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

Storm Breaker (Storm Breaker, #1)
Honey
Death's Daughter (Children of the Old Ones, #1)
Strange Familiars (Seamere College, #1)
Night Objects
Solace House
The Arcane Arts
Veil of Ash (The Veil Saga, #1)
The Vivisectors
Flame of Fortunes (The Firestone Academy #5)
Deathbringer (Deathbringer, #1)
The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton
An Arcane Study of Stars
Honor & Heresy
Boring Asian Female
Alchemised
Katabasis
Babel
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
The Academy (The Academy #1)
Blood Over Bright Haven
The Maidens
On Wings of Blood (Bloodwing Academy, #1)
The Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2)
Nightshade (Sorrowsong University, #1)
The Wings That Bind (Bloodwing Academy, #3)
The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
Vale of Dreams (Fey Academy for Spies, #2)
The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioNinth House by Leigh BardugoThe Atlas Six by Olivie BlakeVicious by V.E. Schwab
Dark Academia: Musts and Maybes
85 books — 148 voters

Pretty Little Liars by Sara ShepardThe Perfectionists by Sara ShepardDangerous Girls by Abigail HaasGet Even by Gretchen McNeilThey All Fall Down by Roxanne St. Claire
Cliques & Crime
79 books — 48 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioKing Street Run by V.R. LingCatherine House by Elisabeth    ThomasBlack Chalk by Christopher J. Yates
Dark academia vibes
44 books — 29 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
11 books — 2 voters
Redeemers by Edward  McBrideThe Ghost Women by Jennifer   MurphyThe Traveling Man by Michael P. KingBlack Shadow Detective Agency by Count S. A. OlsonThe Queen's Envoy by Lord David Prosser
thrillers dark-academia
22 books — 12 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 Maidens
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
Katabasis
These Violent Delights
A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
A Lesson in Vengeance

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