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Campus Novels

The campus novel is a hard thing to define. These are largely examples from the US, missing many, with some choices from the UK and other places. I'm of the opinion that a campus novel requires much, if not all, of its time spent on an actual campus -- or that the campus/idea of the campus (and its subsequent connotations) is central. I don't agree with many in saying that Brideshead Revisited is *the* campus novel, but I've included it nonetheless. This is a working list.
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All's Well (Mona Awad)
All's Well
1
Mona Awad
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
2
Richard Fariña
Blue Angel (Francine Prose)
Blue Angel
3
Francine Prose
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
4
Evelyn Waugh
Bunny (Mona Awad)
Bunny
5
Mona Awad
Come and Get It (Kiley Reid)
Come and Get It
6
Kiley Reid
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
7
J. M. Coetzee
Disorientation (Elaine Hsieh Chou)
Disorientation
8
Elaine Hsieh Chou
Either/Or (Elif Batuman)
Either/Or
9
Elif Batuman
Galatea 2.2 (Richard Powers)
Galatea 2.2
10
Richard Powers
I Am Charlotte Simmons (Tom Wolfe)
I Am Charlotte Simmons
11
Tom Wolfe
Japanese by Spring (Ishmael Reed)
Japanese by Spring
12
Ishmael Reed
Loner: A Novel (Teddy Wayne)
Loner: A Novel
13
Teddy Wayne
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
14
Kingsley Amis
Moo (Jane Smiley)
Moo
15
Jane Smiley
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
16
Sally Rooney
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
17
Haruki Murakami
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
18
Zadie Smith
Pictures From an Institution
Pictures From an Institution
19
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
20
Vladimir Nabokov
Real Life (Brandon Taylor)
Real Life
21
Brandon Taylor
Stoner (Williams)
Stoner
22
Williams
Stover at Yale (Owen Johnson)
Stover at Yale
23
Owen Johnson
Straight Man (Richard Russo)
Straight Man
24
Richard Russo
Tell Me I'm an Artist (Chelsea Martin)
Tell Me I'm an Artist
25
Chelsea Martin
The Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
The Art of Fielding
26
Chad Harbach
The Campus Trilogy (David Lodge)
The Campus Trilogy
27
David Lodge
The Devil and Webster (Jean Hanff Korelitz)
The Devil and Webster
28
Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Groves of Academe (Mary McCarthy)
The Groves of Academe
29
Mary McCarthy
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
30
Philip Roth
The Idiot (Elif Batuman)
The Idiot
31
Elif Batuman
The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
32
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Netanyahus (Joshua Cohen)
The Netanyahus
33
Joshua Cohen
The Professor of Desire (Philip Roth)
The Professor of Desire
34
Philip Roth
The Rules of Attraction (Bret Easton Ellis)
The Rules of Attraction
35
Bret Easton Ellis
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
36
Donna Tartt
The War Between the Tates (Alison Lurie)
The War Between the Tates
37
Alison Lurie
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
38
Don Delillo
Wonder Boys (Michael Chabon)
Wonder Boys
39
Michael Chabon
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