Class Is in Session: 5 Great SFF Books Set at Schools

Summer, we hardly knew ye. We’ve made it to fall, which means schools are back in session. You couldn’t pay me enough to return to my school days, but I do love a great book set in a school. So here are five Book Riot favorite sci-fi and fantasy books set at school for you to add to your TBR. It’s better than homework! Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen ChoWhen the stores of magic in England begin drying up, the Sorcerer Royal of the disgraced Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers must figure out a way to get it back. His journey leads him to Fairyland and Prunella Gentlewoman, a woman with magical talents who might be able to save magic, but will have to fight the magical world’s prejudices to do it. Vita Nostra by Marina & Sergey DyachenkoWhile I love this book about an unusual academy, I wouldn’t want to go here! Sasha Samokhina thinks her future might be bright when she’s chosen to attend the Institute of Special Technologies. But the school is frightening, the work is almost impossible to do, and when students fail, their families are punished. Can Sasha manage to get past it all in order to be granted her wildest dreams? Magic for Liars by Sarah GaileyThis is a fantasy myster...