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

An Arcane Inheritance
Fallen Gods (Fallen Gods, #1)
An Archive of Romance
The Library of Fates
The Last Vampire
Kingdom of Today (Book of Arden #2)
The Art of Deception
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
Seven Deadly Thorns
The Burning Library
The Bookshop Below
The Sacred Space Between
Eternal Ruin (Immortal Dark, #2)
With Friends Like These
The Devil in Oxford (Ruby Vaughn, #3)
Alchemised
The Academy
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
Katabasis
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
Babel
On Wings of Blood (Bloodwing Academy, #1)
The Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2)
The Maidens
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
Blood Over Bright Haven
Nightshade (Sorrowsong University, #1)
The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)
Society of Lies
The It Girl
The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëStardust by Neil GaimanMen Without Women by Haruki Murakami
fall book recs to cuddle with
112 books — 8 voters
Hidden Huntress by Danielle L. JensenThe Stars Never Rise by Rachel VincentA Matter of Time by Lisa M. BassoOlari by Mila N. SankaleThe Fourth Generation by Chris von Halle
Top Tier Romantasy
6 books — 6 voters

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
8 books — 2 voters
The Atlas of Elsewhere by L.J. RibarThe Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa BroadbentAmerican Survivor by Debbie HightowerDaughter of No Worlds by Carissa BroadbentKingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco
Most Rated/Popular ADULT Romantasy
74 books — 6 voters

Small Admissions by Amy PoeppelAdmission by Julie BuxbaumWe Regret to Inform You by Ariel KaplanAdmission by Jean Hanff Korelitz500 Words or Less by Juleah del Rosario
College Admissions in Fiction
28 books — 5 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioThe Maidens by Alex MichaelidesBlack Chalk by Christopher J. YatesNinth House by Leigh Bardugo
University Mysteries
51 books — 27 voters

The Secret History
If We Were Villains
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
Babel
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
A Lesson in Vengeance
A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
Katabasis

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