17 - A book set on a college or university campus

[Stephanie]

Jessica wrote: "Has anyone read An Anonymous Girl? Does it fit this prompt? I've tried not to read too many reviews because I want to avoid spoilers. I have seen, though, the implication on the one..."

I did read this and I wouldn't say the setting is a college campus. Someone is affiliated with a university but the setting is really just NYC.

[Christa]

Special Topics in Calamity PhysicsSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl

[Beeta]

The perks of being a wallflower ... it’s in my TBR... does that qualify here ?

[Soph ♡]

Could Dead Poets Society be counted? I bought the book for this prompt but saw earlier in this thread that it doesn't really fit the prompt.

[Nadine in NY]

Beeta wrote: "The perks of being a wallflower ... it’s in my TBR... does that qualify here ?"

No, they are highschool students, and it mostly takes place outside of the school.

[Jessica]

Stephanie wrote: "Jessica wrote: "Has anyone read An Anonymous Girl? Does it fit this prompt? I've tried not to read too many reviews because I want to avoid spoilers. I have seen, though, the implic..."

Thank you, Stephanie! I appreciate it.

[Cee]

Easywas one of my favorite reads this year.

You can also check this tag: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/college

[Verena]

This year, I read The Secret History, which I really liked, and I read similar books ("dark academia", psychological dramas with university settings). I've already read The Lessons, so in 2019, I might read:

- Black Chalk
- The Rules of Attraction

(Huh, turns out that a lot of other books resembling TSH aren't actually set at university but rather at boarding schools or post-uni.)

Other books set at university that are on my TBR list:

- Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall
- Changing Places
- Dear Committee Members
- Maurice
- The Idiot
- The Sparsholt Affair
- Gut Symmetries (not sure in how far this is set on campus though)
- Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl (dito)

[Thomas]

Considering Starter for 10

[Rebecca]

I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe would work for this (I've been meaning to reread it for ages, this might be my excuse if I put off The Secret History another year...).

[Hope]

I'm reading (listening to) the Hazards of Time Travel by Joyce Carol Oates. It is set on a college campus. It could also count as a book that I would personally like to see become a movie. It's so good .

[Janet]

Anabell wrote: "Does Dead Poets Society count for this one?"
I don't think this will work because it's set at a boarding school (academy) not a college or university. I'm thinking about reading Possession.

[Crumb]

Anna wrote: "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions was another great nonfiction read and a lot of it takes place on the MIT campus."

This was good!

[Sharon]

What about The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides?

[Darci]

Chrissy wrote: "If anyone is interested in graphic novels, Giant Days, Vol. 1 and it’s sequels are quite good."

Thank you! I was totally stumped for this prompt. This is literally the first book on my TBR list and I kept skimming right over it, lol.

[Jennifer]

Do you think Lower Ed: How For-Profit Colleges Deepen Inequality in America would count? Or would it not because most for-profit colleges are online?

[Rachel]

Death at the President's Lodging would work here, for people who like mystery/crime.

[Heather]

Sara wrote: "This one has me stumped at the moment. Why isn't there a Harry Potter book where he goes to college?? :D

Let's hear your ideas for books set on campus!"

Sara, have you read The Magicians?? It's Harry Potter goes to grad school, and it's FAB! ;)

[Knight]

Vicious Takes place in a university and could knock off some other prompts on the challenge.

[Brittany]

I listened to the audiobook American Panda and loved it. It's a YA novel about a Taiwanese American girl who is the daughter of immigrants and is attending MIT. It deals a lot with the family dynamics of the main character whose parents are very traditional and how her beliefs/wants don't line up. I really enjoyed it and Emily Woo Zeller was a great narrator.

[Baroness Ekat]

I just finished The Shakespeare Requirement it was fun. Though if you have not read the one this is the follow up to ( Dear Committee Members) I would recommend that one first. It was hysterical.

[Deb]

I've recently read them, so I'm going to find something else, but I wholeheartedly endorse Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell and Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong.

I'll probably go with The Magicians or a reread of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.

[Haley]

The Secret History is a great one for this. I read it for a different prompt last year and it's now one of my favorite books ever.

[Devin]

I plan to read Moo, by Jane Smiley.

[Laci]

A nonfiction look at sorority life: Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities

[Ramona]

I'm almost finished with The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker and will use it for this category. The entire novel takes place in a college town, most of it on the actual campus.

[Maartje]

Currently reading Fangirl that w,ould fit this prompt. I'll use it a hobby though.

[Madge]

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio was fantastic! I might actually re-read it for this one. There are a few small parts that aren't on campus, but the majority of the book is on campus, from what I remember.

[Jayde]

The Paper Chase

[Silvia]

I loved My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan, it's also being turned into a movie!

[Lorna]

Sincere thank you to those that suggested Fangirl. I picked it up and so far love it!

[Courtney]

I'm going with Rush by Kristan Higgins.

[Angelina]

I’m reading River Road which is set in a college. It’s by Carol Goodman and I think her books may all be set in educational places as I’ve also read The Lake of Dead Languages which was in a girls school.

[Liz]

I’m about a third of the way through THE ROSIE PROJECT-and a significant amount has happened on a college campus.

[Emma]

I am going to read Vita Nostra

[Beth]

Laci wrote: "A nonfiction look at sorority life: Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities"

I read this book years ago! It was SO interesting!

[Maartje]

I’m reading My Oxford year by Julia Whelan.

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Does Tell Me Lies count...i have only read the back but i dont know if its set on campus the whole story line

[Roxane]

For Quebec or french language readers: the Malphas series by Patrick Sénécal

Pour les québécois ou les gens qui lisent en français, la série Malphas de Patrick Sénécal se passe dans une petite ville du Québec et surtout sur le campus d'un cégep.

Le cas des casiers carnassiers

[Kimberly]

I'm going to bend this one and read "The Vanishing Stair" when it comes out - it's a boarding school, which is close enough for me.

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Jennifer wrote: "Do you think Lower Ed: How For-Profit Colleges Deepen Inequality in America would count? Or would it not because most for-profit colleges are online?"

It seems to me that it fits the spirit of the prompt, even if a lot of it does end up being about online colleges.

[Erica]

When Dimple Met Rishi was one of my favorite reads last year! It's a YA and takes place at a summer camp on a college campus in San Francisco. I don't remember the name of the university. Dimple and Rishi have finished high school and are participating in a camp before beginning college that fall.

[Danielle]

Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine. One of the great doctors that started Jefferson University in Philadelphia and the man behind the infamous Mutter Museum. I learned a lot reading this boo.

[Megan]

67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence

Done!

[Katie]

I just finished Oryx and Crake so I checked off this prompt. With this read, also checked off:

A book with a plant in the title or cover (cover in this case)

A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature.

A cli-fi book

[☕️Hélène⚜️]

Ok! So if I read onyx and crake I can’t check off multiple views? Good! I’ll read it!

[Alix]

I'm doing Beautiful Disaster since its on my TBR list

[Erica]

Sara wrote: "This one has me stumped at the moment. Why isn't there a Harry Potter book where he goes to college?? :D

Let's hear your ideas for books set on campus!"

I think this works ! I'm gonna go with that :D thanks for the idea !

[Jeri]

Tracy wrote: "Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town"

This is a tough read, but SUCH an important story.

[Rachel]

Some ones I haven't seen recommended here yet
Bring Down the Stars by Emma Scott
Because of Lucy by Lisa Swallow
Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot

The Anatomy of Dreams by Chloe Benjamin
Starts out at a boarding school then at different college campuses