So, we’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is: a School Freebie (In honour of school starting up soon, come up with a topic that somehow ties to school/education. The book could be set at school/college, characters could be teachers, books with school supplies on the cover, nonfiction titles, books that taught you something or how to do something, your favourite required reading in school, books you think should be required reading, your favourite banned books, etc.)
I wasn’t feeling overly inspired by the school freebie this week so I decided to keep things simple and look at ten favourite reads that are set in school! This could be magical schools or regular human schools (lol) and there’s a good mix of genres, including one adult romance (don’t worry it’s a teacher-teacher relationship), YA mysteries and contemporaries and MG fantasies. Long story short though: I really enjoyed all of these books and highly recommend them!
Teach Me by Olivia Dade
With the Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli
Kind of Sort of Fine by Spencer Hall
Do you enjoy reading books set in schools? What are some of your favourite books that have a school setting? Have you read and enjoyed any of these?
dinipandareads 
Such great choices on this list! So much yes to Nevermoor and Amari! I still need to read Heartstopper, too. I’ve heard it’s really good.
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I love Heartstopper! Have you seen the show? Just as good 😍 I can’t wait to dive back into Amari as the second book came out yesterday. I hope it lives up to the amazingness that is the first book!
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Noooo not yet. I was sort of wanting to read the book before watching the show, but I haven’t had a chance to do either yet lol. I’m about halfway through Amari #2 right now and it’s soooo good. :3
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I love Heartstopper so much! The Poppy War is still on my TBR, and Teach Me looks so cute! I haven’t read One Of Us Is Lying yet, but I did enjoy the TV show.
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Teach Me looks cute!
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It’s so cute and sweet! I loved it 🙂
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Ooh, I totally forgot there was a show for OOUIL! Glad to hear you enjoyed it 😃 I think I might have to re-read TPW at this point before I finish the rest of the books in the series cos its been so long now, lol, but I’m definitely looking forward to seeing what happens next!
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Teach Me is a good pick! I enjoyed that one. And Heartstopper… gah! All the love for Charlie and Nick!
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I totally forgot about Teach Me until this prompt but I loved it! And yeah, Heartstopper FOR LIFE! Nick and Charlie forever 💜💜💜
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I haven’t read any of these books yet, but they do sound good.
Thanks for stopping by earlier.
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Thanks for stopping by as well, Lydia!
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Wow! I haven’t read a single one of these. I feel like I’m missing out!
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I looove them so I highly recommend them! 😉
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One of Us is Lying is one of my favorites! 🙂
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I love McManus’ mystery/thrillers!
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I think YA authors like to set books in schools because that is a setting their readers can relate to.
My TTT School Freebie
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That’s highly probable and a reason that I didn’t even think about before you mentioned it! 😂 Very good point!
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One of Us Is Lying! Great choices there! I haven’t read the rest of them.
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Yes! OOUIL was so good 😍
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These are great choices! I loved The Poppy Way and enjoyed Kind of Sort of Fine!
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Ooh, I feel like KoSoF is quite underrated so it makes me happy to see that someone else has also read it and enjoyed it! 😃
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Great choices!
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Thanks, Yolanda!
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I love so many of these books… but Teach Me.. that cover looks so good!! I love Nevermoor soo much. I hate how long the next book is taking to come out though! LOL. I’m so behind on blog hopping, btw. I’m trying to catch up but it’s been crazy busy!! I miss ya girlie. ❤
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LOL girl, I’m SO behind on blog hopping too, it’s wild 😂😂😂 at this rate I feel like I’m just never gonna be able to catch up? I honestly can’t wait to go back home to get back into a more “normal” routine for my bookish/blogging life LOL! I miss you too!!! 💜
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Yeah, I didn’t do much blog hopping but replying to comments from the last week. I always go to blogs that comment, so I did do that. I haven’t touched my “reader” and gone through those in a couple weeks. Feel so bad! Going to try today though! lol Yay, I’m so excited for you!! I hope you enjoy your last week there! ❤
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I’ve read a few of these, I really enjoyed A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder, but found One of Us Is Lying only so-so, and The Poppy War was way too gruesome for me.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/top-ten-tuesday-383/
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TPW is definitely dark and gory and not for everyone so I can totally understand. There’s something about McManus’ mysteries that I just really enjoy and I’m a fan of all her books 😂 Glad to hear you enjoyed AGGGTM cos that is definitely one of the best YA thrillers I’ve read in a while!
