Dark Academia Reading List - Signum University Pt. 1

1.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,448 ratings
2.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,158 ratings
3.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,385 ratings
4.
Catherine House
Catherine House 3.12 avg rating — 28,033 ratings
5.
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 482,322 ratings
6.
A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes, #1)
A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 65,093 ratings
7.
If We Were Villains
If We Were Villains
by: M.L. Rio
4.11 avg rating — 375,931 ratings
8.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,294 ratings
9.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,709 ratings
10.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 29,096 ratings
11.
Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1)
Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 173,978 ratings
12.
Babel
Babel 4.16 avg rating — 398,195 ratings
13.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,329 ratings
14.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,786 ratings
15.
Hangsaman
Hangsaman 3.77 avg rating — 10,883 ratings
16.
The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3)
The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 90,471 ratings
16.
The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious, #2)
The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 104,239 ratings
18.
Waking the Moon
Waking the Moon 3.82 avg rating — 2,368 ratings
19.
The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)
The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 53,329 ratings
20.
A Lesson in Vengeance
A Lesson in Vengeance 3.53 avg rating — 22,740 ratings
21.
Conjure Wife
Conjure Wife 3.80 avg rating — 2,706 ratings
22.
The Missing Girl
The Missing Girl 3.54 avg rating — 4,846 ratings
23.
The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto 3.19 avg rating — 39,780 ratings
24.
The Orchard
The Orchard 3.68 avg rating — 3,552 ratings
25.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher 3.85 avg rating — 83,628 ratings
26.
A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts 3.68 avg rating — 1,134 ratings
27.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating — 172,356 ratings
28.
The Maidens
The Maidens 3.62 avg rating — 415,838 ratings
29.
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123,554 ratings
30.
A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 208,076 ratings
31.
The Last Graduate (The Scholomance, #2)
The Last Graduate (The Scholomance, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 123,992 ratings
32.
The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2) 3.51 avg rating — 75,531 ratings
33.
The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 262,144 ratings
34.
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,594,218 ratings
35.
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7) 4.73 avg rating — 299,540 ratings
36.
We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence 3.73 avg rating — 12,814 ratings
37.
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 175,752 ratings
38.
Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)
Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 78,837 ratings
39.
The Call (The Call, #1)
The Call (The Call, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 15,345 ratings
40.
The Invasion (The Call, #2)
The Invasion (The Call, #2) 3.71 avg rating — 3,016 ratings
41.
Ace of Spades
Ace of Spades 4.14 avg rating — 97,675 ratings
42.
The Ravens (The Ravens, #1)
The Ravens (The Ravens, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 10,023 ratings
43.
Summer Sons
Summer Sons 3.79 avg rating — 13,313 ratings
44.
Wilder Girls
Wilder Girls 3.45 avg rating — 97,559 ratings
45.
The Mary Shelley Club
The Mary Shelley Club 3.91 avg rating — 16,313 ratings
46.
The Last of August (Charlotte Holmes, #2)
The Last of August (Charlotte Holmes, #2) 3.59 avg rating — 24,075 ratings
47.
The Case for Jamie (Charlotte Holmes, #3)
The Case for Jamie (Charlotte Holmes, #3) 3.98 avg rating — 15,925 ratings
48.
A Question of Holmes (Charlotte Holmes, #4)
A Question of Holmes (Charlotte Holmes, #4) 3.97 avg rating — 11,841 ratings
49.
Vita Nostra (Vita Nostra, #1)
Vita Nostra (Vita Nostra, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 21,462 ratings
50.
Assassin of Reality (Vita Nostra, #2)
Assassin of Reality (Vita Nostra, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 2,589 ratings
51.
Confessions
Confessions 3.93 avg rating — 72,829 ratings
52.
Four by Four
Four by Four
by: Sara Mesa
3.48 avg rating — 1,671 ratings
53.
Clueless in New England: The Unsolved Disappearances of Paula Welden, Connie Smith and Katherine Hull
Clueless in New England: The Unsolved Disappearances of Paula Welden, Connie Smith and Katherine Hull 3.80 avg rating — 44 ratings
54.
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life 4.02 avg rating — 5,210 ratings
55.
Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson
by: Woofter
4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
56.
