Hey, Veeky Forums, I'm looking for some "campus novels". Novels set around universities and/or have professors or university students as characters.
Bonus if it gives me certain kinds of feels--basically like a comfy, nostalgic kind of September going-back-to-school bittersweet melancholy. I don't think it necessary has to be university, I'm pretty sure high school would work as well.
"Goodbye, Columbus" is a really good example of a novel that gave me these kinds of feels.
Stoner - john williams
Don DeLillo White Noise - though I'm not sure it will give the desired feelz
I should have put a note about Stoner in the OP. I intend to read it, is it really good? Or just a meme?
It's actually good.
Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis.
Stoner is the absolute perfect book for what OP wants.
Most of This Side of Paradise is about Fitzgerald's alter-ego's experiences at Princeton.
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace is actually set in a campus! (ok, academy, same diff ;^)) i'm sure you will love it
OP here, I've read IJ unlike most of the people who bash it.