Just in case you didn’t have enough to read for your classes (or maybe you just want to read something that you actually enjoy), we’ve put together a collection of popular college fiction novels for your mind to munch on. These classics and possibly unheard-of wonders will get your bibliophile heart turning in anticipation.

On The Road by Jack Kerouac

Every beatnik’s bible may all hippies and college students rejoice in the epic euphoria of this postmodern masterpiece. Don’t forget to bring your lighter and beret.

Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut

The original sci-fi novel created for those who dream they were captured and put In an alien zoo, or anyone who ever wondered about it.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

Postmodern brilliance at its finest.

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The moving portrait of a woman’s depression going through a New York internship. Great chic lit for anyone minoring or majoring in Women Studies or thwarting an evil internship.

Anything by Faulkner or Catcher in the Rye

College quintessential and a name drop goldmine. Even if you haven’t read it, drop it in a conversation at a job interview after consulting Spark Notes and you’re an instant genius.

The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer

For those who dream in fairytales and lands of old and wish that Facebook and MySpace would stop instant network communication so we could all just write wax sealed letters again.

There are several ways to see a green horn freshman crossing the terrain of campus from a mile away. Avoid those upperclassman stares and smirks by avoiding these critical freshman indicators.

Anyone who gets dressed up to go to class

It’s a college staple by the second year of school to go to class in your pajamas or sweat pants. By then the work is more difficult and time is more limited and you’re spending more time partying and less time sleeping. All freshman care about looking professional and they have more time to devote to it.

Anyone who doesn’t talk in class or talks too much in class

Freshman are notoriously shy in class or a clown upstart ready to answer every single question put to them. They are eager to show that they deserve to be in college and want to score points and good grades from the professor.

Anyone who still talks in the middle of the hallway in clusters or circles of people

This is token high school behavior and it doesn’t die down till at least mid-semester in the spring of freshman year. Older undergraduates meet in places to sit down and talk like the coffee house or library rather than crowding the walkways.

Anyone who has a strict diet of burgers and fries or pizza

These are college freshman staples before they’ve figured out about the freshman fifteen. Though statistically speaking, it’s only the freshman seven, the weight you can gain does add up quickly because of the freedom to eat whatever you want. The options and the advantage that you don’t have to cook, lead to unhealthy choices and more spur of the moment junk food binges.

Anyone being loud and rowdy while drunk outside the freshman dorm

Don’t do this, ever. If you’re standing outside the freshman dorm after a heavy night of drinking or even one drink and you’re underage, someone during the night will call campus safety. Older undergrads don’t appreciate the excessive noise at three in the morning, so try and be courteous while still having a blast.

Freshmen love keeping their dorm keys on lanyards

This could possibly be the quickest way to spot a freshmen.  The first thing a freshmen gets when he/she gets to college is a lanyard to hold their dorm keys and id cards.  You can spot a freshman a mile away with the lanyard.

SparkNotes

This site will be your new god when you just don’t have time to read a Dickens novel for your English class after taking jagerbombs all night. They have a variety of classic texts with up to date notes and forums with speculations from students all over the place. You can read up on multiple subjects and sound super intellectual in class.

BibMe

Taking the time out to use this website will spare you hours of pain and torture while writing a paper. Professors are already enforcing that you use correct bibliographic format on top of writing advanced twelve page literary masterpieces. Take away some stress and use the bibliography generator making your life instantly easier.

Facebook

Be careful, though this works really well to find out about assignments you’ve missed or events on campus recruiting companies are now checking for possible employees. It’s in bad taste to have drunk pictures slapped all over your wall for a prospective employer or professor to find, censor yourself accordingly.

iDrink

The best creative drinking website known to man, this has a great drink calculator so you can find any spiffy drink regardless of whatever crap liquor is in your cabinet. Start the party and don’t feel bad about being cheap, the site will make you look posh and generous.

Pandora Radio

If you’re the kind of student who loves to study with some music in the background, this is the site for you.  You just type in a song or artist that you want to listen to, and it automatically generates a never-ending playlist of songs similar to the one you typed in.  This way you can maximize your productivity without having to fiddle around with choosing songs, and still enjoy the music that you love.

Most college students work at least one job on campus to supply the endless snacks and drinks for parties. There’s also the bonus of having gas money for weekend trips chalked full of debauchery.

The Pub or Cafeteria

If you choose to work here not only do you get extremely flexible hours allowing for more social time, but you also get free food saving you money on a meal plan. The downside: no one wants their friends to see those scrubbing dishes with old mashed potatoes or their face in a hairnet.

Admissions Office

This is a place for eternal gossip and a social butterfly haven. Besides stuffing envelopes and getting paper cuts galore, you’ll be able to rub elbows with the college elite and make connections outside of school. If you’re really good maybe you can push for a quick raise.

Department of your Major

A great idea to boost your resume and show that you have in-field experience, which, in this falling market, is now hard to come by, and extremely competitive.

Library

You can do your homework while you wait on people and you get first dibs on all the books you need for papers and research. However, be careful, everyone goes to the library so you if you have a scandalous reputation on campus know that everyone will see you at some point.

Gym Attendant

If you’re uninspired to lose that freshman fifteen this is the place to work. You’re forced to be in the gym so you’ve got no excuses to go back to your dorm room to watch the latest MTV episode. Bonus: No need to miss your show, most gyms now have TV’s with remote controls, you can watch MTV while you break a sweat.

School Bookstore

Discounts, Discounts, Discounts! There is nothing better than sliding by with your school books paid for–by the school. If you work for the store long enough you can get free gifts and goodies as well as Barnes and Noble Gift Cards.

After a difficult class with that teacher who screeches the chalk against the blackboard (not the internet module) there is nothing better than a brain veg. These shows will inspire you to new heights of humor and inspire tons of drinking games.

Family Guy

What high school and college student with basic cable hasn’t heard of this show? For hours of laughter just throw a season into your Blue-Ray, sit back, and get ready for cramps from the combination of beer and giggles.

Gossip Girl

Every girl’s and sometimes guy’s guilty pleasure, born off of the solid and just as juicy book series in a fluffy soap opera for the post 80’s generation. Also sports more fashion than an episode of The Hills and some vicious cat-fights.

Grey’s Anatomy

The drama everyone loves to hate or loves to love, take your pick. I just know that whatever happens, McDreamy and McSteamy will never be out of a job.

90210

The newest zip to rejuvenate itself and hit the airwaves once more. All the old appeal of the series from the nineties with a new punch of intrigue as well as a spattering of old characters and fan favorites.

Futurama

From the creators of The Simpsons who’ve been around for twenty years, Sci-Fi humor without the coke bottle glasses and trapper keeper stigma. Rejoice because every dork and jock are watching this show together.