Academic

1. The formal definition is that text should consist of arguments and debate, rather than simply present factual knowledge. Non-fiction studies, arguments, views.

2. Many books (mainly fiction) with a school setting have this tag.



See also:
* education
* high school
* school stories
...more

Rosemary by Kate Clifford LarsonHow To Be a Tudor by Ruth GoodmanSPQR by Mary BeardThe Witches by Stacy SchiffThe Arab of the Future 2 by Riad Sattouf
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2015
176 books — 15 voters
The Fractal Geometry of Nature by Benoît B. MandelbrotThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnMolecular Cloning by Joseph SambrookDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-... by American Psychiatric Publis...
Heavily Cited
100 books — 3 voters

Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneMad Love by Lynessa LayneTo the Survivors by Robert UttaroHard Times by Charles Dickens
For college students
23 books — 15 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Maidens by Alex MichaelidesThe Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. ParkerKillingly by Katharine BeutnerNinth House by Leigh Bardugo
University Mysteries
33 books — 9 voters

I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiQuiet by Susan CainBrain on Fire by Susannah CahalanTrick or Treat by Lisa MortonWild by Cheryl Strayed
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2012
173 books — 13 voters


Rebecca Goldstein
It's deplorable that academia should prostitute itself, but there it is. Not even Harvard is above it. In fact, Harvard least of all, with that ludicrous delusion of self-importance that makes every Harvard professor feel he's a public intellectual, qualified to comment on issues far beyond his expertise. ...more
Rebecca Goldstein, 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction

Michael Bassey Johnson
Half of what students learn in school is useful only during examinations.
Michael Bassey Johnson, Before You Doubt Yourself: Pep Talks and other Crucial Discussions

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