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The Ultimate Dark Academia List

Dark academia is all I want to read this time of year, and I'm constantly looking for more. One of its (valid) criticisms is that characters of color are underrepresented in the genre, so I've tried to include several authors of color.
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Ace of Spades (Faridah Abike-Iyimide)
Ace of Spades
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Faridah Abike-Iyimide
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
2
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Atlas Six (Olivie Blake)
The Atlas Six
3
Olivie Blake
Babel (R.F. Kuang)
Babel
4
R.F. Kuang
Bunny (Mona Awad)
Bunny
5
Mona Awad
Catherine House (Elisabeth Thomas)
Catherine House
6
Elisabeth Thomas
The Cloisters (Katy Hays)
The Cloisters
7
Katy Hays
Confessions (Kanae Minato)
Confessions
8
Kanae Minato
Dead Poets Society (N.H. Kleinbaum)
Dead Poets Society
9
N.H. Kleinbaum
A Discovery of Witches (Deborah Harkness)
A Discovery of Witches
10
Deborah Harkness
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
11
Mary Shelley
Ghosts of Harvard (Francesca Serritella)
Ghosts of Harvard
12
Francesca Serritella
Good Girls Lie (J.T. Ellison)
Good Girls Lie
13
J.T. Ellison
The Grimrose Girls (Laura Pohl)
The Grimrose Girls
14
Laura Pohl
Hex (Rebecca Dinerstein Knight)
Hex
15
Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
16
Elizabeth Kostova
How We Fall Apart (Katie Zhao)
How We Fall Apart
17
Katie Zhao
I Have Some Questions for You (Rebecca Makkai)
I Have Some Questions for You
18
Rebecca Makkai
If We Were Villains (M. L. Rio)
If We Were Villains
19
M. L. Rio
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife (Ashley Winstead)
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
20
Ashley Winstead
Ink Blood Sister Scribe (Emma Torz)
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
21
Emma Torz
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
22
Susanna Clarke
Legendborn (Tracy Deonn)
Legendborn
23
Tracy Deonn
A Lesson in Vengeance (Victoria Lee)
A Lesson in Vengeance
24
Victoria Lee
The Library of the Unwritten (A. J. Hackwith)
The Library of the Unwritten
25
A. J. Hackwith
The Likeness (Tana French)
The Likeness
26
Tana French
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
27
Hanya Yanagihara
A Live Coal in the Sea (Madeleine L'engle)
A Live Coal in the Sea
28
Madeleine L'engle
The Magicians (Lev Grossman)
The Magicians
29
Lev Grossman
The Maidens (Alex Michaelides)
The Maidens
30
Alex Michaelides
Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Mexican Gothic
31
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
32
Kazuo Ishiguro
Ninth House (Leigh Bardugo)
Ninth House
33
Leigh Bardugo
Old School (Tobias Wolff)
Old School
34
Tobias Wolff
One of Us Is Lying (Karen M. McManus)
One of Us Is Lying
35
Karen M. McManus
The Orchard (David Hopen)
The Orchard
36
David Hopen
People of the Book (Geraldine Brooks)
People of the Book
37
Geraldine Brooks
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
38
Joan Lindsay
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
39
Oscar Wilde
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
40
Susanna Clarke
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