Dark Academia

Dark Academia as a literary genre is a subgenre of the Campus Novel/Academic Novel with Gothic influences, and death always appears in the stories, in some form or another. As an aesthetic, it revolves around learning, the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge's sake, and usually a general interest in the arts, literature, and humanities. ...more

Wicked Onyx (The Veritas Legacy, #1)
Queen of Faces (Queen of Faces, #1)
Half City (Harker Academy, #1)
A Stage Set for Villains
Weavingshaw
Sibylline
Trust No One
The Fox Hunt
The Ghost Women
The Aftermyth (The Aftermyth #1)
Masquerade of Mirrors (Halls of Glass #1)
Soren (Saint Valley #1)
A Vow in Vengeance (Immortal Desires, #1)
We Who Have No Gods (The Acheron Order, #1)
Fruit of the Flesh
Alchemised
The Academy
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
Katabasis
Babel
On Wings of Blood (Bloodwing Academy, #1)
The Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2)
Nightshade (Sorrowsong University, #1)
Blood Over Bright Haven
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
The Maidens
Half City (Harker Academy, #1)
The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)
Avalon Tower (Fey Academy for Spies, #1)
Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. WeaverThe Belles by Lacey N. DunhamThe World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella BurtonHardly Creatures by Rob Macaisa ColgateZero K by Don DeLillo
Creepy Statue Covers
9 books — 2 voters
People Like Us by Dana  MeleTruly, Devious by Maureen JohnsonPrep School Confidential by Kara TaylorPrivate by Kate BrianSeton Girls by Charlene  Thomas
Boarding School Mysteries
136 books — 89 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioBlack Chalk by Christopher J. YatesThe Maidens by Alex MichaelidesNinth House by Leigh Bardugo
University Mysteries
52 books — 31 voters
Vampire Academy by Richelle MeadMarked by P.C. CastLast Sacrifice by Richelle MeadYoungblood by Sasha LaurensVampire Knight, Vol. 1 by Matsuri Hino
Vampire High School
9 books — 2 voters

If We Were Villains by M.L. RioThese Violent Delights by Micah NemereverThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeBabel by R.F. KuangThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Queer Dark Academia
59 books — 164 voters
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria  LeeA Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison SaftStrange Attractors by Ana K. WrennPlain Bad Heroines by Emily M. DanforthThey Never Learn by Layne Fargo
Sapphic Dark Academia
23 books — 15 voters

The Secret History
If We Were Villains
Babel
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
Vicious (Villains, #1)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Maidens
Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
These Violent Delights
Katabasis
A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
A Lesson in Vengeance

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