The most popular school & education books of 2020

Books set at school or university capture years that shape a life. Friendships, rivalries, inspiring teachers, exams and first freedoms are their material. Boarding school stories, campus novels and memoirs of learning against the odds all belong here. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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Echo Mountain
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Echo Mountain

Lauren Wolk, Anne-Laure De Béru

2020 · 2021 edition

368 pages

Admission
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Admission

Julie Buxbaum

2020 · 2022 edition

352 pages

Stay Gold
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Stay Gold

Tobly McSmith

2020 · 2021 edition

384 pages

We Dream of Space
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We Dream of Space

Erin Entrada Kelly

2020 · 2022 edition

391 pages

Dress Coded
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Dress Coded

Carrie Firestone

Published 2020

320 pages

Banned Book Club
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Banned Book Club

Ryan Estrada, Kim Hyun Sook

Published 2020

198 pages

Nat Enough
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Nat Enough

Maria Scrivan

Published 2020

234 pages

Clique Bait
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Clique Bait

Ann Valett

Published 2020

368 pages

Foul is Fair
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Foul is Fair

Hannah Capin, Emily Lawrence

Published 2020

336 pages

Death Sets Sail
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Death Sets Sail

Robin Stevens

2020 · 2023 edition

400 pages

Most Likely
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Most Likely

Sarah Watson

2020 · 2021 edition

377 pages

Skip and Loafer, Vol. 3
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Skip and Loafer, Vol. 3

Misaki Takamatsu, 타카마츠 미사키

2020 · 2022 edition

184 pages

I Talk Like a River
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I Talk Like a River

Jordan Scott Jordan, Sydney Smith Sydney

2020 · 2025 edition

40 pages