🏛️ Dark Academia Book Challenge 2023 - hosted by bibilly

Get out vibes and decolonial takes
fight the system joining it ----- Ace of Spades, Vita Nostra, Never Let Me Go, Catherine House, The Orchard, The Violin Conspiracy, Real Life, Girls With Sharp Sticks, The Emperor of Ocean Park, How We Fall Apart, The Poppy War trilogy, The Legendborn Cycle series, Dune, Babel, Indelicacy, Portrait of a Thief, White Ivy, Speak, They Never Learn, I Still Dream, Tripping Arcadia, If You Could See the Sun, Nampeshiweisit series, The Weight of Blood, The Blood Trials duology, Prima Facie, Simone, Their Vicious Games.
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Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction nature poetry emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Bloodmarked

The Legendborn Cycle #2

Tracy Deonn

561 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

282 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
A Divina Comédia: Inferno, Purgatório e Paraíso by Italo Eugênio Mauro, Dante Alighieri

A Divina Comédia: Inferno, Purgatório e Paraíso

La Divina Commedia #1-3

Italo Eugênio Mauro, Dante Alighieri

693 pages • first pub 1320 (editions)

fiction classics poetry challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Tripping Arcadia by Kit Mayquist

Tripping Arcadia

Kit Mayquist

10 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

The Poppy War #1

R.F. Kuang

530 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Ace of Spades

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

The Violin Conspiracy

Brendan Slocumb

342 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao

How We Fall Apart

How We Fall Apart #1

Katie Zhao

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

Catherine House

Elisabeth Thomas

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary thriller dark mysterious slow-paced