The Secret History is probably my favorite book of all time. That said, my DH didn't like it, didn't finish. I think you have to like the world and like misfits.

Possession by A.S. Byatt

“If We Were Villians” by M.L Rio particularly if you like Shakespeare

Anonymous wrote:Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers

+1 this is both a well done mystery and a fascinating slice of history when women were first being admitted to universities.

I’m halfway through The Cloisters by Katy Hays. The jacket notes describe it as a novel of “academic obsession”. The descriptions of the Cloisters are great. If you liked “From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler” this might be a book for you.

I can recommend two: Stoner, and The Rector of Justin by Louis Auchincloss. The Class by Eric Segal is pretty good too

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Anonymous wrote:Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

Ahhhh, one of my favorites. Boarding school, not college, but really fantastic coming of age story.

Another recommendation for Prep

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Anonymous wrote:The Secret History by Donna Tartt

+1 such a fantastic book

And if you like this one, also the Latinist.

Not his best work by any stretch, but I liked I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe when I read it...in college.