Campus Books in Order
Campus by David Lodge contains 3 books, published between 1975 and 1988. The first book is Changing Places (1975) and the newest is Nice Work (1988). Publication order is the reading order below.
Looking for a different reading order? Campus Cravings books in order by Carol Lynne (21 books).
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 1975–1988
- Total pages
- 878 across 3 books
- Reading time
- 15–22 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 878 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Campus is a three-book sequence of university novels by David Lodge: Changing Places (1975), Small World (1984) and Nice Work (1988). College teachers, lecturers and a teacher exchange programme between Britain and America run through the subject headings, along with literary critics and company directors. The sequence is likely complete.
How many Campus books are there?
Campus has 3 books, released between 1975 and 1988.
Campus Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 3 Campus books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Changing Places1975 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/419752501/4
- 2Small World1984 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419843521/4
- 3Nice Work1988 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/419882761/4
Is there a chronological order for Campus?
No separate chronological order is on record for Campus, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Campus books in order?
You should read the Campus books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Campus book also stands alone.
Where to start with Campus
Start with Changing Places (1975), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Campus book?
Nice Work (1988) is the newest Campus book released so far.
Is there a new Campus book coming?
No next Campus book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Campus
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Campus. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Booker Prize1988Shortlistedfor Nice Work
Campus at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Campus title on record dates from 1988, 38 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Campus books have appeared about one every 7 years on average.
- Length
- 878 pages across all 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 276 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Campus books, 2 of 3, were published in the 1980s.
What the Campus books are about
All 3 Campus books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: college teachers is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- College teachers 2 of 3 books
- Administrateurs de socie te s 1 of 3 books
- Americans 1 of 3 books
- Appreciation 1 of 3 books
- British 1 of 3 books
- College stories 1 of 3 books
- Confe renciers 1 of 3 books
- Critics 1 of 3 books
- Directors of corporations 1 of 3 books
- English fiction 1 of 3 books
- History and criticism 1 of 3 books
- Lecturers 1 of 3 books
More books by David Lodge
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- David Lodge books in order 40 books