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Best School Stories

Description: These are books in which teachers and/or students are major characters and the school is a primary setting. From preschool to graduate school.

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by Charlotte Brontë

67,809 members

1,017 reviews

4.2

10 Members: merrystar, sturlington, Selliers, thecoroner, Dilara86, starbox, al.vick, ahef1963, ReneeHorn, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

26,706 members

1,014 reviews

3.8

9 Members: Aquila, goldenmoon, sturlington, Selliers, thecoroner, elkiedee, starbox, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

121,956 members

1,079 reviews

½ 4.4

10 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, KimarieBee, merrystar, sturlington, Selliers, cej1027, al.vick, ahef1963, Rusty37,ManWithAnAgenda

4

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

18,353 members

435 reviews

4

8 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, Selliers, Dilara86, al.vick, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

125,430 members

1,089 reviews

4.2

9 Members: goldenmoon, KimarieBee, merrystar, sturlington, Selliers, cej1027, al.vick, ahef1963, Rusty37,ManWithAnAgenda

6

26,142 members

522 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, elkiedee, Dilara86, ahef1963, Friederike.Geissler, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

by James Hilton

2,607 members

63 reviews

3.8

7 Members: dara85, inge87, aulsmith, Selliers, thecoroner, starbox, Rusty37

8

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,974 members

158 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, Rusty37, ManWithAnAgenda

9

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

18,255 members

232 reviews

4.2

9 Members: Aquila, inge87, merrystar, Selliers, elkiedee, cej1027, ahef1963, Rusty37, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Orson Scott Card

45,485 members

1,124 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: Aquila, goldenmoon, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, Selliers, al.vick, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Secret History

25,132 members

644 reviews

4.1

7 Members: goldenmoon, sturlington, Selliers, thecoroner, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Up the Down Staircase

1,485 members

41 reviews

3.9

8 Members: hipdeep, dara85, aulsmith, merrystar, Selliers, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

by Muriel Spark

5,866 members

189 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: aulsmith, sturlington, Selliers, thecoroner, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

115,652 members

961 reviews

½ 4.4

8 Members: goldenmoon, KimarieBee, merrystar, Selliers, cej1027, al.vick, ahef1963, Rusty37,ManWithAnAgenda

15

Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy

by Jostein Gaarder

20,729 members

316 reviews

3.8

6 Members: inge87, Selliers, Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

35,801 members

629 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: merrystar, Selliers, elkiedee, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

by Sylvia Plath

32,633 members

559 reviews

4

7 Members: goldenmoon, sturlington, Selliers, thecoroner, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

To Sir, With Love

by E. R. Braithwaite

1,411 members

33 reviews

3.9

6 Members: dara85, KimarieBee, aulsmith, Selliers, elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

113,633 members

935 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: goldenmoon, KimarieBee, merrystar, cej1027, al.vick, ahef1963, Rusty37,ManWithAnAgenda

20

Daddy-Long-Legs

by Jean Webster

3,787 members

118 reviews

4.1

7 Members: goldenmoon, inge87, merrystar, Selliers, elkiedee, ahef1963, Rusty37

21

by Louisa May Alcott

9,179 members

73 reviews

3.8

7 Members: Aquila, goldenmoon, aulsmith, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, Rusty37,Selliers
Explanations: Selliers : Even worse than "Little Women".

22

Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh

14,082 members

286 reviews

4

6 Members: aulsmith, sturlington, Selliers, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar

23

Anne of the Island

by L. M. Montgomery

12,673 members

142 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, Selliers, elkiedee, ahef1963, Rusty37

24

by Ludwig Bemelmans

13,062 members

273 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Aquila, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

25

Harriet the Spy

by Louise Fitzhugh

8,065 members

129 reviews

4

6 Members: merrystar, sturlington, Selliers, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

26

by Charlotte Brontë

10,067 members

157 reviews

3.9

4 Members: inge87, Selliers, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

27

by Diana Wynne Jones

2,059 members

45 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, elkiedee, Rusty37, ManWithAnAgenda

28

The School at the Chalet

by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer

562 members

14 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Aquila, merrystar, elkiedee, Rusty37

29

Miss Nelson Is Missing!

by Harry Allard

8,104 members

242 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: hipdeep, dara85, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

30

These Happy Golden Years

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

10,440 members

79 reviews

4.1

5 Members: inge87, merrystar, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

31

by Antonia Forest

313 members

8 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Aquila, elkiedee, Rusty37

32

A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

14,228 members

205 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: hipdeep, Selliers, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

33

Unseen Academicals

by Terry Pratchett

7,140 members

204 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

34

Ramona the Brave

by Beverly Cleary

7,548 members

59 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

35

The Long Winter

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

11,959 members

110 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, elkiedee, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

36

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

by Bette Bao Lord

3,690 members

23 reviews

3.8

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

37

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

113,052 members

1,000 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: goldenmoon, merrystar, al.vick, ahef1963, Rusty37,ManWithAnAgenda

38

by Stephen King

17,185 members

341 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: goldenmoon, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

