Books about college life fiction

R29 Original Series

I really envy all the kids heading to college this fall. Independence, new friends, no parental supervision—just 15 hours of classes per week, afternoon naps, and all the bad cable TV you can watch. Yes, college sounds pretty good right about now, and my best shot at reliving it is through literature. Luckily, Cath turns out to be better than I was at opening her eyes to the new world around her but then, in my day, an always-on internet connection was still a really big deal. For instance, there are professors like Grady Tripp. Jim Dixon, a history professor at a British university, is trying to secured a tenured position but keeps running afoul of the snobby department head. His attempts to impress the world with his academic credentials do not go well, culminating in a rather unfortunate drunken public lecture and an ironic ending.