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Stoner

John Williams's Stoner follows William Stoner, a Missouri farm boy who enters the University of Missouri to study agricu...

1960S Literary Fiction Tragic Professorial

8.65 Great

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Possession: A Romance

A. S. Byatt's Possession: A Romance links modern literary research with a hidden relationship between fictional Victoria...

Romance 1990S Literary Fiction UK University

8.10 Great

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Villette

Villette is an 1853 novel by Charlotte Brontë that draws heavily on her own experiences teaching at a boarding school in...

Coming Of Age Victorian Literary Fiction Bronte

7.91 Good

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Sanshiro

Sanshiro is a 1908 novel by Japanese author Natsume Soseki that chronicles the intellectual and emotional coming-of-age...

Coming Of Age Literary Fiction Meiji Era Japanese University

7.91 Good

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The Glass Bead Game

"The Glass Bead Game" is a 1943 novel by the German-born Swiss author Hermann Hesse, originally published in German as "...

Intellectual Literary Fiction 1940S Hesse

7.82 Good

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The Bell Jar

"The Bell Jar" is a 1963 novel by American writer Sylvia Plath, originally published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas....

Coming Of Age 1960S Literary Fiction Us College

7.82 Good

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The Corrections

"The Corrections" is a 2001 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen that won the National Book Award for Fiction. The...

Family Drama 2000S Literary Fiction Us University Adjacent

7.82 Good

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Sentimental Education

"Sentimental Education" (French: "L'Éducation sentimentale") is an 1869 novel by French author Gustave Flaubert. The sto...

19TH Century Coming Of Age Literary Fiction Paris Student

7.73 Good

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Franny and Zooey

"Franny and Zooey" is a 1961 novel by American author J.D. Salinger, consisting of two linked novellas originally publis...

1960S Literary Fiction Student Life Us College

7.73 Good

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Narcissus and Goldmund

"Narcissus and Goldmund" is a 1930 novel by German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse, set in medieval Germany. The narrative co...

Philosophical 1930S Literary Fiction Hesse

7.73 Good

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Demian

"Demian" is a 1919 coming-of-age novel by the German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse. The story is narrated by Emil Sinclair,...

Coming Of Age Literary Fiction 1910S Hesse

7.73 Good

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The History Man

"The History Man" is a campus novel written by Malcolm Bradbury, published in 1975. The book centers on Howard Kirk, a m...

1970S Literary Fiction Academic Satire UK University

7.64 Good

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Decline and Fall

"Decline and Fall" is a satirical novel published in 1928 and serves as the debut book of English author Evelyn Waugh. T...

Satire Comedy 1920S Boarding School

7.64 Good

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A Separate Peace

"A Separate Peace" is a 1959 coming-of-age novel by American author John Knowles, drawing upon his own experiences at Ph...

Coming Of Age 1950S Literary Fiction Boarding School

7.64 Good

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Nice Work

"Nice Work" is a 1988 novel by British author David Lodge that examines the cultural divide between academia and industr...

1980S Literary Fiction Academic Satire UK University

7.54 Good

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The Rebel Angels

"The Rebel Angels" is a 1981 campus novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies that serves as the first installment of hi...

1980S Literary Fiction Academic Satire Toronto University

7.54 Good

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The Confusions of Young Törless

Published in 1906, "The Confusions of Young Törless" is the debut novel of Austrian writer Robert Musil. Set in a milita...

Coming Of Age Literary Fiction Edwardian Austrian Military School

7.54 Good

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Look Homeward, Angel

Look Homeward, Angel is Thomas Wolfe's 1929 debut novel and a strongly autobiographical account of Eugene Gant's early l...

Coming Of Age Literary Fiction 1920S Thomas Wolfe

7.45 Good

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The Mandarins

"The Mandarins" is a literary novel by French writer Simone de Beauvoir, published in 1954 and awarded the Prix Goncourt...

Philosophical 1950S Literary Fiction French Intellectual Milieu

7.36 Good

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This Side of Paradise

This Side of Paradise is the 1920 debut novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, tracing the young life of protagonist Amory Blaine...

Fitzgerald Coming Of Age Literary Fiction 1920S

7.18 Good