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

Deathbringer (Deathbringer, #1)
The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton
Honor & Heresy
The Antiquarian's Object of Desire (Love's Academic, #3)
An Arcane Study of Stars
Boring Asian Female
City of Iron and Ivy
Thrall
The Demonic Inventions of Aurelie Blake (The Broken Veil, #1)
The Alchemary (The Alchemy Trials, #1)
Infinite Shores (Drowned Gods, #3)
The Boyfriend Academy
Man, Muse, Monster
The Violently Departed
The Wings That Bind (Bloodwing Academy, #3)
Alchemised
Katabasis
Babel
The Academy (The Academy #1)
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
On Wings of Blood (Bloodwing Academy, #1)
The Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2)
The Wings That Bind (Bloodwing Academy, #3)
Nightshade (Sorrowsong University, #1)
Blood Over Bright Haven
The Maidens
Half City (Harker Academy, #1)
The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
Babel by R.F. KuangThe Will of the Many by James IslingtonEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
Fantasy Academia
58 books — 85 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

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
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
10 books — 2 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Kyanite Alliance by Nora HalliwellNinth House by Leigh BardugoIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioVicious by V.E. Schwab
Academia, Magic, and Secret Societies
75 books — 95 voters
The Ghost Women by Jennifer   MurphyGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.Therapy for Ghosts by Eric PraschanGrit and Ghosts by Robin FosterThe Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women by Marie O'Regan
Dark Academia Mystery Books
13 books — 15 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)
These Violent Delights
Katabasis
A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
A Lesson in Vengeance

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