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I’m glad so many people love it, like you said, it’s just not for everyone, I thought I had a fairly high tolerance for gruesome content, but that book definitely passed my threshold. That’s great though, I have a friend who also really loves her books, I just didn’t connect with One of Us Is Lying and when that happens, I rarely tend to check out more work from the same author. Yes, AGGGTM was brilliant, did you see that Holly Jackson just announced that it’s going to be a TV series?
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Great list and spin on this week’s School freebie prompt. The Poppy War is on my TBR and knowing it’s set in a school makes me want to read it even more.
Here is my spin on this week’s TTT: https://herseriallife.com/top-10-books-set-in-college-academia/
Have a great week 🙂
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I hope you enjoy TPW whenever you get to it 😃 Have a great week ahead as well!
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Great list! Poppy Wars has shown up on a few list and is on my TBR – I really MUST get to it! But, sheesh, there are so many new-to-me books this week; my TBR is popping its seams!
Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
https://www.bookshelfjourneys.com/post/ttt-set-in-school
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It’s a slow burn and quite dark especially towards the end but it’s SO good! I hope you enjoy it whenever you pick it up 😃 Also, yeah, haha, there are always soo many new books to add to my lists every week it’s impossible to keep up! 😂
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These look good. I want to read A Good Girls Guide to Murder.
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-a-school-theme/
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AGGGTM is so good! I hope you enjoy it 😍
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I have seen it around a lot lately so it must be good!
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I love seeing Kind of Sort of Fine on your list. That book was a gem and really didn’t get enough buzz.
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Omg, YAY! Another person who said they enjoyed Kind of Sort of Fine! I was just saying how I think it’s so underrated (shamefully) but I really enjoyed it. Gave me such nostalgic feels lol
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Their taste in movies was impeccable
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One Of Us Is Lying- love that book. did you watch the show? That was good too.
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I totally forgot there was gonna be a show! But you’re the second person who told me it was good so I’m defo gonna keep an eye out for it. Is it on Netflix?
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It’s on Peacock- I had to get a subscription to watch it, sadly, but I think I did the free trial. I don’t think amazon has it…
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Great list, Dini! I included Teach Me on mine today too. 🙂
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Yay for Teach Me! Such a great one 🙂
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I’m going to be reading A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder soon and I can’t wait to finally get to it!
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Ooh, yay! I hope you enjoy it 😃
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I forgot about One of Us is Lying! I really liked that book up until the ending. Then I was mad, lol. Great list!
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LOL, oof! I’m sorry to hear it made you mad 😂 I’m a sucker for McManus’ mysteries lol
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I think most of us had similar ideas this week. Great to see your list.
Thanks for visiting my TTT this week.
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The only one on your list that I’ve read is Amari, and I loved it! I need to get my hands on the latest book in the series.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/10-of-my-favorite-young-adult-books/
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I did books set in schools this week too and am impressed that we didn’t overlap at all. Your post also remind me that I still need to read Heartstopper.
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Great picks! I always love reading books that set in school, especially boarding schools! 😀
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Oooh, loved With the Fire on High, One of Us is Lying, and Heartstoppers, of course! So many great choices! And I don’t think I’ve mentioned it, but I love all the updates to your site. So stinking cute and creative! ❤
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I can like books set at school. I do love Hearstopper and The Poppy War.
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REALLY do want to read Holly’s book. Pretty sure I’ll put it on my fall TBR because it just seems like a good autumn add on. 🙂
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