"Back to School" Book Recommendations II: the Members' Choices

By:
Eric Wolf

In the last newsletter we asked for your favorite "Back to School" themed books. Here is what you gave us in response:

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark

Prep, by Curtis Sittenfeld 

Up the down staircase, by Bel Kaufman

Plays Well With Others, by Sophie Brickman

Skippy Dies, by Paul Murray

The Human Stain, by Philip Roth

Good Times/Bad Times, by James Kirkwood 

Goodbye, Mr. Chips, by James Hilton

Our Lady of the Nile, by Scholastique Mukasonga

Vladimir, by Julia May Jonas

Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren

Good Morning Miss Dove, by Frances Gray Patton

The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger

To Sir, With Love, by E. R. Braithwaite

The Secret History, by Donna Tartt 

The Blackboard Jungle, by Evan Hunter

The Mission House, by Carys Davies