Recs if you like Changing Places (The Campus Trilogy, #1)...

Mind you not just about academics or authors with a random abandoned PhD—more like the unbelievable people who manage to write bestsellers on a hundred notes stuck to their research paper drafts. Or at least worked long enough in the field to create believable fictional academics and niche academia jokes.

Unbound by fiction subgenres or personal ratings—feel free to propose more books in the comments!

broadly construed!

For those avoiding their senior thesis by escaping to fictional campuses. (me)