🏛️ Dark Academia Book Challenge 2023 - hosted by bibilly

Let the games begin
im thinking magical schools, magical academia and power disputes, but the queen's gambit book also count ----- Dune, The Atlas trilogy, Scholomance trilogy, Magicians trilogy, The Black Witch series, The Poppy War trilogy, Babel, Vita Nostra, The Ivies, All of Us Villains, The Gameshouse trilogy, The Queens of Renthia trilogy, The Talents trilogy, Killing November duology, All's Well, Summer Sons, The Society For Soulless Girls, The Cloisters, The Betrayals, The Binding, Nampeshiweisit series, His Dark Materials trilogy, Middlegame, Tennebrose series, The Blood Trials duology, A Study in Drowning, Ink Blood Sister Scribe, Anatomy duology, The Once and Future Witches, Over My Dead Body, The Cartographers, The Just City, Their Vicious Games, Nocticadia, Emily Wilde trilogy.
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Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan

Luckenbooth

Jenni Fagan

338 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction historical horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

A River Enchanted

Elements of Cadence #1

Rebecca Ross

480 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

The Betrayals

Bridget Collins

448 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction speculative fiction dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Killing November by Adriana Mather

Killing November

Killing November #1

Adriana Mather

416 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction mystery thriller young adult mysterious fast-paced
Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

Vita Nostra

Vita Nostra #1

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

416 pages • paperback • 2007

fiction fantasy science fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

The Poppy War #1

R.F. Kuang

530 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

A Deadly Education

The Scholomance #1

Naomi Novik

320 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
All of Us Villains by C.L. Herman, Amanda Foody

All of Us Villains

All of Us Villains #1

C.L. Herman, Amanda Foody

400 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Binding by Bridget Collins

The Binding

Bridget Collins

440 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious medium-paced