Book Reviews & Recommendations
Alex Michaelides returns to the dark-psych terrain that made The Silent Patient a smash, this time transplanting us to Cambridge University where grief, mythology, and a cultish study group collide. The ingredients are irresistible on paper: an enigmatic professor adored by a […]
Mona Awad, the reigning queen of literary surrealism, returns to her cult classic universe with We Love You, Bunny a strange, darkly humorous, and polarizing sequel to her 2019 hit Bunny. The result is an audacious mix of metafiction, horror, and dark […]
Layne Fargo’s They Never Learn is a dark, intoxicating dive into vengeance, morality, and the power of women who refuse to stay silent. Blending the razor wit of Killing Eve with the haunting tension of How to Get Away with Murder, this […]
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Leigh Bardugo’s Hell Bent, the highly anticipated sequel to Ninth House, dives even deeper into the shadows of Yale’s secret societies, where wealth, power, and the occult collide. Winner of the 2023 Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy, this dark […]
If you ever wished Hogwarts had teeth, Scholomance will bite. Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education drops readers into a sentient, teacherless school where students study, scheme, and try not to be eaten on the way to breakfast. It is equal parts dark […]
Elle Gonzalez Rose steps boldly into the world of dark academia with The Girl You Know, a haunting and emotionally charged YA thriller that explores grief, identity, and the corruption hidden behind privilege. It’s a sharp departure from her romantic comedies, but […]
Cassandra Khaw’s The Library at Hellebore is not your typical dark academia novel. Where others flirt with danger and decadence, Khaw dives headfirst into a world soaked in blood, dread, and devoured flesh. This book is horror academia at its most unhinged, […]
Emily Adrian’s Seduction Theory is a clever, provocative literary drama set within the charged atmosphere of a university English department, where intellect and desire tangle in equal measure. It explores infidelity, mentorship, and obsession through a structure that’s as daring as its […]
Verdict in a sentence: A razor sharp blend of dark academia, Roman inspired epic, and twist heavy plotting, The Will of the Many delivers the most compulsively readable academy fantasy since The Name of the Wind and the most propulsive class revolt […]