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
Strange Familiars (Seamere College, #1)
Death's Daughter (Children of the Old Ones, #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
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
Babel
The Academy (The Academy #1)
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
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 Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)
The Wings That Bind (Bloodwing Academy, #3)
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
Vale of Dreams (Fey Academy for Spies, #2)
Hidden Huntress by Danielle L. JensenThe Stars Never Rise by Rachel VincentA Matter of Time by Lisa M. BassoOlari by Mila N. SankaleThe Fourth Generation by Chris von Halle
Top Tier Romantasy
11 books — 11 voters
The Ex Hex by Erin SterlingThe Kiss Curse by Erin SterlingDon't Kiss and Spell by Camilla IsleyA Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah HawleyThe Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling
Reads for Spooky Season & Fall Vibes
135 books — 89 voters

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterPeople Like Us by Dana  MeleDon't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally CarterCross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally CarterOnly the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
Covers with School Uniforms
246 books — 33 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
Truly, Devious by Maureen JohnsonPeople Like Us by Dana  MelePrep School Confidential by Kara TaylorPrivate by Kate BrianThe Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Boarding School Mysteries
142 books — 91 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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