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• Catherine House

  a Novel

  Thomas, Elisabeth

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  Hidden deep in the woods of rural Pennsylvania, Catherine House is a college with an experimental curriculum, wildly selective admissions policy, and formidable endowment...A gothic thriller about privilege, secrecy and social isolation.

• Good Girls Lie

  A Novel

  Ellison, J.T.

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  Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy...but a stranger has come to Goode, and this ivy has turned poisonous

• Love, Theoretically

  a Novel

  Hazelwood, Ali

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  In this contemporary romance, theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway lives two lives: as an adjunct professor, she grades labs and teaches thermodynamics; then she makes up for her non-existent pay cheque as a fake girlfriend...It's actually a pretty…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Maidens

  a Novel

  Michaelides, Alex, 1977-

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  Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana Andros, a brilliant but troubled group therapist, is certain. But Fosca, a charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge, is untouchable...

• Ninth House

  Bardugo, Leigh

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  In this paranormal thriller, Galaxy "Alex" Stern - a drop out from the underbelly of Los Angeles - becomes the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class when tasked by mysterious benefactors to monitor the activities of some shady secret…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Normal People

  a Novel

  Rooney, Sally

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  The unconventional secret childhood bond between a popular boy and a lonely, intensely private girl is tested by character reversals in their first year at a Dublin college that render one introspective and the other social, but self-destructive.

• Old School

  a Novel

  Wolff, Tobias

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  During his senior year at an elite New England prep school, a young man who had struggled to fit in with his contemporaries finds his life unraveling.

• Tracy Flick Can't Win

  a Novel

  Perrotta, Tom, 1961-

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  Tracy Flick, a hardworking assistant principal in suburban New Jersey, becomes energized by the prospect of a long-overdue promotion, and sets out to prove her worth and get what she deserves.

• Trust Exercise

  a Novel

  Choi, Susan, 1969-

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  Falling in love while attending a competitive 1980s performing arts high school, David and Sarah rise through the ranks before the realities of their family dynamics and economic statuses trigger a spiral that impacts their adult lives.