🏛️ Elite College Campus

A prestigious campus serves as both paradise and pressure cooker, where manicured quads and storied libraries mask fierce competition and social stratification.

The Privileged Poor

by Anthony Abraham Jack • 2019

Admitting poor students was step one. Elite colleges forgot there was a step two.

4.25

2k+

🏛️ Elite Universities 🎓 Cultural Capital 📋 Hidden Curriculum 👩‍🎓 First-Generation Students ⚖️ Campus Inequality

The Privileged Poor 90%

Admitting poor students was step one. Elite colleges forgot there was a step two.

by Anthony Abraham Jack 2019

4.25

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Elite Universities 🎓 Cultural Capital 📋 Hidden Curriculum 👩‍🎓 First-Generation Students ⚖️ Campus Inequality

Who Gets In and Why

by Jeffrey J. Selingo • 2020

It's not your GPA that gets you into college. An inside investigation reveals what really decides.

4.27

5k+

🎓 College Admissions 📜 Education Policy 📰 Investigative Journalism 💰 Financial Aid 📊 College Rankings

Who Gets In and Why 90%

It's not your GPA that gets you into college. An inside investigation reveals what really decides.

by Jeffrey J. Selingo 2020

4.27

5k+ ratings

🎓 College Admissions 📜 Education Policy 📰 Investigative Journalism 💰 Financial Aid 📊 College Rankings

The Real World of College

by Wendy Fischman • 2022

Half want a degree, not an education. The other half are too anxious to think.

3.86

🎓 Higher Education Reform 🏛️ College Culture 🧠 Mental Health On Campus 🤝 Belonging And Alienation 🌊 Mission Creep

The Real World of College 90%

Half want a degree, not an education. The other half are too anxious to think.

by Wendy Fischman 2022

3.86

50 ratings

🎓 Higher Education Reform 🏛️ College Culture 🧠 Mental Health On Campus 🤝 Belonging And Alienation 🌊 Mission Creep

The College Scam

by Charlie Kirk • 2022

Your degree is a debt sentence and an ideological straitjacket. Here's how to win without one.

4.18

605

🏛️ College Skepticism 💰 Student Debt Crisis 🎤 Campus Free Speech ⚔️ Campus Culture Wars 🔧 Vocational Paths

The College Scam 89%

Your degree is a debt sentence and an ideological straitjacket. Here's how to win without one.

by Charlie Kirk 2022

4.18

605 ratings

🏛️ College Skepticism 💰 Student Debt Crisis 🎤 Campus Free Speech ⚔️ Campus Culture Wars 🔧 Vocational Paths

The Years That Matter Most

by Paul Tough • 2019

Getting into an elite college depends more on your parents’ income than your SAT score.

4.39

2k+

🎓 Higher Education 📝 College Admissions 📈 Social Mobility ⚖️ Educational Inequality 🏛️ Meritocracy Critique

The Years That Matter Most 89%

Getting into an elite college depends more on your parents’ income than your SAT score.

by Paul Tough 2019

4.39

2k+ ratings

🎓 Higher Education 📝 College Admissions 📈 Social Mobility ⚖️ Educational Inequality 🏛️ Meritocracy Critique

The Price of Admission (Updated Edition)

by Daniel Golden • 2006

The hidden price of elite college admission: donations, connections, and the right last name.

3.67

993

🎓 Elite College Admissions 📚 Educational Inequality 🚪 College Access 💰 Money In Education 👑 Wealth And Privilege

The Price of Admission (Updated Edition) Summary

The Price of Admission (Updated Edition) 89%

The hidden price of elite college admission: donations, connections, and the right last name.

by Daniel Golden 2006

3.67

993 ratings

🎓 Elite College Admissions 📚 Educational Inequality 🚪 College Access 💰 Money In Education 👑 Wealth And Privilege

Excellent Sheep

by William Deresiewicz • 2014

Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.

3.88

7k+

🎓 Higher Education ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 💸 Class Privilege 📖 Liberal Arts Defense 🎭 Cultural Criticism

Excellent Sheep 89%

Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.

by William Deresiewicz 2014

3.88

7k+ ratings

🎓 Higher Education ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 💸 Class Privilege 📖 Liberal Arts Defense 🎭 Cultural Criticism

Dream School

by Jeffrey J. Selingo • 2025

The college rankings chase is broken. How to find a school where your student will thrive.

