Dark Academia Horror Books
16 horror books that use the dark academia trope — elite schools, obsessive scholarship, secrets and murder. Top picks: Dreams of Gods & Monsters (2011), The Spirit Bares Its Teeth (2023) and Evernight (2008).
16 books

Dreams of Gods & Monsters
Laini Taylor

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Andrew Joseph White

Evernight
Claudia Gray

The Madness Underneath
Maureen Johnson

The Broken Girls
Simone St. James

An Education in Malice
S T Gibson

Mandíbula
Mónica Ojeda

Graveyard Shift
M. L. Rio

The Library at Hellebore
Cassandra Khaw

Cat Burglar Black
Richard Sala

The Forest Demands Its Due
Kosoko Jackson

The Merciless II: The Exorcism of Sofia Flores
Danielle Vega

Der Bund der Wölfe
Nina Blazon

Fraternity
Andy Mientus

This Vicious Hunger
Francesca May

Pink Ink
Avina St. Graves