on the Cherwell by Mavis Doriel Hay also features an academic-themed mystery set in a fictitious women's college at Oxford.

[Ann]

Yes, that's a good one.

"Miss Pym disposes" by Josephine Tey takes place in a women's college for training physical education teachers. And "Shroud for a nightingale" by PD James takes place in the 1970s in a nursing school.

[Alexandra]

The Half Brother - novel by a local author.