Elite schools, obsessive scholarship, secrets and murder.
Dark academia pairs the romance of learning — old libraries, Latin, candlelit study — with obsession, class anxiety and violence. Magical dark academia adds secret societies and forbidden spells.
Donna Tartt
M. L. Rio
Alex Michaelides
Maureen Johnson
Laini Taylor
Richelle Mead
Andrew Joseph White
Claudia Gray
Maureen Johnson
I. V. Marie
Maureen Johnson
Simone St. James
Jennifer Estep
S T Gibson
C. J. Daugherty
Mónica Ojeda
Maureen Johnson, Nicola Barber
M. L. Rio
Leslie McFarlane
E. Lockhart
S. F. Williamson
M. A. Bennett
Monica Hughes
Elise Kova
Daisy Whitney
Antonia Hodgson
Lynn Lindquist
Christi Daugherty, C. J. Daugherty
Julia Nobel
Cassandra Khaw
Richard Sala
Kosoko Jackson
Marijane Meaker
Danielle Vega
Kirsty McKay
Eve Silver
Nina Blazon
Lizzie Friend
Ridley Pearson
Daisy Whitney
Ridley Pearson
Annie Summerlee
Parker, Daniel
Alexis Henderson
Kate Brain
Andy Mientus
Charlie Human
Sophie Hannah, Clare Mackintosh
Elite schools, obsessive scholarship, secrets and murder. Dark academia pairs the romance of learning — old libraries, Latin, candlelit study — with obsession, class anxiety and violence. Magical dark academia adds secret societies and forbidden spells.
Popular dark academia books include The Secret History (1992), If We Were Villains (2017), The Maidens (2021), The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious Book 2) (2019) and Dreams of Gods & Monsters (2011).