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Books about people at some sort of school that are both compelling and not Harry Potter.

>> No.2011106

the chocolate war.

>> No.2011112

>school
>compelling

no writer is that talented

>> No.2011116

The Secret History. I wasn't a fan for unrelated reasons, but most people really like it.

>> No.2011117
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>> No.2011119

>>2011106
Aye, this. Great novel. Robert Cormier was my childhood.

>> No.2011123

I didn't mean just kid school. Any sort of academy is fine too.

>> No.2011139

>>2011123
How about a tennis academy?
Infinite Jest

>> No.2011142

>>2011119

I like how the sequel manages to be even more bleak and fucked up.

>> No.2011149

Beneath The Wheel

>> No.2011156

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

>> No.2011172
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>>2011156

>> No.2011180

A lot of the first part Oryx and Crake takes place in schools.

>> No.2011184

>>2011149

This.

>> No.2011224

The Fellowship of the Ring

>> No.2011230

A Separate Peace

>> No.2011246

Portrait by James Joyce takes place in schools and universities for the most part.

>> No.2011259

Törless.

>> No.2011436
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>> No.2011652

Yes. Yes. Yes. A Thousand times yes. The MC learns school politics the hard way, becomes a thief, plays the lute, and speaks the name of the wind.

>> No.2011657

Olivia: A Novel

>> No.2011703

>>2011436

a friend loaned me this book saying i'd like it just because i enjoy the works of tolkien. Have yet to start reading it yet, what did you think of it?

>> No.2011704

>>2011703
You'll probably love the fucking thing.

>> No.2011709

>>2011704

looks like i'll give it a try once i finish lolita

>> No.2011717

Evil Genius

>> No.2011723

The Instructions.

>> No.2012035

CHOCOLATE WAR

this is a good book.

>> No.2012081

>>2011116
unrelated to it not being harry potter?

>> No.2012090

The beginning of Jane Eyre.

>> No.2012095

Wayside School books.

>> No.2012098

Haruhi Suzumiya series

>> No.2012102

Ender's Game

>> No.2012192

>>2012095
>all my nostalgia

>> No.2012210

>>2012098
It's not really that compelling. The anime is better but even then it's not that great. And there isn't even much school in it

>> No.2012404

the disreputable history of frankie banks?

>> No.2012422

The magicians, was pretty good...... the sequel was kind of meh

>> No.2012423

>>2011703
It's great. Rothfuss has a good sense of humour and excellent prose. I didn't even care much about the world he created or the overarching story but still loved Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear.

>> No.2012428

>>2011106
THE CHOCOLATE WAR!

Favorite book of all time

>> No.2012435
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>>2012102
THIS!

>> No.2012445

Can anyone be down to earth enough to admit that when they were kids they liked Harry Potter books?

>Be 11
>Read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
>Like it
>Continue reading until Goblet of Fire
>Chamber of Secrets sucked penis
>Prisoner of Azkaban: Amazing
>Goblet of Fire: Even better
>Be 14, start to read other, better literature
>Order of the Phoenix comes out
>Read it
>Stopped reading Harry Potter forever because I moved on

>> No.2012449

>>2012445
I have never read a Harry Potter book.

>> No.2012459

>>2012449
Then you are a better man that I, good sir.

>> No.2012462

>>2011436
This.
This is one of my favorite books

>> No.2012463

>>2012459
I might not have read Rowling, but I did read (and love) Eddings as a kid. I'm no better than anyone.

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>>2012449
Same here. I'm 22 though.
If it existed when I was 10 I would have probably been more interested in Harry Potter than the Goosebumps and Stephen King that I read. It would sound appealing for the sake of a cool wizard story. But now I don't read for fun anymore, time is too precious.

>> No.2012472

>>2012469
Well I just saw it was actually released in 1997. What.

>> No.2012481

>>2011436
It's a good book.