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

Wicked Onyx (The Veritas Legacy, #1)
Half City (Harker Academy, #1)
Queen of Faces (Queen of Faces, #1)
Weavingshaw (Weavingshaw, #1)
Sibylline
Trust No One
The Fox Hunt
The Ghost Women
The Aftermyth (The Aftermyth #1)
Masquerade of Mirrors (Halls of Glass #1)
Soren (Saint Valley #1)
The Masque of the Silver Prince
A Vow in Vengeance (Immortal Desires, #1)
We Who Have No Gods (The Acheron Order, #1)
Fruit of the Flesh
Alchemised
The Wings That Bind (Bloodwing Academy #3)
On Wings of Blood (Bloodwing Academy, #1)
The Academy (The Academy Series #1)
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
The Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2)
Katabasis
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
Babel
Blood Over Bright Haven
Nightshade (Sorrowsong University, #1)
The Maidens
Half City (Harker Academy, #1)
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
Avalon Tower (Fey Academy for Spies, #1)
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria  LeeA Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison SaftStrange Attractors by Ana K. WrennPlain Bad Heroines by Emily M. DanforthThey Never Learn by Layne Fargo
Sapphic Dark Academia
23 books — 15 voters
If We Were Villains by M.L. RioThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeVicious by V.E. SchwabNinth House by Leigh BardugoThe Likeness by Tana French
Secret History-esque books
55 books — 63 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
74 books — 96 voters
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
9 books — 9 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
The Ghost Women by Jennifer   MurphyTherapy for Ghosts by Eric PraschanGrit and Ghosts by Robin FosterThe Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women by Marie O'ReganThe Ghost Reader by Elena D. Hristova
Dark Academia Mystery Books
12 books — 14 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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