Twenty top school stories and university novels

At the Waterstones blog, Mark Skinner tagged twenty of the best school stories and university novels, including:

Prep
Curtis Sittenfeld

The harsh world of the American prep school is put under the spotlight in Sittenfeld’s smart and penetrating novel. Peeling away the façade of beautiful people and civilised recreation to uncover an unrelenting parade of social rituals and a never ending popularity contest, Prep is a hip, vibrant account of fitting in and acting out.

Read about the other entries on the list.

Prep is among Lucy Worsley's six best books and James Browning's ten best boarding school books.

--Marshal Zeringue