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)
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 — 28 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
59 books — 164 voters
Pretty Little Liars by Sara ShepardThe Perfectionists by Sara ShepardDangerous Girls by Abigail HaasGet Even by Gretchen McNeilThey All Fall Down by Roxanne St. Claire
Cliques & Crime
78 books — 48 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 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

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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