Campus/Academic Novels about Marginalized Groups

1.
Real Life
Real Life 3.79 avg rating — 36,469 ratings
2.
These Violent Delights
These Violent Delights 3.94 avg rating — 25,186 ratings
3.
Maurice
Maurice 4.08 avg rating — 55,445 ratings
4.
The Unfortunates
The Unfortunates 3.81 avg rating — 792 ratings
5.
The Group
The Group 3.68 avg rating — 16,960 ratings
6.
The Netanyahus
The Netanyahus 3.80 avg rating — 17,418 ratings
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Sirens & Muses
Sirens & Muses 3.91 avg rating — 15,119 ratings
8.
The Minus-One Club
The Minus-One Club 3.97 avg rating — 468 ratings
8.
Society of Lies
Society of Lies 3.53 avg rating — 68,838 ratings
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Babel
Babel 4.16 avg rating — 398,221 ratings
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Oxford Blood
Oxford Blood 3.81 avg rating — 68 ratings
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The Late Americans
The Late Americans 3.35 avg rating — 8,439 ratings
13.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,728 ratings
14.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating — 89,021 ratings
15.
My Education
My Education 3.31 avg rating — 4,666 ratings
16.
Disorientation
Disorientation 3.83 avg rating — 17,958 ratings
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We Do What We Do in the Dark
We Do What We Do in the Dark 3.53 avg rating — 12,901 ratings
18.
The Laughter
The Laughter 3.88 avg rating — 2,041 ratings
19.
The Applicant
The Applicant 3.68 avg rating — 887 ratings
20.
My Last Innocent Year
My Last Innocent Year 3.74 avg rating — 16,173 ratings
21.
Vladimir
Vladimir 3.44 avg rating — 36,932 ratings
22.
Chemistry
Chemistry 3.74 avg rating — 25,273 ratings
23.
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by: Mona Awad
3.48 avg rating — 288,372 ratings
24.
Promise Boys
Promise Boys 3.94 avg rating — 9,291 ratings
25.
Mean Boy
Mean Boy 3.68 avg rating — 369 ratings
26.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,472 ratings
27.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow 4.13 avg rating — 1,251,697 ratings
28.
The Dean's December
The Dean's December 3.57 avg rating — 1,492 ratings
29.
Either/Or
Either/Or 3.98 avg rating — 28,587 ratings
30.
The Idiot
The Idiot 3.65 avg rating — 101,504 ratings
31.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,205 ratings
32.
Groundskeeping
Groundskeeping
by: Lee Cole
3.57 avg rating — 7,815 ratings
33.
The Incendiaries
The Incendiaries
by: R.O. Kwon
3.21 avg rating — 25,023 ratings
34.
Harvard Square
Harvard Square 3.51 avg rating — 2,581 ratings
35.
The Life of the Mind
The Life of the Mind 3.27 avg rating — 3,077 ratings
36.
Admission
Admission 3.41 avg rating — 8,255 ratings
37.
Mislaid
Mislaid
by: Nell Zink
3.29 avg rating — 6,734 ratings
38.
The Things We Do to Our Friends
The Things We Do to Our Friends 3.20 avg rating — 8,618 ratings
39.
Identitti
Identitti 3.80 avg rating — 5,628 ratings
40.
Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.10 avg rating — 158,640 ratings
41.
Privilege
Privilege 3.61 avg rating — 1,179 ratings
42.
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2)
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 12,585 ratings
43.
Bread Givers
Bread Givers 3.75 avg rating — 6,777 ratings
44.
Meridian
Meridian 3.75 avg rating — 6,509 ratings
45.
Grounds for Tenure
Grounds for Tenure liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
46.
Marking Time
Marking Time 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
47.
Open City
Open City
by: Teju Cole
3.49 avg rating — 17,168 ratings
48.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,453 ratings
49.
Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go 3.85 avg rating — 12,203 ratings
50.
Cion (Toloki #2)
Cion (Toloki #2)
by: Zakes Mda
3.62 avg rating — 212 ratings
51.
All Our Names
All Our Names 3.61 avg rating — 4,890 ratings
52.
How to Read the Air
How to Read the Air 3.27 avg rating — 2,751 ratings
53.
Speak No Evil
Speak No Evil 3.86 avg rating — 9,435 ratings
54.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,486 ratings
55.
Imperium in Imperio
Imperium in Imperio 3.74 avg rating — 536 ratings
56.
Old Enough
Old Enough 3.96 avg rating — 10,354 ratings
57.
Nemesis
Nemesis 3.87 avg rating — 236 ratings
58.
Japanese by Spring
Japanese by Spring 3.41 avg rating — 277 ratings
59.
Killingly
Killingly 3.37 avg rating — 1,545 ratings
60.
Bertram Cope's Year
Bertram Cope's Year 3.59 avg rating — 175 ratings
61.
Pages for You (Pages for You, #1)
Pages for You (Pages for You, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 9,257 ratings
62.
The Mad Man
The Mad Man 3.94 avg rating — 293 ratings
63.
Life Is Everywhere
Life Is Everywhere
by: Lucy Ives
3.58 avg rating — 274 ratings
64.
Erasure
Erasure 4.17 avg rating — 28,469 ratings
65.
The Trees
The Trees 4.06 avg rating — 47,108 ratings
66.
Lote
Lote 4.05 avg rating — 1,767 ratings
67.
Black Canvas: A Campus Haunting
Black Canvas: A Campus Haunting 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
68.
Blessings
Blessings 4.16 avg rating — 3,344 ratings
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Anita de Monte Laughs Last 3.79 avg rating — 41,871 ratings
70.
Immigrant, Montana
Immigrant, Montana 3.15 avg rating — 1,530 ratings