4.23

910

🎓 College Admissions 🏛️ Higher Education 🔍 College Search 🏆 Prestige Critique 💰 College ROI

Dream School 88%

The college rankings chase is broken. How to find a school where your student will thrive.

by Jeffrey J. Selingo 2025

4.23

910 ratings

🎓 College Admissions 🏛️ Higher Education 🔍 College Search 🏆 Prestige Critique 💰 College ROI

Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be

by Frank Bruni • 2015

Ivy League rejection isn't destiny: the proof, and how to find a school that actually fits.

4.03

4k+

🎓 College Admissions 🏫 Higher Education 💪 Student Resilience 🏛️ College Prestige Myth 😰 Education Anxiety

Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be Summary

Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be 88%

Ivy League rejection isn't destiny: the proof, and how to find a school that actually fits.

by Frank Bruni 2015

4.03

4k+ ratings

🎓 College Admissions 🏫 Higher Education 💪 Student Resilience 🏛️ College Prestige Myth 😰 Education Anxiety

Come and Get It

by Kiley Reid • 2024

A visiting professor's relationship with a student RA upends her research and her sense of self.

3.32

47k+

🏫 Campus Novel 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist 🌀 Blurred Boundaries 💸 Financial Anxiety 🎭 Social Satire

Come and Get It 88%

A visiting professor's relationship with a student RA upends her research and her sense of self.

by Kiley Reid 2024

3.32

47k+ ratings

🏫 Campus Novel 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist 🌀 Blurred Boundaries 💸 Financial Anxiety 🎭 Social Satire

An Uncommon Education

by Elizabeth Percer • 2012

Her flawless memory gets her into Wellesley, but a secret society teaches her the limits of rescue.

3.14

1k+

🏛️ College Secret Society 🎭 Shakespearean Theatre 🧳 Elite College Outsider 🧠 Extraordinary Memory ✡️ Jewish American Family

An Uncommon Education 88%

Her flawless memory gets her into Wellesley, but a secret society teaches her the limits of rescue.

by Elizabeth Percer 2012

3.14

1k+ ratings

🏛️ College Secret Society 🎭 Shakespearean Theatre 🧳 Elite College Outsider 🧠 Extraordinary Memory ✡️ Jewish American Family

In Defense of a Liberal Education

by Fareed Zakaria • 2015

The STEM panic misses the real skills gap: writing, analysis, and learning how to learn.

3.83

3k+

📚 Liberal Arts Defense 🏛️ Higher Education Crisis ✍️ Writing As Thinking 📜 History Of Universities 💻 Online Education

In Defense of a Liberal Education Summary

In Defense of a Liberal Education 88%

The STEM panic misses the real skills gap: writing, analysis, and learning how to learn.

by Fareed Zakaria 2015

3.83

3k+ ratings

📚 Liberal Arts Defense 🏛️ Higher Education Crisis ✍️ Writing As Thinking 📜 History Of Universities 💻 Online Education

I'll Follow You

by Charlene Wang • 2025

A poor girl's best friend invades her elite campus, dragging their fake Instagram life with her.

3.66

5k+

🖤 Dark Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 😶‍🌫️ Morally Gray Narrator 📱 Internet Fame 🎭 Class Passing

I'll Follow You 88%

A poor girl's best friend invades her elite campus, dragging their fake Instagram life with her.

by Charlene Wang 2025

3.66

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 😶‍🌫️ Morally Gray Narrator 📱 Internet Fame 🎭 Class Passing

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons

by Blythe N. Grossberg • 2021

A tutor for the one percent reveals what wealth does to children that money cannot fix.

3.41

2k+

🏫 Elite Education 🎓 College Admissions 🚁 Helicopter Parenting 💎 Affluent Anxiety ⚖️ Class And Education

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons Summary

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons 88%

A tutor for the one percent reveals what wealth does to children that money cannot fix.

by Blythe N. Grossberg 2021

3.41

2k+ ratings

🏫 Elite Education 🎓 College Admissions 🚁 Helicopter Parenting 💎 Affluent Anxiety ⚖️ Class And Education

The Closing of the American Mind

by Allan Bloom • 1988

A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.

