🏛️ 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, Legendborn, 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 Tradition, The Blood Trials duology.
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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn

The Legendborn Cycle #1

Tracy Deonn

544 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Tripping Arcadia by Kit Mayquist

Tripping Arcadia

Kit Mayquist

354 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ thriller dark mysterious tense medium-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
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

The Burning God

The Poppy War #3

R.F. Kuang

640 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

Catherine House

Elisabeth Thomas

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

Vita Nostra

Метаморфозы #1

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

408 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

560 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Portrait of a Thief

Grace D. Li

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ thriller emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Ace of Spades

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

470 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced