17. The Star.

The Ultimate Dark Academia Book Recommendation Guide Ever

The title of this post is clickbait. I, unfortunately, have not read every book ever. Not all of these books are particularly “dark” either. However, these are my recommendations for your dark academia fix. The quality of each of these books varies. I have limited this list to books that are directly linked to the world of academia and/or which have a vaguely academic setting.

Dark Academia staples:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

Dead Poets Society by Nancy H. Kleinbaum

Vita Nostra by Maryna Dyachenko

Dark academia litfic or contemporary:

Bunny by Mona Awad

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

White Ivy by Susie Yang

The Cloisters by Katy Hays

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates

Attribution by Linda Moore

Dark academia thrillers or horror:

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella

Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

Dark academia fantasy/sci-fi:

Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

Dark academia romance:

Gothikana by RuNyx

Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

Dark academia YA or MG:

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Crave by Tracy Wolff

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Dark academia miscellaneous:

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip

(Inconvenient) Sentient Object Generator

1d12 Objects

Rusty old sword

Large orb (at least 10” diameter, we’re talking 15lbs minimum.)

Flimsy walking stick

Literal brain-in-a-jar

Dented helmet

Cannon, or other large weapon meant to be on a vessel

Rug

A left boot (the right boot is nowhere to be found.)

Multi-volume encyclopedia

Anvil

Globe

A single crossbow bolt.

1d6 Sources of Sentience (and Wants)

Mad-science/alchemical experiment gone wrong; trapped own consciousness in this object. Wants to return to their lab so they can have you attempt to reverse the procedure.

Cursed into this form by a witch or other entity as punishment for wrongdoings. Wants to find the entity and reverse the curse

Born this way, comes from a lineage of sentient objects. Wants to be owned/wielded by a powerful person.

Mad-science/alchemical experiment gone wrong; was a henchman transformed into this object by their master. Wants revenge.

Magically transformed themself into this form as a way of achieving immortality. Wants a new, young, living body to inhabit.

Was once an inanimate object brought to life by a mage. Has now outlived that mage and wants to find a way to resurrect them.

1d6 Powers - how does the object communicate its wants and exert its will?

Compulsion/possession: the object can force a person who is touching it to perform an action. What can a person do to prevent themself from being compelled?

Telepathy: the object can send telepathic messages in a short range. Are the messages targeted, or does everyone around it hear them?

Limited mobility: the object can move on its own, though not quickly. How does it move? (Does it roll, waddle, float?)

Charm/influence: the object can make a person believe that its wills are the best course of action. What types of people are most susceptible to its wiles?

Speech: the object can speak out loud in one or more languages. Does it know when to keep its mouth shut?

Telekinesis: the object can move inanimate objects, but not itself. What are its limits? (Size? Range? Material? Form?)

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