3.76

6k+

🏛️ Higher Education Critique 🌐 American Culture Wars 🤷 Moral Relativism 📚 Western Canon Debate 🏗️ Critique Of Modernity

The Closing of the American Mind Summary

The Closing of the American Mind 88%

A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.

by Allan Bloom 1988

3.76

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Higher Education Critique 🌐 American Culture Wars 🤷 Moral Relativism 📚 Western Canon Debate 🏗️ Critique Of Modernity

Five Point Someone

by Chetan Bhagat • 2004

Three IIT freshmen with rock-bottom grades steal an exam paper, risking expulsion and their bond.

3.43

93k+

🇮🇳 Indian Campus Novel 🏗️ Engineering College 👥 Unlikely Male Trio 👨‍🏫 Professor's Daughter 📚 Academic Pressure

Five Point Someone 88%

Three IIT freshmen with rock-bottom grades steal an exam paper, risking expulsion and their bond.

by Chetan Bhagat 2004

3.43

93k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Campus Novel 🏗️ Engineering College 👥 Unlikely Male Trio 👨‍🏫 Professor's Daughter 📚 Academic Pressure

Envy

by M.N. Forgy • 2019

A hacker infiltrates a secret society and his envy craves a woman he cannot keep.

3.81

1k+

🔒 Secret Society 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏛️ Elite University 💔 Tragic Romance

Envy 88%

A hacker infiltrates a secret society and his envy craves a woman he cannot keep.

by M.N. Forgy 2019

3.81

1k+ ratings

🔒 Secret Society 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏛️ Elite University 💔 Tragic Romance

Society of Lies

by Lauren Ling Brown • 2024

After her sister dies at Princeton, Maya joins the secret society she escaped to find the killer.

3.52

101k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🕯️ Secret Society 🔍 Campus Mystery ⏳ Dual Timelines 🔎 Sister Sleuth

Society of Lies 88%

After her sister dies at Princeton, Maya joins the secret society she escaped to find the killer.

by Lauren Ling Brown 2024

3.52

101k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🕯️ Secret Society 🔍 Campus Mystery ⏳ Dual Timelines 🔎 Sister Sleuth

Bobos in Paradise

by David Brooks • 2000

Why the new elite spends fortunes on kitchen stoves but despises luxury cars.

3.62

5k+

🏛️ American Elites 📊 Class Analysis 🎭 Cultural Capital 📡 Status Signaling 🏢 Information Economy

Bobos in Paradise 88%

Why the new elite spends fortunes on kitchen stoves but despises luxury cars.

by David Brooks 2000

3.62

5k+ ratings

🏛️ American Elites 📊 Class Analysis 🎭 Cultural Capital 📡 Status Signaling 🏢 Information Economy

How to Win at College

by Cal Newport • 2005

College is a strategy game: work fewer hours, build faculty allies, and chase one ambitious project.

3.98

4k+

🎓 College Success 📚 Student Productivity 📝 Study Strategies ⏰ Time Blocking 🔁 Habit Design

How to Win at College 88%

College is a strategy game: work fewer hours, build faculty allies, and chase one ambitious project.

by Cal Newport 2005

3.98

4k+ ratings

🎓 College Success 📚 Student Productivity 📝 Study Strategies ⏰ Time Blocking 🔁 Habit Design

1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know

by Harry H. Harrison Jr. • 2008

1001 things that keep students enrolled, employed, and sane: starting with the first semester.

3.50

331

🎓 College Success 📝 Study Skills ⏰ Time Management 🏫 Campus Life 💰 Financial Literacy

1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know Summary

1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know 88%

1001 things that keep students enrolled, employed, and sane: starting with the first semester.

by Harry H. Harrison Jr. 2008

3.50

331 ratings

🎓 College Success 📝 Study Skills ⏰ Time Management 🏫 Campus Life 💰 Financial Literacy

What They Teach You at Harvard Business School

by Philip Delves Broughton • 2005

An outsider at Harvard Business School mastered the skills and rejected the life.

3.76

5k+

🎓 Business School 🧭 Career Choices ⚖️ Work Life Balance 🏛️ Elite Education 🐑 Herd Mentality

What They Teach You at Harvard Business School Summary

What They Teach You at Harvard Business School 88%

An outsider at Harvard Business School mastered the skills and rejected the life.

by Philip Delves Broughton 2005

3.76

5k+ ratings

🎓 Business School 🧭 Career Choices ⚖️ Work Life Balance 🏛️ Elite Education 🐑 Herd Mentality

Spy Schools

by Daniel Golden • 2017

China, Cuba, and the CIA recruit on American campuses. The schools look the other way.

