Back to School Books

Its almost that time of year when the air gets crisper, leaves start changing colors, and kids go back to school. Sometimes I miss that feeling of fresh new start, new teacher, new clothes, and a clean new notebook or binder. if you miss those days, relive your memories by reading these novels that take place at boarding schools. These books are much more suspenseful than your average day at school. Prepare to be kept up at night.

Dark Rooms by Lili Anolik

The Headmaster Ritual by Taylor Antrim

The Headmaster's Dilemma by Louis Auchincloss

The Twisted Thread by Charlotte Bacon

Fracking King by James Browning

Daughters of the Revolution by Carolyn Cooke

Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont

The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani

Boy In the Water by Stephen Dobyns

The Secret Place by Tana French

Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman

Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

The Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman

Headmaster’s Wife by Jane Haddam

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris

The River King by Alice Hoffman

Flat Water Tuesday by Ron Irwin

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

That’s Not a Feeling by Dan Josefson

Rodin’s Debutante by Ward Just

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Schooled by Anisha Lakhani

Speak Softly, She Can Hear by Pam Lewis

Fall by Colin McAdam

The Year of the Gadfly by Jennifer Miller

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl

Crazy School by Cornelia Read

Elliot Allagash by Simon Rich

All Souls by Christine Schutt
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Silent Cry by Julie Bigg Veazey

Old School by Tobias Wolff