From inspiring novels to frank discussions of sexuality, these are the books students wish they had read to ease the transition to university and prepare for a new stage in their academic and personal lives.
By Carly Minsky Estracted from: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/17-books-you-should-read-or-university-chosen-students
Forget the piles of textbooks or the long academic reading lists; preparing for university is as much about preparing for a whole new stage of life as it is about broadening your intellectual horizons.
And to help you along your journey of self-discovery, 12 students from Singapore to Germany have recommended the books – both fiction and non-fiction – that they wish they had read to help with their own transition.
Covering family issues, new friends, mental health, sexuality, study strategies, independence and intellectual inspiration, these are the motivational, provocative and also comforting reads you need on your bookshelf.
Do you agree with this list? Share your opinions or add recommendations in the comments.
17 Books You Should Read Before (or at) University
- What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 by Teena Seelig
- The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan
- Picture by Lillian Ross
- Letters to a Law Student by Nicholas J. McBride
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
- Unbecoming by Jenny Downham
- Sane New World by Ruby Wax
- I Am NOT Going to School Today by Robie H. Harris
- How to Become a Straight-A Student by Cal Newport
- The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? by Michael Sandel
- The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
- The Defining Decade by Meg Jay
- The Bible
- Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
- Before You Leap – a self-help ‘autobiographical’ book by Kermit the Frog
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