3.57

315

🔍 Academic Espionage 🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛡️ Counterintelligence 🌐 Foreign Influence

Spy Schools 88%

China, Cuba, and the CIA recruit on American campuses. The schools look the other way.

by Daniel Golden 2017

3.57

315 ratings

🔍 Academic Espionage 🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛡️ Counterintelligence 🌐 Foreign Influence

College Unbound

by Jeffrey J. Selingo • 2013

Only half of college students graduate, debt tops a trillion, and the model is being unmade.

3.79

2k+

🏛️ Higher Education Reform 💸 Student Debt Crisis 📋 Competency-Based Education 📊 Personalized Learning 💻 Online Education

College Unbound 88%

Only half of college students graduate, debt tops a trillion, and the model is being unmade.

by Jeffrey J. Selingo 2013

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Higher Education Reform 💸 Student Debt Crisis 📋 Competency-Based Education 📊 Personalized Learning 💻 Online Education

College Admission

by Robin Mamlet • 2011

The college admissions manual that starts with knowing yourself, not with the rankings.

4.03

141

🎓 College Admissions 📝 Application Essays 💰 Financial Aid 📊 Standardized Testing 📋 Holistic Admissions

College Admission 87%

The college admissions manual that starts with knowing yourself, not with the rankings.

by Robin Mamlet 2011

4.03

141 ratings

🎓 College Admissions 📝 Application Essays 💰 Financial Aid 📊 Standardized Testing 📋 Holistic Admissions

The Glass Bead Game

by Hermann Hesse • 1943

Online learning and rising costs disrupt the university model, forcing a choice: reform or decline.

4.10

43k+

📖 Higher Education Reform 💡 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Online Learning 🏛️ Institutional Change 🎓 Mission Creep

The Glass Bead Game 87%

Online learning and rising costs disrupt the university model, forcing a choice: reform or decline.

by Hermann Hesse 1943

4.10

43k+ ratings

📖 Higher Education Reform 💡 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Online Learning 🏛️ Institutional Change 🎓 Mission Creep

Catherine House

by Elisabeth Thomas • 2020

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

3.11

29k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution ⏳ Slow-Burn Dread 🪤 Claustrophobic

Catherine House 87%

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

by Elisabeth Thomas 2020

3.11

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution ⏳ Slow-Burn Dread 🪤 Claustrophobic

WASPS

by Michael Knox Beran • 2021

The WASPs had everything except wholeness. Their long pursuit of it built America, then broke them.

3.46

126

🏛️ American Aristocracy 💰 Old Money 🎩 Gilded Age 📊 Social Class 📉 Cultural Decline

WASPS 87%

The WASPs had everything except wholeness. Their long pursuit of it built America, then broke them.

by Michael Knox Beran 2021

3.46

126 ratings

🏛️ American Aristocracy 💰 Old Money 🎩 Gilded Age 📊 Social Class 📉 Cultural Decline

Seduction Theory

by Emily Adrian • 2025

A campus affair, a shattered marriage, and the graduate student who will write it all down.

3.11

12k+

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Literary Infidelity 💍 Marriage In Crisis 👁️ Academic Obsession ✍️ Writing Program

Seduction Theory 87%

A campus affair, a shattered marriage, and the graduate student who will write it all down.

by Emily Adrian 2025

3.11

12k+ ratings

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Literary Infidelity 💍 Marriage In Crisis 👁️ Academic Obsession ✍️ Writing Program

The Idea Factory

by Pepper White • 1991

MIT: where a valedictorian learns to celebrate a B and survive the pressure without losing himself.

3.85

255

🎓 Grad School 🏛️ Elite Universities 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 📚 Academic Pressure 🔧 Hands-On Learning

The Idea Factory 87%

MIT: where a valedictorian learns to celebrate a B and survive the pressure without losing himself.

by Pepper White 1991

3.85

255 ratings

🎓 Grad School 🏛️ Elite Universities 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 📚 Academic Pressure 🔧 Hands-On Learning

Murder by the Book

by Amie Schaumberg • 2025

A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.

