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• The Secret History

  Tartt, Donna

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  Many would argue (including me) that this is the novel that opened the Dark Academia floodgates. A shy middle-class student falls in with a tight group of wealthy classics students until murder shatters them all apart. Lyrical, gripping, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Deadly Education

  a Novel

  Novik, Naomi,

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  Novik's novel is set in a magical academy where students must study - or die. (Literally!) Elegant worldbuilding, high stakes, and room for sequels.

• Only If You're Lucky

  a Novel

  Willingham, Stacy,

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  A girl moves in off-campus with a group of popular girls, however, when her old classmate goes missing, secrets start emerging that shock everyone. Unreliable narrators make this sizzle.

• Babel

  or the Necessity of Violence : An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

  Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.)

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  Historical fiction mixed with fantasy as a Chinese orphan learns abilities in an alternate Oxford. A deep, satisfying exploration of magic, colonialism, and secrets.

• They Never Learn

  Fargo, Layne,

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  A college professor hunts for prey on campus, only targeting those who truly deserve it, however her path crosses with a student seeking retribution of her own in this twisty, sleek thriller.

• Ninth House

  Bardugo, Leigh,

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  A streetwise woman who can see ghosts gets into a super-secret society at Yale, and quickly uncovers rituals, murders, and cults. A dark, glittering gem of a novel.

• An Academy for Liars

  Henderson, Alexis,

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  An immersive fantasy with bits of horror - in Savannah, GA, a young woman gets recruited to a mysterious academy of magic teeming with secrets.

• I Have Some Questions for You

  Makkai, Rebecca,

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  A true-crime podcaster returns to her university and examines an old murder under a modern, #MeToo microscope, and realizes things that everyone overlooked.

• The Maidens

  Michaelides, Alex, 1977-

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• If We Were Villains

  Rio, M. L.

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• The Cloisters

  a Novel

  Hays, Katy, 1982-

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• The Ink Blood Sister Scribe

  a Novel

  Törzs, Emma, 1987-

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