Prompts

What are your favorite dark academia books?

Fantasy books set in school have a certain allure. That school experience is one we can all relate to. Couple that with learning about a new fantastical world and you get a recipe for a world that feels incredible, but somehow familiar. What are you favorite books set in dark academia? That could mean middle school, high school, college or a special school for only those selected.

The Will of the Many

2023 • 925 Readers • 639 pages 4.5

A Deadly Education

2020 • 1,001 Readers • 236 pages 4

Ninth House

2019 • 1,411 Readers • 480 pages 4

The Magicians

2009 • 748 Readers • 428 pages 3.4

Fourth Wing

2023 • 2,121 Readers • 678 pages 4

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

1997 • 4,555 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

If We Were Villains

2017 • 977 Readers • 368 pages 3.9