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

Daybreak (Sorrowsong University, #2)
Prince of Swords (Arcana Academy, #2)
Ruinous Ends (The Souls of Blackwood Academy, #2)
The Mortons
Sisterhood Above All
Armor for Liars
Heathermoor (Of Quirks and Curses, #2)
The Night Stairs
Shadowmire (Starweaver #1)
An Education in Longing
The Heirs
Night Witch (Weatherstone College, #2)
The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones
White Lights (White Lights, #1)
A Masterpiece in Blood (Empyreal #2)
Daybreak (Sorrowsong University, #2)
Alchemised
Nightshade (Sorrowsong University, #1)
The Academy (The Academy #1)
Babel
Katabasis
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
Blood Over Bright Haven
The Maidens
A Requiem for Fallen Stars (Cadence of the Fallen, #1)
On Wings of Blood (Bloodwing Academy, #1)
The Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2)
The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)
The Wings That Bind (Bloodwing Academy, #3)
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
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113 books — 9 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

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
60 books — 168 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioNinth House by Leigh BardugoBabel by R.F. KuangThe Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Dark Academia
380 books — 1,526 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
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
If We Were Villains
Babel
Ninth House (Ninth House Trilogy, #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 (Ninth House Trilogy, #2)
Katabasis
These Violent Delights
A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
A Lesson in Vengeance

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