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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 8088 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,053,311 ratings — published 1992
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If We Were Villains If We Were Villains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7324 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.08 — 421,346 ratings — published 2017
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5346 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.14 — 490,912 ratings — published 2022
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Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
by (shelved 5324 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.00 — 407,146 ratings — published 2019
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The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1) The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
by (shelved 4218 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.54 — 281,138 ratings — published 2020
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Bunny (Bunny, #1) Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 3195 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.45 — 340,421 ratings — published 2019
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A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
by (shelved 2530 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.93 — 224,672 ratings — published 2020
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Vicious (Villains, #1) Vicious (Villains, #1)
by (shelved 2502 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.18 — 328,151 ratings — published 2013
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The Maidens The Maidens (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2243 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.61 — 449,285 ratings — published 2021
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 2237 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,911,964 ratings — published 1890
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Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2) Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
by (shelved 1882 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.10 — 183,770 ratings — published 2023
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These Violent Delights These Violent Delights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1788 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.92 — 28,356 ratings — published 2020
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Katabasis Katabasis (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1624 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.76 — 141,309 ratings — published 2025
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A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
by (shelved 1564 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.70 — 105,471 ratings — published 2023
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A Lesson in Vengeance A Lesson in Vengeance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1550 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.51 — 24,036 ratings — published 2021
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Dead Poets Society Dead Poets Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 1364 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.17 — 158,581 ratings — published 1988
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Ace of Spades Ace of Spades (Paperback)
by (shelved 1289 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.13 — 101,694 ratings — published 2021
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Blood Over Bright Haven Blood Over Bright Haven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1232 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.33 — 142,171 ratings — published 2023
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Vita Nostra (Vita Nostra, #1) Vita Nostra (Vita Nostra, #1)
by (shelved 1201 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.00 — 23,563 ratings — published 2007
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In My Dreams I Hold a Knife In My Dreams I Hold a Knife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1166 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.78 — 133,483 ratings — published 2021
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Catherine House Catherine House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1161 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.11 — 29,251 ratings — published 2020
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Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1) Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1)
by (shelved 1145 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.88 — 183,714 ratings — published 2018
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The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2) The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
by (shelved 1106 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.49 — 82,580 ratings — published 2022
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Piranesi Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1084 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.21 — 496,223 ratings — published 2020
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The Goldfinch The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1050 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,051,372 ratings — published 2013
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 1009 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,925,430 ratings — published 1818
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The Starless Sea The Starless Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 940 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.84 — 236,750 ratings — published 2019
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An Academy for Liars An Academy for Liars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 919 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.43 — 26,643 ratings — published 2024
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An Education in Malice An Education in Malice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 902 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.48 — 23,863 ratings — published 2024
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The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 865 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.05 — 404,464 ratings — published 2012
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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
by (shelved 862 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.59 — 226,714 ratings — published 2023
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The Cloisters The Cloisters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 858 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.39 — 72,923 ratings — published 2022
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 828 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,543,020 ratings — published 2020
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Nocticadia Nocticadia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 816 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.19 — 174,790 ratings — published 2023
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The Last Graduate (The Scholomance, #2) The Last Graduate (The Scholomance, #2)
by (shelved 752 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.22 — 133,569 ratings — published 2021
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Gothikana Gothikana (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 746 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.75 — 122,432 ratings — published 2021
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My Dark Vanessa My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 727 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.10 — 433,444 ratings — published 2020
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Plain Bad Heroines Plain Bad Heroines (Hardcover)
by (shelved 694 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.64 — 29,087 ratings — published 2020
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Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 680 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.85 — 869,877 ratings — published 2005
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They Never Learn They Never Learn (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 646 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.89 — 83,180 ratings — published 2020
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Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 612 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.29 — 194,254 ratings — published 2020
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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1) A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
by (shelved 574 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.02 — 560,664 ratings — published 2011
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In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 571 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.35 — 3,588 ratings — published 2023
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Immortal Dark (Immortal Dark Trilogy, #1) Immortal Dark (Immortal Dark Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 560 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.70 — 28,839 ratings — published 2024
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Black Chalk Black Chalk (Paperback)
by (shelved 549 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.21 — 12,313 ratings — published 2013
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Don't Let the Forest In (Don't Let The Forest In, #1) Don't Let the Forest In (Don't Let The Forest In, #1)
by (shelved 540 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.06 — 50,833 ratings — published 2024
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The Golden Enclaves (The Scholomance, #3) The Golden Enclaves (The Scholomance, #3)
by (shelved 540 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.11 — 104,667 ratings — published 2022
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The Historian The Historian (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 524 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 3.80 — 277,713 ratings — published 2005
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 509 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,347,919 ratings — published 1847
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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 490 times as dark-academia)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,494,657 ratings — published 1897
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Adalyn  Grace
“A human life is a beautiful thing," he said. "You humans.... you feel. You feel so deeply that it consumes you. There were humans I kept a watch over, though I would blink and they'd be fifty, sixty
years older—and the time would come for me to meet them. For the longest time, I pitied them for their short lives. And I admit, Signa, that I have grown more callous with my age. But I have also grown to admire humans. They've such a short time to experience their lives, and so they must feel deeply. They must experience in one life-time things it's taken me an eternity to experience. When I see men like Elijah, rather than feel guilt for what I've done, I remember that he feels sorrow because he loved so deeply. And were I not real, Little Bird, were I not Death, he would never have experienced that love. So which is better? To live forever, or to live and love?”
Adalyn Grace, Belladonna

M.L. Rio
“Sleep crawled on top of me like an affectionate, purring pet-”
M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

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