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Back to School With 33 Tales of Campus Life

"It's the season of sharpened pencils, syllabi, and…maybe a few murders here and there? That's right: Dark academia is all the rage when it comes to campus fiction these days.
If you're into that kind of thing, we've put together a reading list of recent and upcoming adult and young adult fiction (and a tiny bit of nonfiction) that features a prominent academic setting and has at least a 3.5-star average rating. So bid farewell to kindly teachers and idyllic school experiences and say hello to shocking secret societies, beleaguered graduate students, professorial power imbalances, and murderous mayhem."
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Transcendent Kingdom (Yaa Gyasi)
Transcendent Kingdom
1
Yaa Gyasi
My Dark Vanessa (Kate Elizabeth Russell)
My Dark Vanessa
2
Kate Elizabeth Russell
Real Life (Brandon Taylor)
Real Life
3
Brandon Taylor
These Violent Delights (Micah Nemerever)
These Violent Delights
4
Micah Nemerever
Ghosts of Harvard (Francesca Serritella)
Ghosts of Harvard
5
Francesca Serritella
White Ivy (Susie Yang)
White Ivy
6
Susie Yang
We Ride Upon Sticks (Quan Barry)
We Ride Upon Sticks
7
Quan Barry
The Orchard (David Hopen)
The Orchard
8
David Hopen
Privilege (Mary Adkins)
Privilege
9
Mary Adkins
The Atlas Six (Olivie Blake)
The Atlas Six
10
Olivie Blake
Plain Bad Heroines (Emily Danforth)
Plain Bad Heroines
11
Emily Danforth
A Deadly Education (Naomi Novik)
A Deadly Education
12
Naomi Novik
All Girls (Emily Layden)
All Girls
13
Emily Layden
The Girls Are All So Nice Here (Laurie Elizabeth Flynn)
The Girls Are All So Nice Here
14
Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
Kill All Your Darlings (David Bell)
Kill All Your Darlings
15
David Bell
For Your Own Good (Samantha Downing)
For Your Own Good
16
Samantha Downing
The Maidens (Alex Michaelides)
The Maidens
17
Alex Michaelides
All's Well (Mona Awad)
All's Well
18
Mona Awad
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife (Ashley Winstead)
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
19
Ashley Winstead
Never Saw Me Coming (Vera Kurian)
Never Saw Me Coming
20
Vera Kurian
Summer Sons (Lee Mandelo)
Summer Sons
21
Lee Mandelo
Legendborn (Tracy Deonn)
Legendborn
22
Tracy Deonn
Those Who Prey (Jennifer Moffett)
Those Who Prey
23
Jennifer Moffett
The Castle School (For Troubled Girls) (Alyssa B. Sheinmel)
The Castle School (For Troubled Girls)
24
Alyssa B. Sheinmel
The Ivies (Alexa Donne)
The Ivies
25
Alexa Donne
The Mary Shelley Club (Goldy Moldavsky)
The Mary Shelley Club
26
Goldy Moldavsky
Ace of Spades (Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé)
Ace of Spades
27
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
A Lesson in Vengeance (Victoria Lee)
A Lesson in Vengeance
28
Victoria Lee
How We Fall Apart (Katie Zhao)
How We Fall Apart
29
Katie Zhao
Mercury Boys (Chandra Prasad)
Mercury Boys
30
Chandra Prasad
Notes on a Silencing (Lacy Crawford)
Notes on a Silencing
31
Lacy Crawford
We Keep the Dead Close (Becky Cooper)
We Keep the Dead Close
32
Becky Cooper
Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School (Kendra James)
Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School
33
Kendra James
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