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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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Steppenwolf

"Steppenwolf" is a novel by Hermann Hesse, first published in German in 1927. The protagonist, Harry Haller, is a middle...

Philosophical Literary Fiction 1920S Hesse

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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The Rotters' Club

The Rotters' Club is a 2001 coming-of-age novel by British author Jonathan Coe. Set in Birmingham, England, during the 1...

Coming Of Age 2000S Literary Fiction Jonathan Coe

7.18 Good

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The Dying Animal

The Dying Animal is a 2001 novella by Philip Roth featuring David Kepesh, the literature professor who also appears in T...

2000S Literary Fiction Philip Roth Professorial

6.99 Fair

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Indignation

Indignation is a 2008 novel by Philip Roth set largely in 1951, during the Korean War. Marcus Messner, a diligent Jewish...

2000S Literary Fiction Student Life Philip Roth

6.99 Fair

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Thinks...

Thinks... is a 2001 novel by David Lodge set at a fictional British university where a married cognitive scientist and a...

2000S Literary Fiction Academic Satire UK University

6.90 Fair

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Blue Angel

Blue Angel is a 2000 novel by Francine Prose about Ted Swenson, a creative-writing professor at a small college in Vermo...

2000S Literary Fiction Academic Satire Professorial

6.81 Fair

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Prep

Prep is Curtis Sittenfeld's 2005 debut novel, narrated by Lee Fiora, a scholarship student from Indiana attending the fi...

Coming Of Age 2000S Literary Fiction Boarding School

6.81 Fair

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Exit Ghost

Exit Ghost is a 2007 novel by Philip Roth and the final novel centered on his recurring character Nathan Zuckerman. The...

2000S Literary Fiction Philip Roth Us University

6.44 Fair

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The Closed Circle

The Closed Circle is a 2004 novel by British writer Jonathan Coe and a sequel to The Rotters’ Club. It returns to charac...

2000S Sequel Literary Fiction Jonathan Coe

6.44 Fair

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Testimony

Testimony is a 2008 novel by Anita Shreve about the consequences of a sexual scandal at a New England boarding school. T...

Tragedy 2000S Literary Fiction Boarding School

6.26 Fair

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I Am Charlotte Simmons

I Am Charlotte Simmons is a 2004 novel by American writer Tom Wolfe. It follows Charlotte Simmons, a highly accomplished...

Coming Of Age 2000S Literary Fiction Student Life

5.89 Mediocre