Dark Academia: Murder, Magic & Madness

By Anne Rouyer, Supervising Young Adult Librarian
May 22, 2020
Mulberry Street Library

Growing up in a small college town, with a dad who was a college professor and chair of his department, I thought the dark side of academia meant a proliferation of suddenly "dead" relatives at exam time, cutthroat department politics, and sneaking into fraternity parties. Boy, was I wrong—the books below explore those academic problems of dark magic, svengali professors, mentally disturbed students, psychotic cliques, and vanishing friends. 

The list is a mix of Adult and Young Adult books. The Adult books would be suitable for older teen readers.