Best Books Set in Boarding Schools
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133,717 members
2,055 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 45.93
Added 2012-01-12, 10:44 PM
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1,694 members
16 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 40.69
Added 2012-01-09, 05:25 PM
- 15 Members
- Aquila, lquilter, kageeh, keristars, thorold, raidergirl3, guyalice, Mr.Durick, avatiakh, CurrerBell, souloftherose, alex68, starbox, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,lilithcat ,_Zoe_ ,aulsmith ,merrystar
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I don't remember that much being in a boarding school.CurrerBell: Only chapters five through nine (and to a degree also chapter ten) are the "boarding school chapters" at Lowood Institute, but they are so very memorable for Helen Burns (Charlotte's memorialization of her deceased eldest sister, Maria) as well as the villainous character of Miss Scatcherd. Far more realistic than anything Dickens ever did!
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- 12 Members
- _Zoe_, inge87, guyalice, europhile, avatiakh, CurrerBell, Soupdragon, merrystar, SylviaC, souloftherose, elkiedee, Rusty37
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- 10 Members
- staffordcastle, Herenya, _Zoe_, foggidawn, avatiakh, merrystar, souloftherose, elkiedee, Rusty37, ManWithAnAgenda
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537 members
11 reviews
3.9
Score 26.59
Added 2012-01-28, 09:13 PM
- 9 Members
- Aquila, Chatterbox, kateferguson, merrystar, SylviaC, elkiedee, MDGentleReader, starbox, Rusty37
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- 10 Members
- Aquila, lilithcat, Herenya, kageeh, avatiakh, souloftherose, elkiedee, MDGentleReader, starbox, ahef1963,CurrerBell ,merrystar
- Explanations
- CurrerBell : Jervis creeps me out -- he's a stalker!merrystar : This is set at a college (university), not boarding school
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- 9 Members
- SqueakyChu, dara85, foggidawn, ijustgetbored, raidergirl3, avatiakh, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, PureChaos,_Zoe_
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15,957 members
375 reviews
4
Score 22.49
Added 2012-01-20, 10:51 AM
- 9 Members
- Aquila, ijustgetbored, europhile, norabelle414, aulsmith, merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,starbox
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844 members
10 reviews
3.8
Score 22.17
Added 2012-01-28, 09:26 PM
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- 7 Members
- keristars, thorold, CurrerBell, alex68, starbox, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 6 Members
- lahochstetler, europhile, CurrerBell, souloftherose, elkiedee, starbox
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- 8 Members
- Aquila, raidergirl3, souloftherose, elkiedee, alex68, starbox, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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1,618 members
27 reviews
4
Score 17.56
Added 2012-01-18, 10:12 AM
- 7 Members
- Herenya, foggidawn, norabelle414, merrystar, elkiedee, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
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1,713 members
30 reviews
½ 3.3
Score 17.31
Added 2012-01-09, 01:09 PM
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- 6 Members
- SqueakyChu, kageeh, dara85, raidergirl3, Soupdragon, elkiedee
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845 members
17 reviews
4
Score 15.54
Added 2012-01-09, 12:52 PM
- 5 Members
- _Zoe_, foggidawn, raidergirl3, SylviaC, ahef1963
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by Ally Carter
4,188 members
178 reviews
3.8
Score 15.01
Added 2012-01-09, 12:53 PM
- 6 Members
- Herenya, _Zoe_, raidergirl3, CurrerBell, Rusty37, PureChaos
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8,820 members
280 reviews
4
Score 14.39
Added 2012-01-18, 10:15 AM
- 5 Members
- norabelle414, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, PureChaos
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- 5 Members
- lahochstetler, kateferguson, merrystar, souloftherose, ahef1963
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by John Irving
18,081 members
330 reviews
4.2
Score 11.66
Added 2012-01-26, 02:26 PM
- 4 Members
- ijustgetbored, raidergirl3, javagal, starbox
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- 4 Members
- norabelle414, aulsmith, ArcadiaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 6 Members
- Aquila, raidergirl3, aulsmith, CurrerBell, merrystar, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda
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by Libba Bray
10,004 members
354 reviews
3.8
Score 10.82
Added 2012-01-18, 10:13 AM
- 5 Members
- ijustgetbored, keristars, norabelle414, CurrerBell, ahef1963,foggidawn
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- 4 Members
- Aquila, kateferguson, elkiedee, Rusty37
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- 5 Members
- lilithcat, CurrerBell, souloftherose, elkiedee, MDGentleReader,merrystar
- Explanations
- merrystar : I adore this book, but it is set at an orphanage, not a boarding school
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545 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 10.17
Added 2012-01-28, 09:54 PM
- 4 Members
- thorold, avatiakh, souloftherose, Rusty37
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- 4 Members
