The 52 Book Club's 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by the52bookclub

An academic thriller
Academic thrillers (may also be known as Dark Academia) is a sub-genre within the thriller, suspense, or mystery genres. "Think: darkened libraries, cloak-and-dagger campus societies, looming Gothic towers, and college quads buzzing with intrigue."

Creative Interpretations:
As a "lighter" interpretation, you may forego the darker themes and instead choose any book or mystery set on a school campus. Creatively, you may also decide on an academic read that you find "thrilling." 
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464 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced

415 pages first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction medium-paced

Owlish

Dorothy Tse

192 pages first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction literary magical realism challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

441 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

462 pages first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction romance dark emotional tense medium-paced

368 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced

10 hours, 13 minutes first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced

400 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative reflective slow-paced

652 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

759 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced