Best Fiction Set in Academia

1.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating β€” 950,689 ratings
2.
Stoner
Stoner 4.35 avg rating β€” 221,272 ratings
3.
The Idiot
The Idiot 3.65 avg rating β€” 101,525 ratings
4.
Campusland
Campusland 3.67 avg rating β€” 956 ratings
5.
If We Were Villains
If We Were Villains
by: M.L. Rio
4.11 avg rating β€” 376,041 ratings
6.
Fangirl
Fangirl 3.94 avg rating β€” 772,438 ratings
7.
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys 3.93 avg rating β€” 36,825 ratings
8.
Dear Committee Members
Dear Committee Members 3.77 avg rating β€” 21,191 ratings
9.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating β€” 83,126 ratings
10.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 123,569 ratings
11.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating β€” 11,065,215 ratings
12.
Straight Man
Straight Man really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 29,973 ratings
13.
Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1)
Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 212 ratings
13.
Best Years of your Life
Best Years of your Life 4.28 avg rating β€” 169 ratings
15.
The Art of Fielding
The Art of Fielding 3.99 avg rating β€” 115,136 ratings
16.
White Noise
White Noise 3.86 avg rating β€” 123,854 ratings
17.
King Street Run
King Street Run
by: V.R. Ling
4.83 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
18.
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim 3.75 avg rating β€” 31,470 ratings
19.
Changing Places (The Campus Trilogy, #1)
Changing Places (The Campus Trilogy, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 8,988 ratings
20.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating β€” 89,028 ratings
21.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating β€” 55,894 ratings
22.
Love Story (Love Story, #1)
Love Story (Love Story, #1) 3.65 avg rating β€” 63,445 ratings
23.
The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
The Magicians (The Magicians, #1) 3.53 avg rating β€” 273,745 ratings
24.
I Am Charlotte Simmons
I Am Charlotte Simmons
by: Tom Wolfe
3.45 avg rating β€” 28,231 ratings
25.
The Dilettantes
The Dilettantes 3.55 avg rating β€” 165 ratings
25.
Things Unsaid
Things Unsaid 3.62 avg rating β€” 364 ratings
27.
Gentlemen and Players (Malbry, #1)
Gentlemen and Players (Malbry, #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 18,948 ratings
27.
Rush
Rush 3.93 avg rating β€” 6,859 ratings
29.
Unseen Academicals (Discworld, #37; Rincewind, #8)
Unseen Academicals (Discworld, #37; Rincewind, #8) 4.01 avg rating β€” 57,911 ratings
29.
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) 4.52 avg rating β€” 1,051,293 ratings
31.
Pnin
Pnin 3.88 avg rating β€” 28,108 ratings
31.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating β€” 291,789 ratings
33.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips 3.98 avg rating β€” 14,427 ratings
33.
Again, But Better
Again, But Better 3.62 avg rating β€” 35,078 ratings
33.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 63,445 ratings
36.
American Panda
American Panda 3.78 avg rating β€” 9,942 ratings
37.
Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror
Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror 3.58 avg rating β€” 575 ratings
37.
The Incendiaries
The Incendiaries
by: R.O. Kwon
3.21 avg rating β€” 25,025 ratings
39.
Prep
Prep 3.44 avg rating β€” 73,274 ratings
40.
The Rebel Angels (The Cornish Trilogy, #1)
The Rebel Angels (The Cornish Trilogy, #1) 4.02 avg rating β€” 5,975 ratings
41.
Moo
Moo 3.47 avg rating β€” 8,498 ratings
42.
The Nix
The Nix 4.08 avg rating β€” 83,564 ratings
43.
The Musubi Murder (Professor Molly Mysteries, #1)
The Musubi Murder (Professor Molly Mysteries, #1) 3.48 avg rating β€” 304 ratings
43.
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 394,655 ratings
45.
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12) 4.20 avg rating β€” 31,536 ratings
45.
The World Cannot Give
The World Cannot Give 3.44 avg rating β€” 2,583 ratings
47.
The Lecturer's Tale
The Lecturer's Tale 3.47 avg rating β€” 954 ratings
47.
Ficciones
Ficciones 4.40 avg rating β€” 75,866 ratings
47.
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Special Topics in Calamity Physics 3.70 avg rating β€” 48,385 ratings
47.
The Groves of Academe
The Groves of Academe 3.33 avg rating β€” 448 ratings
51.
The End of Mr. Y
The End of Mr. Y 3.77 avg rating β€” 18,149 ratings
51.
Nice Work (The Campus Trilogy, #3)
Nice Work (The Campus Trilogy, #3) 3.86 avg rating β€” 5,921 ratings
51.
Pym
Pym 3.59 avg rating β€” 4,220 ratings
54.
The Marriage Plot
The Marriage Plot 3.47 avg rating β€” 123,509 ratings
54.
This Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise 3.64 avg rating β€” 78,641 ratings
54.
The Furies
The Furies 3.01 avg rating β€” 4,711 ratings
54.
Babel
Babel 4.16 avg rating β€” 398,415 ratings
58.
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me 3.78 avg rating β€” 3,630 ratings
59.
Commencement
Commencement 3.42 avg rating β€” 18,389 ratings
60.
The Rule of Four
The Rule of Four 3.29 avg rating β€” 38,246 ratings
60.
The History Man
The History Man 3.61 avg rating β€” 1,959 ratings
60.
The Shakespeare Requirement
The Shakespeare Requirement 3.74 avg rating β€” 3,914 ratings
63.
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by: Mona Awad
3.48 avg rating β€” 288,485 ratings
64.
The Rules of Attraction
The Rules of Attraction 3.72 avg rating β€” 50,556 ratings
65.
The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3) 3.92 avg rating β€” 44,599 ratings
66.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating β€” 114,214 ratings
67.
War of the Encyclopaedists
War of the Encyclopaedists 3.47 avg rating β€” 637 ratings
67.
lovetrust (Ballad Of A Thin Man #1)
lovetrust (Ballad Of A Thin Man #1) 3.75 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
67.
Running to Duncan's Field
Running to Duncan's Field 4.75 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
67.
Patriots (Patriots, #1)
Patriots (Patriots, #1) 3.69 avg rating β€” 36 ratings
67.
The Ancient Nine
The Ancient Nine 3.54 avg rating β€” 1,566 ratings
67.
One Perfect Summer (One Perfect, #1)
One Perfect Summer (One Perfect, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 8,495 ratings
67.
Beasts
Beasts 3.62 avg rating β€” 4,847 ratings
67.
Outcast (Wiltshire University, #1)
Outcast (Wiltshire University, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 209 ratings
67.
The University of Odium
The University of Odium 4.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
67.
Bricked
Bricked 4.20 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
67.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1) 3.66 avg rating β€” 29,099 ratings
67.
Nice Try, Jane Sinner
Nice Try, Jane Sinner 3.89 avg rating β€” 3,551 ratings
67.
Night Waking
Night Waking 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,719 ratings
67.
The Good Husband
The Good Husband 3.78 avg rating β€” 887 ratings
67.
Schein & Heilig - Kriminalroman
Schein & Heilig - Kriminalroman really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
67.
The Favourites
The Favourites 3.26 avg rating β€” 1,616 ratings
67.
The Sunken Town: A Novel
The Sunken Town: A Novel 4.08 avg rating β€” 74 ratings
67.
The Laughter
The Laughter 3.88 avg rating β€” 2,042 ratings
85.
Professed
Professed 4.28 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
85.
Noughties
Noughties 2.72 avg rating β€” 263 ratings
85.
Shadows on the Ivy (Antique Print, #3)
Shadows on the Ivy (Antique Print, #3)
by: Lea Wait
3.61 avg rating β€” 311 ratings
85.
Pictures from an Institution
Pictures from an Institution 3.46 avg rating β€” 508 ratings
85.
Chemistry
Chemistry 3.74 avg rating β€” 25,274 ratings
85.
The Fall of the Kings (Riverside, #3)
The Fall of the Kings (Riverside, #3) 3.66 avg rating β€” 2,337 ratings
85.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 146,637 ratings
85.
The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, #2)
The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, #2) 4.22 avg rating β€” 216,004 ratings
85.
Trick of the Dark
Trick of the Dark 3.61 avg rating β€” 4,110 ratings
85.
The Plot (The Book Series, #1)
The Plot (The Book Series, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 135,459 ratings
85.
Bad Habits
Bad Habits 3.51 avg rating β€” 1,484 ratings
85.
The Professor's House
The Professor's House 3.77 avg rating β€” 9,903 ratings
85.
Come and Get It
Come and Get It 3.34 avg rating β€” 41,433 ratings
98.
Now Playing at Canterbury
Now Playing at Canterbury 3.98 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
98.
Rainbows End: A Novel With One Foot In The Future
Rainbows End: A Novel With One Foot In The Future 3.77 avg rating β€” 18,765 ratings
98.
After (After, #1)
After (After, #1)
by: Anna Todd
3.72 avg rating β€” 364,983 ratings