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Goodreads Favourite Novels About Professors or University Types

A surprisingly wide range of books, from poignant to hilarious.
Criteria for inclusion: 300+ ratings and 2+ votes (and a captain's pick at 200)
Almost word-for-word from the script of Seinfeld, Season 6, Episode 6, as spoken by a female Romanian gymnast: "In my country, they speak of a man so virile, so potent, that to spend a night with such a man is to enter a world of such sensual delights most women dare not dream of. This man is known as the 'Academic'."
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The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
1
Donna Tartt
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
2
A.S. Byatt
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
3
John Williams
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
4
Kingsley Amis
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
5
Evelyn Waugh
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
6
Umberto Eco
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
7
Elizabeth Kostova
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
8
George Eliot
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
9
George Bernard Shaw
Gabriel's Inferno (Sylvain Reynard)
Gabriel's Inferno
10
Sylvain Reynard
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
11
Vladimir Nabokov
Harry Potter and the Philoshoper's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philoshoper's Stone
12
J.K. Rowling
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
13
Muriel Spark
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
14
Vladimir Nabokov
Straight Man (Richard Russo)
Straight Man
15
Richard Russo
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
16
Edward Albee
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
17
Charlotte Brontë
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
18
Roald Dahl
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
19
Charlotte Brontë
Faust: First Part (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust: First Part
20
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
21
Don Delillo
Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night
22
Dorothy L. Sayers
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
23
Vladimir Nabokov
Disgrace (J.M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
24
J.M. Coetzee
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
25
Virginia Woolf
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
26
Saul Bellow
Dead Poets Society (N.H. Kleinbaum)
Dead Poets Society
27
N.H. Kleinbaum
The Professor's House (Willa Cather)
The Professor's House
28
Willa Cather
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
29
Susanna Clarke
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
30
Jonathan Franzen
Crossing to Safety (Wallace Stegner)
Crossing to Safety
31
Wallace Stegner
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
32
Christopher Isherwood
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
33
John Fowles
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
34
Zadie Smith
Changing Places (David Lodge)
Changing Places
35
David Lodge
The Rebel Angels (Robertson Davies)
The Rebel Angels
36
Robertson Davies
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (James Hilton)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
37
James Hilton
A Discovery of Witches (Deborah Harkness)
A Discovery of Witches
38
Deborah Harkness
Wonder Boys (Michael Chabon)
Wonder Boys
39
Michael Chabon
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
40
Chaim Potok
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