Dark academia & magic romance books

Here are 9 romance books which feature the themes/tropes of dark academia and magic. If there’s too many (or too few!) books for your taste here, take a look at my romance book database where you can search by your dream trope combinations.

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1
A Deadly Education Naomi Novik
336 pages Book 1 of The Scholomance Series Published by Del Rey
Dark academia Magic
2
Arcana Academy Elise Kova
480 pages Book 1 of Arcana Chronicles Academy Series Published by Silver Wing Press
Enemies to lovers Dark academia Magic
3
House of Marionne J. Elle
416 pages Book 1 of House of Marionne Series Published by Bloomsbury YA
Dark academia Magic
4
Legendborn Tracy Deonn
512 pages Book 1 of the Legendborn Cycle Published by Margaret K. McElderry
Dark academia Retellings Magic
5
The Bond That Burns Briar Boleyn
500 pages Book 2 of Bloodwing Academy Self-published
Enemies to lovers Dark academia Dragons Fae
6
The Golden Enclaves Naomi Novik
400 pages Book 3 of Scholomance Published by Del Rey
Dark academia Magic
7
The Last Graduate Naomi Novik
400 pages Book 2 of The Scholomance Series Published by Del Rey
Dark academia Magic
8
The Otherwhere Post Emily J. Taylor
400 pages Standalone Published by Razorbill
Dark academia Magic
9
The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson
448 pages Standalone Published by Little, Brown
Dark academia Magic