Dark Academia

This week, join Nicole and Laura as they attempt to define dark academia as something other than “vibes.” For an actual description, check out this BookRiot article; for a rambling conversation that defines and then quickly contradicts what we just said about dark academia, check out this episode!

Listen to the episode on your favourite podcast platform by searching for Read This Next or watch on our YouTube channel. Place your TPBL holds for print books through our online catalogue, or search for eBooks through cloudLibrary. For full details about these titles and all the books we’ve mentioned on the show, go to https://www.goodreads.com/tbpl_readthisnex

Mentioned in our conversation:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfeg

The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya

Books We’ve Recommended Previously (that are also dark academia):

The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring

Wilder Girls by Rory Powers

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V E Schwab

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala (will be recommending in upcoming episode)


Place your TPBL holds for print books through our online catalogue, or search for eBooks through cloudLibrary. If an older book is no longer available in our collection, put in an Interlibrary Loan request and we will get it for you that way!

Book descriptions and covers via NoveList & GoodReads. Find us on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/tbpl_readthisnext and find Laura at https://www.goodreads.com/lauralisbeth. Have a comment or theme request? Email us at readthisnext@tbpl.ca

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