Best Books Set in Boarding Schools
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134,472 members
2,062 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 45.93
Added 2012-01-12, 10:44 PM
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1,702 members
16 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 40.69
Added 2012-01-09, 05:25 PM
- 15 Members
- Aquila, lquilter, kageeh, keristars, thorold, raidergirl3, acenturyofsleep, Mr.Durick, avatiakh, CurrerBell, souloftherose, alex68, starbox, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,lilithcat ,_Zoe_ ,aulsmith ,merrystar
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I don't remember that much being in a boarding school.CurrerBell: Only chapters five through nine (and to a degree also chapter ten) are the "boarding school chapters" at Lowood Institute, but they are so very memorable for Helen Burns (Charlotte's memorialization of her deceased eldest sister, Maria) as well as the villainous character of Miss Scatcherd. Far more realistic than anything Dickens ever did!
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- 12 Members
- _Zoe_, inge87, acenturyofsleep, europhile, avatiakh, CurrerBell, Soupdragon, merrystar, SylviaC, souloftherose, elkiedee, Rusty37
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- 10 Members
- staffordcastle, Herenya, _Zoe_, foggidawn, avatiakh, merrystar, souloftherose, elkiedee, Rusty37, ManWithAnAgenda
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540 members
11 reviews
3.9
Score 26.59
Added 2012-01-28, 09:13 PM
- 9 Members
- Aquila, Chatterbox, kateferguson, merrystar, SylviaC, elkiedee, MDGentleReader, starbox, Rusty37
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- 10 Members
- Aquila, lilithcat, Herenya, kageeh, avatiakh, souloftherose, elkiedee, MDGentleReader, starbox, ahef1963,CurrerBell ,merrystar
- Explanations
- CurrerBell : Jervis creeps me out -- he's a stalker!merrystar : This is set at a college (university), not boarding school
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- 9 Members
- SqueakyChu, dara85, foggidawn, ijustgetbored, raidergirl3, avatiakh, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, PureChaos,_Zoe_
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16,083 members
377 reviews
4
Score 22.49
Added 2012-01-20, 10:51 AM
- 9 Members
- Aquila, ijustgetbored, europhile, norabelle414, aulsmith, merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,starbox
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- 9 Members
- lilithcat, kageeh, dara85, inge87, thorold, acenturyofsleep, 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.
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847 members
10 reviews
3.8
Score 22.17
Added 2012-01-28, 09:26 PM
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- 7 Members
- keristars, thorold, CurrerBell, alex68, starbox, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 6 Members
- lahochstetler, europhile, CurrerBell, souloftherose, elkiedee, starbox
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- 8 Members
- Aquila, raidergirl3, souloftherose, elkiedee, alex68, starbox, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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1,622 members
27 reviews
4
Score 17.56
Added 2012-01-18, 10:12 AM
- 7 Members
- Herenya, foggidawn, norabelle414, merrystar, elkiedee, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
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1,721 members
31 reviews
½ 3.3
Score 17.31
Added 2012-01-09, 01:09 PM
- 7 Members
- lilithcat, eromsted, acenturyofsleep, europhile, aulsmith, avatiakh, Dilara86,thorold ,CurrerBell
- Explanations
- thorold : The book that launched the genre, but too determinedly moral to be a good read
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- 6 Members
- SqueakyChu, kageeh, dara85, raidergirl3, Soupdragon, elkiedee
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855 members
17 reviews
4
Score 15.54
Added 2012-01-09, 12:52 PM
- 5 Members
- _Zoe_, foggidawn, raidergirl3, SylviaC, ahef1963
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by Ally Carter
4,207 members
178 reviews
3.8
Score 15.01
Added 2012-01-09, 12:53 PM
- 6 Members
- Herenya, _Zoe_, raidergirl3, CurrerBell, Rusty37, PureChaos
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8,915 members
280 reviews
4
Score 14.39
Added 2012-01-18, 10:15 AM
- 5 Members
- norabelle414, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, PureChaos
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- 5 Members
- lahochstetler, kateferguson, merrystar, souloftherose, ahef1963
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by John Irving
18,143 members
333 reviews
4.2
Score 11.66
Added 2012-01-26, 02:26 PM
- 4 Members
- ijustgetbored, raidergirl3, javagal, starbox
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- 4 Members
- norabelle414, aulsmith, ArcadiaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 6 Members
- Aquila, raidergirl3, aulsmith, CurrerBell, merrystar, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda
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by Libba Bray
10,047 members
355 reviews
3.8
Score 10.82
Added 2012-01-18, 10:13 AM
- 5 Members
- ijustgetbored, keristars, norabelle414, CurrerBell, ahef1963,foggidawn
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- 4 Members
- Aquila, kateferguson, elkiedee, Rusty37
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- 5 Members
- lilithcat, CurrerBell, souloftherose, elkiedee, MDGentleReader,merrystar
- Explanations
- merrystar : I adore this book, but it is set at an orphanage, not a boarding school