- thorold, souloftherose, alex68, starbox
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- 4 Members
- kageeh, guyalice, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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by Ransom Riggs
19,270 members
1,134 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 9.55
Added 2014-08-18, 07:39 AM
- 4 Members
- raidergirl3, norabelle414, ahef1963, PureChaos
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- 3 Members
- annamorphic, kateferguson, Rusty37
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- 3 Members
- kateferguson, elkiedee, Rusty37
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1,886 members
64 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 8.78
Added 2012-11-01, 08:28 PM
- 3 Members
- dara85, lahochstetler, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 3 Members
- lahochstetler, Dilara86, starbox
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781 members
22 reviews
3.9
Score 8.06
Added 2012-02-04, 09:44 PM
- 3 Members
- inge87, SylviaC, MDGentleReader
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- 3 Members
- guyalice, CurrerBell, Dilara86
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- 3 Members
- lquilter, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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by Muriel Spark
5,202 members
169 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 7.36
Added 2022-08-23, 03:17 PM
- 2 Members
- annamorphic, EGBERTINA
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by Robert Musil
2,146 members
33 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 7.04
Added 2012-01-27, 06:57 AM
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- 2 Members
- CurrerBell, kayclifton
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216 members
5 reviews
3.9
Score 6.38
Added 2014-05-01, 12:48 PM
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- 3 Members
- thorold, europhile, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- thorold: "I expect you'll be becoming a schoolmaster, sir. That's what most of the gentlemen does, sir, that gets sent down for indecent behaviour."
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- 2 Members
- abbottthomas, thorold
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- 2 Members
- kateferguson, elkiedee
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- 2 Members
- SomeGuyInVirginia, ManWithAnAgenda
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by Enid Blyton
1,115 members
21 reviews
3.8
Score 5.91
Added 2019-08-25, 11:16 PM
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107,096 members
986 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 5.78
Added 2017-06-13, 09:39 AM
- 3 Members
- merrystar, ahef1963, Rusty37,ManWithAnAgenda
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- 2 Members
- avatiakh, Soupdragon
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by Evelyn Smith
36 members
1 review
3.8
Score 5.01
Added 2017-03-22, 09:47 AM
- 2 Members
- patchygirl, Rusty37
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- 2 Members
- CurrerBell, starbox
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- 2 Members
- CurrerBell, elkiedee
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2,803 members
237 reviews
3.8
Score 4.71
Added 2014-08-18, 07:38 AM
- 2 Members
- norabelle414, souloftherose
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77 members
1 review
3.8
Score 4.62
Added 2012-01-27, 06:57 AM
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by Rick Riordan
31,644 members
1,246 reviews
4.1
Score 4.51
Added 2012-01-18, 10:13 AM
- 4 Members
- raidergirl3, CurrerBell, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,norabelle414 ,merrystar
- Explanations
- merrystar : couldn't get through this
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- 2 Members
- raidergirl3, merrystar
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110,332 members
999 reviews
4.2
Score 4.22
Added 2017-06-13, 09:39 AM
- 3 Members
- merrystar, ahef1963, Rusty37,ManWithAnAgenda
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- Crypto-Willobie
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100,941 members
861 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 3.53
Added 2017-06-13, 09:39 AM
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806 members
37 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 3.51
Added 2022-10-13, 06:59 AM
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by E. Lockhart
3,020 members
193 reviews
4
Score 3.38
Added 2012-01-20, 09:52 AM
- 2 Members
- foggidawn, raidergirl3,_Zoe_
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- Aquila
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- Crypto-Willobie
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- alex68
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- SomeGuyInVirginia
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102,379 members
884 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 3.33
Added 2017-06-13, 09:39 AM
- 3 Members
- merrystar, ahef1963, Rusty37,ManWithAnAgenda
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- SomeGuyInVirginia
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- Soupdragon
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- SomeGuyInVirginia
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- dara85
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- avatiakh