Best dark academia romance books
If you love a good dark academia romance, this is the list for you! Here are the best dark academia romance books listed in alphabetical order. If you reckon there’s too many (or too few) books here for your liking, head over to my romance book database instead so you can search for your next book using your ideal trope combinations.
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1
A Deadly Education
336 pages Book 1 of The Scholomance Series Published by Del Rey
2
A Study in Drowning
448 pages Book 1 of A Study in Drowning Series Published by HarperTeen
3
Alchemy of Secrets
400 pages Book 1 of the Alchemy of Secrets Series Published by Flatiron Books
4
Arcana Academy
480 pages Book 1 of Arcana Chronicles Academy Series Published by Silver Wing Press
5
Bound
96 pages Novella (Standalone) Published by Amazon Original Stories
6
Don't Let the Forest In
352 pages Standalone Published by Feiwel & Friends
7
Enigma
420 pages Book 1 of Dark Verse Universe Published by Dark Verse Books
8
Gothikana
400 pages Standalone Self-published
9
I Am Not Jessica Chen
352 pages Standalone Published by HarperCollins
10
Katabasis
448 pages Standalone Published by Harper Voyager
11
Legendborn
512 pages Book 1 of the Legendborn Cycle Published by Margaret K. McElderry
12
Nightshade
544 pages Book 1 of The Nightshade Series Published by Zando
13
Nocticadia
560 pages Standalone Self-published
14
On Wings of Blood
500 pages Book 1 of Bloodwing Academy Self-published
15
The Bond That Burns
500 pages Book 2 of Bloodwing Academy Self-published
16
The Golden Enclaves
400 pages Book 3 of Scholomance Published by Del Rey
17
The Hand on the Wall
384 pages Book 3 of Truly Devious Published by Katherine Tegen Books
18
The Last Graduate
400 pages Book 2 of The Scholomance Series Published by Del Rey
19
The Raven Scholar
448 pages Standalone Published by Little, Brown
20
These Violent Delights
480 pages Standalone Published by Custom House