Dark academia books

Good Will Hunting

Matt Damon, Ben Affleck · 1998

Babel

R. F. Kuang · 2022

The Secret History

Donna Tartt · 2004

If We Were Villains

M. L. Rio

Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago.As a young actor studying Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off - villain, hero, tyrant, temptress - though Oliver felt doomed to always be a secondary character in someone else's story. But when the teachers change up the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into life.When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.

Ninth House

Leigh Bardugo · 2020

Dead Poets Society

N. H. Kleinbaum · 2006

Hell Bent

Leigh Bardugo · 2023

Bunny

Mona Awad · 2019

The Atlas Six

Olivie Blake · 2021

The Atlas Paradox

Olivie Blake · 2022

The Atlas Complex

Olivie Blake · 2024

The Picture of Dorian Grey

Oscar Wilde · 2022

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · 2003

All the young dudes

MsKingBean89 · 2021

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt · 2013

An Academy for Liars

Alexis Henderson · 2024

Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo · 2015

Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo · 2016

In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia anthology

M. L. Rio · 2023