The House of Night Series: Books 1-12 (House of Night, #1-12)
The House of Night Series: Books 1-12 (House of Night, #1-12)
by: P.C. Cast
4.35 avg rating — 2,310 ratings
57.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,738 ratings
58.
My Dark Vanessa
My Dark Vanessa 4.10 avg rating — 398,714 ratings
59.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,187 ratings
60.
Time Without Clocks
Time Without Clocks 3.72 avg rating — 61 ratings
61.
The Gothic
The Gothic 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
62.
Paris in the Twentieth Century: The Lost Novel
Paris in the Twentieth Century: The Lost Novel 3.39 avg rating — 2,867 ratings
63.
If You Could See the Sun
If You Could See the Sun
by: Ann Liang
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 52,333 ratings
64.
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In 4.04 avg rating — 118,290 ratings
65.
Beyond the Rock
Beyond the Rock 3.83 avg rating — 100 ratings
66.
Conversion
Conversion 3.30 avg rating — 10,177 ratings
67.
The Penguin Book of Witches
The Penguin Book of Witches 3.54 avg rating — 1,560 ratings
68.
Haunted Colleges and Universities: Creepy Campuses, Scary Scholars, and Deadly Dorms
Haunted Colleges and Universities: Creepy Campuses, Scary Scholars, and Deadly Dorms
by: Tom Ogden
3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
69.
Haunted Halls: Ghostlore of American College Campuses
Haunted Halls: Ghostlore of American College Campuses 2.94 avg rating — 33 ratings
70.
When All the Girls Are Sleeping
When All the Girls Are Sleeping 3.72 avg rating — 1,354 ratings
71.
Who Killed Betty Gail Brown?: Murder, Mistrial, and Mystery
Who Killed Betty Gail Brown?: Murder, Mistrial, and Mystery 3.92 avg rating — 84 ratings
72.
Murder in the Stacks: Penn State, Betsy Aardsma, and the Killer Who Got Away
Murder in the Stacks: Penn State, Betsy Aardsma, and the Killer Who Got Away 3.53 avg rating — 603 ratings
73.
Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations
Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations 3.56 avg rating — 522 ratings
74.
Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder
Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder 3.66 avg rating — 391 ratings
75.
Ghost Wall
Ghost Wall 3.72 avg rating — 28,353 ratings
76.
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society 4.17 avg rating — 143,689 ratings
77.
Mona Lisa Smile
Mona Lisa Smile 3.82 avg rating — 1,091 ratings
78.
The Ivies
The Ivies 3.68 avg rating — 18,429 ratings
79.
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife 3.80 avg rating — 123,217 ratings
80.
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 179,473 ratings
81.
These Violent Delights
These Violent Delights 3.94 avg rating — 25,184 ratings
82.
Murder Most Queer: The Homicidal Homosexual in the American Theater
Murder Most Queer: The Homicidal Homosexual in the American Theater 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
83.
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 571,876 ratings
84.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,494 ratings
85.
The Little Friend
The Little Friend 3.48 avg rating — 79,038 ratings
86.
Nyx in the House of Night: Mythology, Folklore and Religion in the PC and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series
Nyx in the House of Night: Mythology, Folklore and Religion in the PC and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series
by: P.C. Cast
4.18 avg rating — 4,277 ratings
87.
Magic for Liars
Magic for Liars 3.62 avg rating — 34,798 ratings
88.
Bad Habits
Bad Habits 3.51 avg rating — 1,484 ratings
89.
The Golden Enclaves (The Scholomance, #3)
The Golden Enclaves (The Scholomance, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 96,049 ratings
90.
The Temple House Vanishing
The Temple House Vanishing 3.38 avg rating — 3,442 ratings
91.
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 376,624 ratings
92.
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 453,206 ratings
93.
The Vanishing Triangle
The Vanishing Triangle 3.44 avg rating — 3,490 ratings
94.
A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating — 160,993 ratings
95.
The Inferior
The Inferior 3.80 avg rating — 638 ratings
96.
The Deserter
The Deserter 3.80 avg rating — 241 ratings
97.
The Volunteer
The Volunteer 3.91 avg rating — 90 ratings
98.
Forever in the Memory of God
Forever in the Memory of God 3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings
99.
Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland
Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland 3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings
100.
Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)
Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5) 3.79 avg rating — 31,347 ratings