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Goodreads Favourite Novels About Professors or University Types - Page 4

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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 Finer Points of Sausage Dogs (Alexander McCall Smith)
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
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Alexander McCall Smith
Auto-Da-Fé (Elias Canetti)
Auto-Da-Fé
122
Elias Canetti
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
123
Michael Crichton
Elizabeth Costello (J.M. Coetzee)
Elizabeth Costello
124
J.M. Coetzee
The Last Continent (Terry Pratchett)
The Last Continent
125
Terry Pratchett
To Serve Them All My Days (R.F. Delderfield)
To Serve Them All My Days
126
R.F. Delderfield
The Chaneysville Incident (David Bradley)
The Chaneysville Incident
127
David Bradley
Headlong (Michael Frayn)
Headlong
128
Michael Frayn
Tam Lin (Pamela Dean)
Tam Lin
129
Pamela Dean
Madame (Antoni Libera)
Madame
130
Antoni Libera
Enchantment (Orson Scott Card)
Enchantment
131
Orson Scott Card
The Translator (John Crowley)
The Translator
132
John Crowley
A Soldier of the Great War (Mark Helprin)
A Soldier of the Great War
133
Mark Helprin
The History Boys (Alan Bennett)
The History Boys
134
Alan Bennett
Giles Goat-Boy (John Barth)
Giles Goat-Boy
135
John Barth
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
136
Mary Shelley
Beasts (Joyce Carol Oates)
Beasts
137
Joyce Carol Oates
Smilla's Sense of Snow (Peter Høeg)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
138
Peter Høeg
The Furies (Katie Lowe)
The Furies
139
Katie Lowe
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
140
Jorge Luis Borges
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
141
William Gaddis
Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)
Decline and Fall
142
Evelyn Waugh
Proof (David Auburn)
Proof
143
David Auburn
A Dog's Heart/Heart of a Dog (Mikhail Bulgakov)
A Dog's Heart/Heart of a Dog
144
Mikhail Bulgakov
A New Life (Bernard Malamud)
A New Life
145
Bernard Malamud
Thinks ... (David Lodge)
Thinks ...
146
David Lodge
The Dream of Scipio (Iain Pears)
The Dream of Scipio
147
Iain Pears
The Groves of Academe (Mary McCarthy)
The Groves of Academe
148
Mary McCarthy
Submission (Michel Houellebecq)
Submission
149
Michel Houellebecq
The Group (Mary McCarthy)
The Group
150
Mary McCarthy
Thus Was Adonis Murdered (Sarah Caudwell)
Thus Was Adonis Murdered
151
Sarah Caudwell
For the Sake of Elena (Elizabeth George)
For the Sake of Elena
152
Elizabeth George
Death Is Now My Neighbor (Colin Dexter)
Death Is Now My Neighbor
153
Colin Dexter
Onder Professoren (Among Professors) (Willem Frederik Hermans)
Onder Professoren (Among Professors)
154
Willem Frederik Hermans
Nocturne, Opus 1: Sea Foam (Norene Moskalski)
Nocturne, Opus 1: Sea Foam
155
Norene Moskalski
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Name of the Wind
156
Patrick Rothfuss
Skippy Dies (Paul Murray)
Skippy Dies
157
Paul Murray
The Confusion (Neal Stephenson)
The Confusion
158
Neal Stephenson
Professor Unrat/The Blue Angel (Heinrich Mann)
Professor Unrat/The Blue Angel
159
Heinrich Mann
Beautiful Creatures (Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl)
Beautiful Creatures
160
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
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