im thinking magical schools, magical academia and power disputes, but the queen's gambit book also count ----- Killing November duology, The Atlas trilogy, Scholomance series, Magicians trilogy, The Black Witch series, The Poppy War trilogy, Dune, Vita Nostra, The Ivies, All of Us Villains, The Gameshouse trilogy, The Queens of Renthia trilogy, The Talents trilogy, Nevernight trilogy.