3.41

816

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Academic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Staged Crime Scenes 📖 Literary References

Murder by the Book 87%

A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.

by Amie Schaumberg 2025

3.41

816 ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Academic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Staged Crime Scenes 📖 Literary References

50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, Fourth Edition

by Harvard Crimson • 2005

Get inside the admissions reader's head. Fifty real Harvard essays, dissected line by line.

3.89

243

🎓 College Admissions ✍️ Application Essays 📖 Personal Storytelling 💬 Authentic Voice 📄 Model Essays

50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, Fourth Edition Summary

50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, Fourth Edition 87%

Get inside the admissions reader's head. Fifty real Harvard essays, dissected line by line.

by Harvard Crimson 2005

3.89

243 ratings

🎓 College Admissions ✍️ Application Essays 📖 Personal Storytelling 💬 Authentic Voice 📄 Model Essays

The Tyranny of Merit

by Michael J. Sandel • 2020

Winning through talent was supposed to be just. It taught winners contempt and losers self-blame.

4.19

14k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📈 Social Mobility 📜 Credentialism 🔨 Dignity Of Work 🎓 Higher Education Critique

The Tyranny of Merit 87%

Winning through talent was supposed to be just. It taught winners contempt and losers self-blame.

by Michael J. Sandel 2020

4.19

14k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📈 Social Mobility 📜 Credentialism 🔨 Dignity Of Work 🎓 Higher Education Critique

Legacy

by Kate Brian • 2008

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

4.04

7k+

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique 💔 Love Triangle 🥂 High Society Party

Legacy 87%

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

by Kate Brian 2008

4.04

7k+ ratings

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique 💔 Love Triangle 🥂 High Society Party

Bad City

by Paul Pringle • 2022

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

4.21

4k+

🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

Bad City 87%

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

by Paul Pringle 2022

4.21

4k+ ratings

🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

An Inconvenient Minority

by Kenny Xu • 2021

Asian students score highest on every objective measure, so Harvard docks them on personality.

3.95

282

🎓 College Admissions ⚖️ Affirmative Action 🏆 Meritocracy 📝 Standardized Testing 📚 Critical Race Theory

An Inconvenient Minority 87%

Asian students score highest on every objective measure, so Harvard docks them on personality.

by Kenny Xu 2021

3.95

282 ratings

🎓 College Admissions ⚖️ Affirmative Action 🏆 Meritocracy 📝 Standardized Testing 📚 Critical Race Theory

The Female Persuasion

by Meg Wolitzer • 2018

When a shy student meets a feminist legend, ambition pulls her toward power and compromise.

3.56

58k+

🧑‍🏫 Feminist Mentorship 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏫 College Campus 🌧️ Campus Assault 💔 Sisterhood Tested

The Female Persuasion 87%

When a shy student meets a feminist legend, ambition pulls her toward power and compromise.

by Meg Wolitzer 2018

3.56

58k+ ratings

🧑‍🏫 Feminist Mentorship 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏫 College Campus 🌧️ Campus Assault 💔 Sisterhood Tested

America's Cultural Revolution

by Christopher F. Rufo • 2023

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

4.21

1k+

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

America's Cultural Revolution 87%

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

by Christopher F. Rufo 2023

4.21

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

The Letters We Keep

by Nisha Sharma • 2024

When rival students uncover hidden love letters, the past dares them to write a braver ending.

3.86

5k+

🔰 Campus Romance 💕 Rivals To Lovers ✉️ Hidden Love Letters 🏠 Family Expectations 🇺🇸 South Asian American

The Letters We Keep 87%

When rival students uncover hidden love letters, the past dares them to write a braver ending.

by Nisha Sharma 2024

3.86

5k+ ratings

🔰 Campus Romance 💕 Rivals To Lovers ✉️ Hidden Love Letters 🏠 Family Expectations 🇺🇸 South Asian American

Night Objects

by Eli Raphael • 2026

After her mother dies, she is sent to boarding school. The secret society preys on the grieving.

3.58

401

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 🏫 Elite School Outsider 🤫 Deadly Secret

Night Objects 87%

After her mother dies, she is sent to boarding school. The secret society preys on the grieving.

by Eli Raphael 2026

3.58

401 ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 🏫 Elite School Outsider 🤫 Deadly Secret

Robot-Proof

by Joseph E. Aoun • 2017

AI does knowledge work. A degree that survives teaches creativity cultural agility and reinvention.

