Fiction containing School or College subjects/lessons:-

A Certain CHEMISTRY Mil Millington
A Short HISTORY of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
Blessed ART Thou a Monk Swimming Miriam Dunne
The ENGLISH Patient Michael Ondaatje
The FRENCH Lieutenant's Woman John Fowles

The dot & the line : a romance in lower MATHEMATICS, by Norton Juster
The LAW and the Lady, by Wilkie Collins
A Breath of FRENCH Air, by H.E. Bates
The ITALIAN : or The confessional of the Black Penitents : a romance, BY Ann Radcliffe
MUSIC of the Swamp, by Lewis Nordan

(What is with touchstones this morning????)

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The FRENCH Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
The GEOGRAPHER'S Library by Jon Fasman
The GREEK Treasure by Irving Stone
The Simple ART of Murder by Raymond Chandler
MUSIC in the Night by V.C. Andrews

The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
Bad Chemistry by Nora Kelly
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Episode Guide byTrace Beaulieu
Murder at the Museum of Natural History by Michael Jahn
Sacred Geography: A Tale of Murder and Archaeology in the Holy Land by Edward Fox (a two in one)

1000 Masterpieces of European PAINTING by Christiane Stukenbrock
The HISTORY of MUSIC by Waldo Selden Pratt (ooh, a double header! sorry the touchstone doesn't go to the right book.)
The LANGUAGES of Tolkien's Middle-Earth by Ruth S. Noel
Monty Python and PHILOSOPHY by Gary Hardcastle
Within the Fairy Castle: Colleen Moore's Doll House at the Museum of SCIENCE and Industry, Chicago by Terry Ann Neff

Hello, touchstones? Where are you? Huh.

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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergaten by Robert Fulghum
The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History by Norman Mailer
French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle
The Friendship Test: A Novel by Elizabeth Noble
Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy by Michael Tucker

Not sure -- I assume I need to list 5 books that have something to do with school and that are fiction (not all the books listed so far are fiction, so I could have misunderstood.)

I don't know how to make the books have links, but here are the five that involve schools that I could think of off hand without repeating any already listed:

Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey (loved it!)--a mystery that takes place in a girls' school
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Jane spent a lot time in school--student & teacher)
Honest Doubt by Amanda Cross--pseudonym for Carolyn Heilbrun (or The Trouble with Max is another candidate) Kate Fansler, the detective is a professor
The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster (a novel in letters--much better than the movie, the heroine is in college)

(edited for typos-hope I found them all)
(edited to add links and comments)

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1001 Jokes for SPEECH Makers
A Small Family BUSINESS by Alan Ayckbourn
The CHARM School by Nelson DeMille
The Sunnydale High YEARBOOK by Christopher Golden
Art by Yasmina Reza

The SPANISH Bride by Georgette Heyer
Water MUSIC by T.C. Boyle
The Secret HISTORY by Donna Tartt
The Finishing School by Murial Spark
The DRAMA of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller (not fiction, I know)

Sophies World: A Novel About the HISTORY of
PHILOSOPHY by Jostein Gaarder
Dirt MUSIC by Tim Winton
The ALPHABET Sisters by Monica McInerney
Forbidden KNOWLEDGE: The Gap into Vision by Stephen R. Donaldson
Galilleo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of SCIENCE, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel

Philosophy made Simple by Robert Hellenga
Schooled by Anisha Lakhani
Gifted by Nikita Lalwani
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (spelling bees)
Ancient History by Garth Ennis

Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
The History Boys by Alan Bennett
An Equal Music by Vikram Seth
The French Connection by Robin Moore
In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson (sounds like a field trip to me).
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris (must be fuzzy math).
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kid (our school does a geography bee).
Double Negative by David Carkeet (a no-no from grammar class).
Shopgirl by Steve Martin (at least at my high school -- the few, the proud).

AMQS

Loved your creative list! and the comments. Are any of these worth reading?

Someone gave me Secret Life of Bees--but I haven't checked it out yet. I've heard of Shopgirl--but never looked at it. The other 3 are new to me.

(ETA touchstone)

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Joy SCHOOL by Elizabeth Berg
The ART of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
The HISTORY of Love by Nicole Krauss
The Red NOTEBOOK by Paul Auster
The Song READER by Lisa Tucker

Thank you, MusicMom41! I'll leave a comment about the books on your profile page.

Art and Lies by Jeanette Winterson
Art Objects by Jeanette Winterson
A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
Firebirds Rising: An Original Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Sharyn November
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

SCIENCE Fair by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
The Lost ART of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice
The HISTORY of Love by Nicole Krauss
The CHEMISTRY of Death by Simon Beckett
Soul MUSIC by Terry Pratchett

Personal HISTORY by Katharine Graham
The Mistress of the ART of Death by Ariana Franklin
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of SCIENCE, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel
Dakota: A Spiritual GEOGRAPHY by Kathleen Norris
The Xenophobe's Guide to the ENGLISH by Antony Miall

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The Music Lesson by Katherine Weber
Master Class by Terrence McNally
The Evolution of Useful Things by Henry Petroski
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
A Certain Chemistry by Mil Milington

Metro: Journeys in Creative Writing--includes items on writing fiction Hans Ostrom Wendy Bishop
Alma Mater Rita Mae Brown
Old School Rap --sorry, not fiction
Goodbye, Mr. Chips James Hilton
The Professor's House Willa Cather

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Spy Goddess Book One: Live and Let SHOP by Michael P. Spradlin
A Brief HISTORY of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
The Cat Ate My GYMsuit by Paula Danziger
Beach MUSIC by Pat Conroy

Village SCHOOL by Miss READ :)
Miss Zukas And The LIBRARY Murders by Jo Dereske
The SHOP on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
The CAFETERIA LADY from The Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
Zen And The ART of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

After SCHOOL Nightmare by Setona Mizushiro
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: EIGHTH GRADE Bites by Heather Brewer
Summer of my GERMAN Soldier by Bette Greene
AVALON HIGH by Meg Cabot
Ouran HIGH SCHOOL Host Club by Bisco Hatori

Winter STUDY by Nevada Barr
Tales of a FOURTH GRADE Nothing by Judy Blume
A Child's HISTORY of England by Charles Dickens
The BLACKBOARD Jungle by Evan Hunter
Object LESSONS by Anna Quindlen

All Fun and GAMES Until Somebody Loses an Eye by Christopher Brookmyre
The Sacred ART of Stealing also by Christopher Brookmyre
Making HISTORY by Stephen Fry
The State of the ART by Iain M. Banks
CLASS Dis-Mythed by Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye