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I really want to get into dark academia, does anybody have an recs besides The Secret History (which is already on my list)
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Anonymous 3d

Katabasis, A discovery of witches, If we were villains, A deadly education, An education in malice, Gothikana, A language of dragons, Don’t let the forest in, Blood over bright haven, the Raven scholar, a dark and drowning tide, Legendborn, Immortal Dark, Vicious, Babel, The will of the many, Ninth House, An academy for liars, a study in drowning, Bunny, The maidens

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Anonymous 3d

Tbh I haven’t read these yet but maybe The Picture of Dorian Gray, the Goldfinch, and maybe Sherlock Holmes? Again, haven’t read them yet lol

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Anonymous 3d

The atlas six series

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3d

The goldfinch is the only one of these that is actually academic

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3d

I read the other ones. They’re not academic in the slightest

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3d

Side note, while some of these are considered Dark Academia because of setting and tone, they are badly rated and not good imo. Still putting them on here to be thorough because taste is subjective. The genres range from high fantasy to ya, thriller to smut. I put some of the big ones that I know of from when I was a bookseller. I recommend using goodreads to look these up for the genre lists and summaries to see if they’re up your alley.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2d

Ah ok. I was just going based off vibes lol

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