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Lithub's 60 Best Campus Novels From the Last 100 Years

This just seemed like a fun list. Also, I listed each of David Lodge's Campus Trilogy books separately. Enjoy.
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Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)
Decline and Fall
1
Evelyn Waugh
Gaudy Night - A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night - A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery
2
Dorothy L. Sayers
The Groves of Academe (Mary McCarthy)
The Groves of Academe
3
Mary McCarthy
Pictures From an Institution
Pictures From an Institution
4
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim
5
Kinglsey Amis
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
6
Vladimir Nabokov
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
7
John Knowles
The Rector of Justin (Louis Auchincloss)
The Rector of Justin
8
Louis Auchincloss
Stoner (Williams)
Stoner
9
Williams
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
10
Richard Fariña
The War Between the Tates (Alison Lurie)
The War Between the Tates
11
Alison Lurie
Changing Places (David Lodge)
Changing Places
12
David Lodge
Small World (David Lodge)
Small World
13
David Lodge
Nice Work (David Lodge)
Nice Work
14
David Lodge
The Lords of Discipline (Pat Conroy)
The Lords of Discipline
15
Pat Conroy
Crossing to Safety (Wallace Stegner)
Crossing to Safety
16
Wallace Stegner
Sweet Days of Discipline (Fleur Jaeggy)
Sweet Days of Discipline
17
Fleur Jaeggy
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
18
A.S. Byatt
All Souls (Javier Marías)
All Souls
19
Javier Marías
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
20
Donna Tartt
Japanese by Spring (Ishmael Reed)
Japanese by Spring
21
Ishmael Reed
Galatea 2.2 (Richard Powers)
Galatea 2.2
22
Richard Powers
Moo (Jane Smiley)
Moo
23
Jane Smiley
Wonder Boys (Michael Chabon)
Wonder Boys
24
Michael Chabon
Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror (James Hynes)
Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror
25
James Hynes
Straight Man (Richard Russo)
Straight Man
26
Richard Russo
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
27
Philip Roth
The Name of the World (Denis Johnson)
The Name of the World
28
Denis Johnson
Old School (Tobias Wolff)
Old School
29
Tobias Wolff
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
30
Kazuo Ishiguro
Prep (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Prep
31
Curtis Sittenfeld
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
32
Zadie Smith
Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Marisha Pessl)
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
33
Marisha Pessl
Admission (Jean Hanff Korelitz)
Admission
34
Jean Hanff Korelitz
Skippy Dies (Paul Murray)
Skippy Dies
35
Paul Murray
All Is Forgotten Nothing Is Lost
All Is Forgotten Nothing Is Lost
36
Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
Art of Fielding
37
Chad Harbach
The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
38
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Virgins
The Virgins
39
My Education (Susan Choi)
My Education
40
Susan Choi
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