Prompts

What are your favorite dark academia books?

Fantasy books set in school have a certain allure. That school experience is one we can all relate to. Couple that with learning about a new fantastical world and you get a recipe for a world that feels incredible, but somehow familiar. What are you favorite books set in dark academia? That could mean middle school, high school, college or a special school for only those selected.

The Will of the Many

#1 of 1 in Hierarchy

2023 • 1,516 Readers • 639 pages 4.5

A Deadly Education

#1 of 3 in The Scholomance

2020 • 1,375 Readers • 236 pages 4

Ninth House

#1 of 2 in Alex Stern

2019 • 1,912 Readers • 480 pages 4

The Magicians

#1 of 3 in The Magicians

1977 • 1,035 Readers • 428 pages 3.4

Fourth Wing

#1 of 3 in The Empyrean

2023 • 3,306 Readers • 678 pages 4

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

#1 of 8 in Harry Potter

1989 • 6,411 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

If We Were Villains

2017 • 1,332 Readers • 368 pages 3.9