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The university experience isn’t always an easy one. The one saving grace, rest assured, is that you're not alone. Filled with hopes and dreams and cautious optimism for the future, we’ve wrangled together a bunch of books to read to help you through your own experiences of classrooms and crushes.

LOVE & VIRTUE BY DIANA REID Diana Reid’s debut novel follows the story of Michaela as she navigates life as a college student at a Sydney/Warrane university. Exploring themes of friendship, feminism and age-gap relationships (plus a crapload more), Love & Virtue provides an interesting insight into the Australian residing-on-campus college experience. While the book is led by the relationships that guide the characters toward – and sometimes away from – each other, Love & Virtue also doesn’t shy away from tackling some hefty ideas.

THE IDIOT BY ELIF BATUMAN When it comes to stories about the university experience, Elif Batuman’s The Idiot is like the Bible. This hilarious – and at times heartbreaking – story follows the awkward and witty Selin as she traverses her first year of college at none other than Harvard University. Set in the last years of the 20th century, The Idiot captures the angst of adolescence in a moment in time when chatting up your crush over email was all the rage.

THE OPPOSITE OF LONELINESS BY MARINA KEEGAN This collection of short stories and essays by Marina Keegan is the kind that will cut you right to the core. While not strictly set in the classrooms and college dorms of a university, The Opposite of Loneliness does capture the beautifully complicated mess of being a young person in the world. The titular essay from the collection is a top-notch piece of writing, encapsulating the fragile hope that comes with being on the precipice of the rest of your life.

APPRECIATION BY LIAM PIEPER Liam Pieper is one clever cookie. The Australian ghostwriter’s third novel is a romp through the weeds of celebrity, fame, art and cancel culture. Appreciation is a hilarious read, led by a protagonist that will have you shaking your head while simultaneously hoping he’ll keep screwing things up. The story isn’t entirely set in a university, although the parts that are provide an honest glimpse into the immense loneliness that uni can provoke. Reading about a fictional character’s experiences of imposter syndrome and unfulfilled potential is a one-way ticket to feeling a little less alone yourself.

NORMAL PEOPLE BY SALLY ROONEY We couldn’t make a list of uni-related books without paying tribute to the lady who wrote one of the best of them. Sally Rooney’s sophomore novel, Normal People, transplants the uni experience to the grand halls of Dublin’s Trinity College. Following Connell and Marianne as they fall in love, fall apart and flirt with falling back together, Normal People is also a top-notch exploration of class, friendship and family.

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