39

by E. M. Forster

4,869 members

90 reviews

4

4 Members: aulsmith, Selliers, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

40

Picnic at Hanging Rock

by Joan Lindsay

2,241 members

70 reviews

3.8

4 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

41

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)

by J. K. Rowling

153,592 members

2,212 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: Aquila, merrystar, sturlington, al.vick, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

42

Narcissus and Goldmund

by Hermann Hesse

7,014 members

85 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Selliers, thecoroner, Dilara86

43

What Katy Did at School

by Susan Coolidge

947 members

14 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, elkiedee, ahef1963, Rusty37

44

Nineteen Minutes

by Jodi Picoult

11,912 members

377 reviews

4

4 Members: dara85, Selliers, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

Tom Brown's School Days

by Thomas Hughes

1,871 members

31 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Dilara86

46

The Chocolate War

by Robert Cormier

5,404 members

206 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

47

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

by Beverly Cleary

11,721 members

140 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

48

by Andrew Clements

12,521 members

225 reviews

4

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

49

by Tom Perrotta

1,024 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

50

by Lev Grossman

11,762 members

710 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

51

Year of the Griffin

by Diana Wynne Jones

1,707 members

30 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda

52

Helen Keller's Teacher

by Margaret Davidson

1,141 members

6 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, merrystar, elkiedee

53

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

by Louis Sachar

10,458 members

112 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

54

The World According to Humphrey

by Betty G. Birney

3,842 members

51 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

55

Looking for Alaska

22,826 members

801 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

56

The Hundred Dresses

by Eleanor Estes

8,325 members

141 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

57

That Hideous Strength

9,380 members

102 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

58

by R. J. Palacio

17,777 members

1,354 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: dara85, KimarieBee

59

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart

10,855 members

299 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

60

Boy: Tales of Childhood

9,332 members

146 reviews

4

3 Members: cej1027, Rusty37, ManWithAnAgenda

61

by Michael Chabon

4,578 members

105 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, sturlington

62

The Lark in the Morn

by Elfrida Vipont

131 members

4 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Aquila, inge87

63

The Wheel on the School

by Meindert DeJong

3,340 members

40 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

64

The Secret Language

by Ursula Nordstrom

350 members

8 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, merrystar

65

Every Heart a Doorway

by Seanan McGuire

4,261 members

327 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Aquila, ManWithAnAgenda

66

3,206 members

266 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, elkiedee

67

by Rudyard Kipling

951 members

14 reviews

4

2 Members: Aquila, aulsmith

68

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

by Kevin Henkes

8,179 members

256 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

69

by Stephen King

16,777 members

852 reviews

4.2

3 Members: goldenmoon, sturlington, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

70

by Noel Streatfeild

3,995 members

80 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Aquila, elkiedee

71

Claudine at School

502 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda

72

The Confusions of Young Törless

by Robert Musil

2,415 members

44 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: thecoroner

73

by Sunny Decker

60 members

1 review

3.9

Member: dara85

74

Mrs. Toggle's Zipper

by Robin Pulver

1,011 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

75

Brighten the Corner Where You Are

by Fred Chappell

256 members

7 reviews

4

2 Members: goldenmoon, sturlington

76

Jo in the Middle

21 members

½ 4.3

2 Members: Aquila, Rusty37

77

Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year

by Esmé Raji Codell

801 members

26 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, elkiedee

78

by Catherine Marshall

4,149 members

51 reviews

4.1

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

79

by Kim Stanley Robinson

1,231 members

24 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aulsmith, Selliers

80

The Naughtiest Girl in the School

755 members

11 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Aquila, thecoroner

81

Killing Mr. Griffin

1,312 members

41 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

82

by Angela Thirkell

328 members

10 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, Rusty37

83

by Carolyn Haywood

1,044 members

10 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

84

by Curtis Sittenfeld

5,414 members

163 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: Selliers, elkiedee

85

by Antonia Forest

174 members

4 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: elkiedee, Rusty37

86

by Tobias Wolff

2,715 members

80 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Selliers, thecoroner

87

Gentlemen and Players

by Joanne Harris

2,529 members

103 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, Selliers

88

The Marrying of Chani Kaufman

372 members

22 reviews

3.8

2 Members: inge87, ahef1963

89

by Francine Prose

1,068 members

32 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: sturlington, Selliers

90

Death on the Cherwell

by Mavis Doriel Hay

338 members

16 reviews

3.2

2 Members: merrystar, Rusty37

91

The Rosemary Tree

by Elizabeth Goudge

300 members

3 reviews

4

Member: inge87

92

My Posse Don't Do Homework

by LouAnne Johnson

269 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

93

No Ponies for Miss Pobjoy

by Ursula Moray Williams

19 members

1 review

4

Member: Aquila

94

A Song for Summer

by Eva Ibbotson

997 members

23 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, elkiedee

95

2,246 members

35 reviews

3.9

2 Members: elkiedee, ahef1963

96

Changing Places

2,088 members

40 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, ahef1963

97

3,682 members

134 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

98

Wayside School is Falling Down

by Louis Sachar

6,818 members

38 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

99

by Jerry Spinelli

11,892 members

396 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Selliers, ahef1963

100

The Berenstain Bears Go to School

by Stan Berenstain

2,740 members

20 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

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