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

A Vow in Vengeance (Immortal Desires, #1)
We Who Have No Gods (The Acheron Order, #1)
Fruit of the Flesh
The Book of Blood and Roses (The Callisto Chronicles)
A War of Wyverns (A Language of Dragons, #2)
Oxford Blood
The Society
The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay
Lure of Lightning (The Firestone Academy #4)
An Arcane Inheritance
Fallen Gods (Fallen Gods, #1)
An Archive of Romance (A Study in Drowning)
The Library of Fates
The Last Vampire
Kingdom of Today (Book of Arden #2)
Alchemised
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
The Academy
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
Katabasis
On Wings of Blood (Bloodwing Academy, #1)
Babel
Nightshade (Sorrowsong University, #1)
The Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2)
Blood Over Bright Haven
The Maidens
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy #1)
Shadow Bonds (Shadow War Academy, #1)
Vale of Dreams (Fey Academy for Spies, #2)
Vampire Academy by Richelle MeadPrincess Academy by Shannon HaleStar Trek by Diane CareyLast Chance Academy by Alex LidellSuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
[Blank] Academy
130 books — 11 voters

A Study in Drowning by Ava ReidHell Bent by Leigh BardugoMurder Your Employer by Rupert HolmesInk Blood Sister Scribe by Emma TörzsBlood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
2023 Dark Academia Releases
96 books — 42 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

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
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 — 30 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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