3.62

615

🎓 Higher Education Reform 🤖 Future Of Work 🧠 Ai And Automation 🔄 Lifelong Learning 🛠️ Experiential Learning

Robot-Proof 87%

AI does knowledge work. A degree that survives teaches creativity cultural agility and reinvention.

by Joseph E. Aoun 2017

3.62

615 ratings

🎓 Higher Education Reform 🤖 Future Of Work 🧠 Ai And Automation 🔄 Lifelong Learning 🛠️ Experiential Learning

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

by E. Lockhart • 2008

Her boyfriend's secret society won't admit her, so she runs its pranks from the shadows.

3.80

51k+

🏫 Boarding School 🤫 Secret Society 🧠 Teen Mastermind ✨ Golden Boy ✊ Feminist Rebellion

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Summary

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks 87%

Her boyfriend's secret society won't admit her, so she runs its pranks from the shadows.

by E. Lockhart 2008

3.80

51k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School 🤫 Secret Society 🧠 Teen Mastermind ✨ Golden Boy ✊ Feminist Rebellion

The Golden Passport

by Duff McDonald • 2017

The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.

3.41

346

📚 Business Schools 🎓 Elite Education 🏛️ Institutional Failure 💰 Shareholder Primacy ⚖️ Business Ethics

The Golden Passport 87%

The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.

by Duff McDonald 2017

3.41

346 ratings

📚 Business Schools 🎓 Elite Education 🏛️ Institutional Failure 💰 Shareholder Primacy ⚖️ Business Ethics

They Say / I Say

by Gerald Graff • 2006

Write academic arguments that respond to others, not just declare. Templates that show you how.

3.77

6k+

📝 Academic Writing 🏫 College Composition 🧱 Argument Structure 📎 Source Integration 🗣️ Rhetorical Strategies

They Say / I Say 87%

Write academic arguments that respond to others, not just declare. Templates that show you how.

by Gerald Graff 2006

3.77

6k+ ratings

📝 Academic Writing 🏫 College Composition 🧱 Argument Structure 📎 Source Integration 🗣️ Rhetorical Strategies

The Examiner

by Janice Hallett • 2024

Six art students enter a prestigious MA. One death. The examiner begins reading their group chat.

3.66

25k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 📚 Academic Thriller 🎨 Art World Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person

The Examiner 87%

Six art students enter a prestigious MA. One death. The examiner begins reading their group chat.

by Janice Hallett 2024

3.66

25k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 📚 Academic Thriller 🎨 Art World Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person

The Scammer

by Tiffany D. Jackson • 2025

At an HBCU, four freshmen's sisterhood becomes a cult under a roommate's charming brother.

3.91

17k+

🕯️ Cult Recruitment 🏛️ HBCU Campus 🗡️ Revenge Quest 💕 Fake Dating To Real 🎭 Charismatic Predator

The Scammer 87%

At an HBCU, four freshmen's sisterhood becomes a cult under a roommate's charming brother.

by Tiffany D. Jackson 2025

3.91

17k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Recruitment 🏛️ HBCU Campus 🗡️ Revenge Quest 💕 Fake Dating To Real 🎭 Charismatic Predator

The Naked Roommate

by Harlan Cohen • 2005

108 college pitfalls and how to handle them, from dorm drama to student debt.

3.79

1k+

🧭 College Survival 🎓 Freshman Year 🏫 College Transition 🧰 Adulting Basics 🗣️ Consent Culture

The Naked Roommate 87%

108 college pitfalls and how to handle them, from dorm drama to student debt.

by Harlan Cohen 2005

3.79

1k+ ratings

🧭 College Survival 🎓 Freshman Year 🏫 College Transition 🧰 Adulting Basics 🗣️ Consent Culture

Worthless

by Aaron Clarey • 2011

The labor market's college report card: which majors earn and which are a $40,000 mistake.

3.99

339

🧭 Career Guidance 🎓 Higher Education 🤔 College Skepticism 💼 Career Pragmatism 📊 Labor Economics

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by Gilbert M. Gaul 2015

3.88

654 ratings

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An Arcane Inheritance 87%

At an elite Gothic university, a scholarship student uncovers a secret society harvesting her magic.

by Kamilah Cole 2025

3.46

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia Campus 🗝️ Magical Secret Society 💭 Memory Loss Magic 📚 Academic Rivals To Lovers 🏫 Ivory Tower Horror

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