Fantastical Dark Academia

The Magicians

A Novel

by Grossman, Lev

eBook - 2009

Quentin Coldwater is a brilliant but miserable high school student who’s still obsessed with the fantasy books of his childhood. When Brakebill’s College ...Show more Quentin Coldwater is a brilliant but miserable high school student who’s still obsessed with the fantasy books of his childhood. When Brakebill’s College of Magical Pedagogy offers him an elite education in the occult, it feels as though he’s achieved his wildest dreams. But what dangers drift behind his new magical world? Great for fans of The Secret History or grown-up readers of Harry Potter wishing the series had a darker edge. Show less

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A Deadly Education

A Novel

by Novik, Naomi

Book - 2020

The rules of the Scholomance are simple: survive until graduation. Armed with her own dark power, El thinks she is uniquely prepared for the school’s dang...Show more The rules of the Scholomance are simple: survive until graduation. Armed with her own dark power, El thinks she is uniquely prepared for the school’s dangers, at least until golden boy Orion Lake does something truly terrible: he saves her life. This series is action-packed and filled with compelling world building. Show less

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The Atlas Six

by Blake, Olivie

Book - 2022

The Alexandrian Society is a secret cabal of magical academics, sworn to protect the lost knowledge of antiquity. Every decade, six young magicians compet...Show more The Alexandrian Society is a secret cabal of magical academics, sworn to protect the lost knowledge of antiquity. Every decade, six young magicians compete to join their ranks. Five will be selected for initiation… and one will pay the price. This novel began as a self-published sensation before it was re-released by Tor following a seven-way bidding war for publishing rights. Show less

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Raven Cycle

Bk.1, The Raven Boys

by Stiefvater, Maggie

Book - 2012

Blue Sargent has always known that her kiss will kill her true love. So she avoids boys—most importantly, boys from Aglionby Academy, the local private sc...Show more Blue Sargent has always known that her kiss will kill her true love. So she avoids boys—most importantly, boys from Aglionby Academy, the local private school—until she sees the spirit of Gansey, a charismatic Aglionby boy on a hunt for a dead Welsh king. The Raven Cycle is a lush quartet of YA novels filled with magic, history, and the intensity of young love and friendships. Show less

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Babel

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

by Kuang, R. F.

Book - 2022

Robin Swift has been studying for years to attend Oxford University’s Royal Institute of Translation, the center of Britain’s magical power and internatio...Show more Robin Swift has been studying for years to attend Oxford University’s Royal Institute of Translation, the center of Britain’s magical power and international might. But as an orphaned Chinese boy raised in Britain, can he reconcile his lust for knowledge with the consequences of unchecked imperialism? This is a clever historical fantasy that interrogates the role of academia in colonialism. Show less

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Lexicon

A Novel

by Barry, Max

Book - 2013

At an exclusive school outside of Arlington, Virginia, students are taught to manipulate minds and weird words as weapons, earning them the title of “poet...Show more At an exclusive school outside of Arlington, Virginia, students are taught to manipulate minds and weird words as weapons, earning them the title of “poet.” Emily Ruff is the school’s most talented prodigy until she makes a catastrophic mistake: falling in love. This action packed and darkly humorous book is great for readers of Douglas Copeland or Chuck Palahniuk. Show less

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Every Heart A Doorway

by McGuire, Seanan

Book - 2016

Ever wonder what happens to those kids who fall down a rabbit hole or pass through a portal, once they come back to the real world? They end up at Eleanor...Show more Ever wonder what happens to those kids who fall down a rabbit hole or pass through a portal, once they come back to the real world? They end up at Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children, where the rules are: no solicitations, no visitors, and most importantly, NO QUESTS. This whimsical series is great for grown-up fans of Narnia or Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Show less

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Vita Nostra

by Dyachenko, Marina

Book - 2018

At the Institute of Special Technologies, the lessons are maddening, the books are impossible to read, and failure does not harm the students, but their f...Show more At the Institute of Special Technologies, the lessons are maddening, the books are impossible to read, and failure does not harm the students, but their families. In translation from Russian, written by two Ukrainian authors, Vita Nostra puts a darkly Slavic spin on the usual “magic school” setting. Show less

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The Historian

A Novel

by Kostova, Elizabeth

Book - 2005

When his advisor disappears, graduate student Paul is plunged into the center of a deadly mystery where the clues all point to one thing: Vlad Tepes, bett...Show more When his advisor disappears, graduate student Paul is plunged into the center of a deadly mystery where the clues all point to one thing: Vlad Tepes, better known as Dracula, is alive and well today. A lengthy, atmospheric piece of historical fantasy great for fans of Bram Stoker’s Dracula or Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. Show less

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