🏛️ 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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Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

Vita Nostra

Vita Nostra #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 adventurous reflective medium-paced
To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

To Shape a Dragon's Breath

Nampeshiweisit #1

Moniquill Blackgoose

511 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous medium-paced
The Orchard by David Hopen

The Orchard

David Hopen

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction religion emotional reflective slow-paced
Lendários by Tracy Deonn

Lendários

The Legendborn Cycle #1

Tracy Deonn

592 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

Her Majesty's Royal Coven

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven #1

Juno Dawson

452 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell

The Road to Wigan Pier

George Orwell

224 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

nonfiction classics history politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

The Burning God

The Poppy War #3

R.F. Kuang

622 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

The Dragon Republic

The Poppy War #2

R.F. Kuang

675 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
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