Best Books Set in Boarding Schools

2
867 members
23 reviews
4
Global Rank 3
3
8,088 members
65 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 5
4
2,297 members
51 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 10
9 Members
lilithcat, kageeh, dara85, inge87, thorold, guyalice, europhile, aulsmith, SylviaC,CurrerBell
Explanations
CurrerBell : Too mushy and sentimental for my personal taste. Also, I much prefer novels that focus on the students rather than on the teachers.
5
924 members
23 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 13
6
15,943 members
374 reviews
4
Global Rank 9
7
1,711 members
30 reviews
½ 3.3
Global Rank 17
7 Members
lilithcat, eromsted, guyalice, europhile, aulsmith, avatiakh, Dilara86,thorold ,CurrerBell
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thorold : The book that launched the genre, but too determinedly moral to be a good read
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871 members
14 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 22
5 Members
Aquila, staffordcastle, thorold, europhile, aulsmith
Explanations
thorold: Shows that you can have a school story without a "big match"
9
216 members
5 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 47
3 Members
thorold, europhile, starbox
Explanations
thorold: Probably unreadable by anyone over the age of nine, but I used to love it.
10
506 members
15 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 59
2 Members
thorold, europhile
Explanations
thorold: The bridge between PGW's early school stories and his fiction for grown-ups
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3,623 members
59 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 48
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."