Which School-Based Novels Echo Lord Of The Flies’ Power Struggles?

Are there any high school or boarding school dramas that capture that same descent into chaos and power struggles as William Golding's novel? Looking for more fiction exploring savagery within institutional settings, beyond just survival scenarios.
2026-07-31 00:25:09
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RioKent
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Power struggles? In school novels? Let me tell you about cafeteria politics in the 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'. The Cheese Touch is a legit societal collapse in miniature. Fight me.
2026-08-03 19:04:07
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AmayaPal
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A lot of Japanese light novels explore this through 'transferred to a survival game school' setups. 'Battle Royale' is the extreme, literal example, but 'Danganronpa' (the games/novels) also locks students in a school and forces them into a deadly social experiment. The power struggles here are amplified by manipulation and paranoia, with a 'mastermind' pulling the strings—echoing the idea of a manufactured hierarchy collapsing into chaos. The school setting provides the initial order that dramatically disintegrates.
2026-08-03 23:35:58
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JudeLee
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Fan cultures often create their own 'power struggles' through shipping wars, canon debates, and fandom hierarchy, but that's probably too meta for this question. Though, writing fanfic itself can be an act of seizing narrative power from the original author... okay, I'll stop.
2026-08-04 18:56:36
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ErinAsh
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Young adult dystopia is built on this. 'The Maze Runner' begins with a group of boys in the Glade, a constructed environment with its own rules and roles. While not a school, the social structure—leaders, runners, builders—and the sudden challenges to authority when Thomas arrives echo the constant renegotiation of power on the island. The struggle to maintain order in the face of an external threat is central to both.
2026-08-05 09:14:12
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