Dark Academia

Dark Academia is a literary and aesthetic genre that revolves around the themes of elitism, classicism, intellectualism, prestige, mystery and death taking place in a higher education setting.

Updated June 30, 2025
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Bunny
Awad, Mona
Paper Book
'No punches pulled, no hilarities dodged, no meme unmangled. O Bunny you are sooo genius!' MARGARET ATWOOD. We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other. Seriously. Bunny. Samantha Heather Mackey is an outsider in her small, highly selective...
Catherine house
Thomas, Elisabeth
Paper Book
If we were villains
Rio, M. L.
Paper Book
My dark Vanessa
Russell, Kate Elizabeth
Paper Book
An instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 DYLAN THOMAS AWARD 'A package of dynamite' Stephen King 'Powerful, compulsive, brilliant' Marian Keyes An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and...
Ninth house
Bardugo, Leigh
Paper Book
Plain bad heroines
Danforth, Emily M.
Paper Book
'Brimming from start to finish with sly humour and gothic mischief' SARAH WATERS 'Beguilingly clever, very sexy and seriously frightening' GUARDIAN 'Atmospheric, sexy, creepy...totally addictive' KATE DAVIES, author of In At The Deep End 'A gloriously over-the-top queer romp'...
The starless sea
Morgenstern, Erin
Paper Book
The magical new novel from the bestselling author of The Night Circus The magical new novel from the bestselling author of The Night Circus.Are you lost or are you exploring? When Zachary Rawlins stumbles across a strange book hidden in his university library...

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