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547 members
13 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 10.17
Added 2012-01-28, 09:54 PM
- 4 Members
- thorold, avatiakh, souloftherose, Rusty37
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- 4 Members
- thorold, souloftherose, alex68, starbox
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- 4 Members
- kageeh, acenturyofsleep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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by Ransom Riggs
19,426 members
1,137 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 9.55
Added 2014-08-18, 07:39 AM
- 4 Members
- raidergirl3, norabelle414, ahef1963, PureChaos
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- 3 Members
- annamorphic, kateferguson, Rusty37
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- 3 Members
- kateferguson, elkiedee, Rusty37
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1,888 members
64 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 8.78
Added 2012-11-01, 08:28 PM
- 3 Members
- dara85, lahochstetler, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 3 Members
- lahochstetler, Dilara86, starbox
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785 members
22 reviews
3.9
Score 8.06
Added 2012-02-04, 09:44 PM
- 3 Members
- inge87, SylviaC, MDGentleReader
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- 3 Members
- acenturyofsleep, CurrerBell, Dilara86
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- 3 Members
- lquilter, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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by Muriel Spark
5,248 members
172 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 7.36
Added 2022-08-23, 03:17 PM
- 2 Members
- annamorphic, EGBERTINA
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by Robert Musil
2,153 members
33 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 7.04
Added 2012-01-27, 06:57 AM
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- 2 Members
- CurrerBell, kayclifton
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218 members
6 reviews
3.9
Score 6.38
Added 2014-05-01, 12:48 PM
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- 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."
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- 2 Members
- abbottthomas, thorold
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- 2 Members
- kateferguson, elkiedee
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- 2 Members
- SomeGuyInVirginia, ManWithAnAgenda
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by Enid Blyton
1,125 members
23 reviews
3.8
Score 5.91
Added 2019-08-25, 11:16 PM
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107,644 members
988 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 5.78
Added 2017-06-13, 09:39 AM
- 3 Members
- merrystar, ahef1963, Rusty37,ManWithAnAgenda
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- 2 Members
- avatiakh, Soupdragon
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by Evelyn Smith
36 members
1 review
3.8
Score 5.01
Added 2017-03-22, 09:47 AM
- 2 Members
- patchygirl, Rusty37
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- 2 Members
- CurrerBell, starbox
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- 2 Members
- CurrerBell, elkiedee
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2,834 members
239 reviews
3.8
Score 4.71
Added 2014-08-18, 07:38 AM
- 2 Members
- norabelle414, souloftherose
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77 members
1 review
3.8
Score 4.62
Added 2012-01-27, 06:57 AM
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by Rick Riordan
31,979 members
1,253 reviews
4.1
Score 4.51
Added 2012-01-18, 10:13 AM
- 4 Members
- raidergirl3, CurrerBell, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,norabelle414 ,merrystar
- Explanations
- merrystar : couldn't get through this
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- 2 Members
- raidergirl3, merrystar
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110,935 members
1,001 reviews
4.2
Score 4.22
Added 2017-06-13, 09:39 AM
- 3 Members
- merrystar, ahef1963, Rusty37,ManWithAnAgenda
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- fundevogel
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- Crypto-Willobie
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101,407 members
862 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 3.53
Added 2017-06-13, 09:39 AM
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809 members
38 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 3.51
Added 2022-10-13, 06:59 AM
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by E. Lockhart
3,026 members
193 reviews
4
Score 3.38
Added 2012-01-20, 09:52 AM
- 2 Members
- foggidawn, raidergirl3,_Zoe_
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- Aquila
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- Crypto-Willobie
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- alex68
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- SomeGuyInVirginia
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102,902 members
886 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 3.33
Added 2017-06-13, 09:39 AM
- 3 Members
- merrystar, ahef1963, Rusty37,ManWithAnAgenda
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- SomeGuyInVirginia
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- Soupdragon
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- SomeGuyInVirginia
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- dara85
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- avatiakh