🏛️ Dark Academia Book Challenge (fixed version) - hosted by bibilly

Let's pretend we know what these bitches are talking about
a book/author referenced, direct or indirectly, in a fiction DA book you've read.
All books added
Hippolytus and The Bacchae by Euripides

Hippolytus and The Bacchae

Euripides

104 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction classics play reflective medium-paced
Leech by Hiron Ennes

Leech

Hiron Ennes

13 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Paradise Lost by John Milton

Paradise Lost

John Milton

453 pages • first pub 1667 (editions)

fiction classics philosophy poetry challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

244 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

Italo Calvino

304 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad

Homer

699 pages • first pub -750 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

A Deadly Education

The Scholomance #1

Naomi Novik

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

The Atlas Paradox

The Atlas #2

Olivie Blake

402 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Süskind

255 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark mysterious medium-paced
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

Virginia Woolf

112 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced