Eight must-read college novels

Sam Munson's writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Times Literary Supplement, among other venues. He is the former online editor of Commentary magazine. Munson graduated from the University of Chicago in 2003, and he lives in New York City.

The November Criminals, his first novel, came out in 2010.

One of Munson's eight must-read college novels, as told to The Daily Beast:
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