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An Education in Malice: the sizzling and addictive dark academia
' A delectable jewel of a tale, shimmering with dark, beautiful prose' Tori Bovalino, author of The Devil Makes Three , on A Dowry of Blood Love is sacrifice. One...
Haunted Castles
A Penguin Classics black spine edition of "perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written" (Stephen King) with a foreword by acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro Horror legend...
Hazelthorn: Gorgeously gothic queer YA horromance from the NYT
Knives Out meets Belladonna in this gorgeously gothic queer YA horror and dark romance about an inherited estate, murderous relatives, and a garden with a taste for blood, from the...
The Ordeals (Killmarth Trials, Book 1)
A Waterstones' Best Romantasy Book of 2025 'A rich romantasy ideal for fans of dark academia' The Mirror 'The magic system is captivating, and the ending will leave you yearning...
Society of Lies: The Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
THE REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK 'Dark academia, secret societies, and murder - what's not to love?' Jessica Payne 'Takes you on a wild ride. It's a must-read!' Courteney Cox...
Belladonna: The addictive and mysterious gothic fantasy romance not to
Your name is no curse, Little Bird. I just like the taste of it. Orphaned as a child, Signa Farrow has been raised by a string of guardians, each more...
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door
'E asily my favourite read of this year . . . an unputdownable, bittersweet tale' Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic All they needed...
These Shattered Spires
' Ambitious, gruesome and appallingly fascinating ' - The Guardian In a rotten and bloody world, four magical rivals are forced to work together to avoid certain death in a...
A Land So Wide: A breathtaking, deliciously dark fairy tale from #1
Always be over the border by sunset. Listen to the pull of the Warding Stones. Leave out gratitudes each autumn for Reaping. Respect and fear the Bright-Eyeds. 'Lovely, dark, and...
The Underhistory
'Hauntingly creepy' - ERIN KELLY 'A unique jewel of a book' - LIZZY BARBER 'A heartfelt and chilling gothic tragedy' - CHRIS WHITAKER People come to visit my home and...
A Deadly Education: A TikTok sensation and Sunday Times bestselling
From the leading talent in fantasy, a magical coming-of-age trilogy with a female anti-hero - for fans of Dark Academia and Harry Potter. 'For all fans of Harry Potter, Wednesday...
Victorian Tales of the Weird: A curated anthology of Victorian and
From a dancing automaton running amok at a ball, to a prehistoric beast lurking in the depths of a Yorkshire cave, this anthology explores the nature of the 'old weird',...
The Silence Factory
Author: Bridget Collins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The whole world disappears when you enter THE SILENCE FACTORY 'Extraordinary writing... silk, secrets and silence woven into a gleaming Gothic...
The House of Whispers: The thrilling new novel from the bestselling author of The Clockwork Girl!
Author: Anna Mazzola Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 *Picked as one of the best historical novels of 2023 by The Times!* 'A creepy, chilling story - another Anna Mazzola...
The Forest Demands Its Due
A Lesson in Vengeance meets The Taking of Jake Livingston in this page-turning YA horror/fantasy set in dark academia about a queer Black teen who discovers the sinister history of...
A Language of Dragons
The most exciting debut of 2025 - an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel , Fourth Wing , and the Scholomance trilogy EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A...
Inheritance
Author: Nora Roberts Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Inheritance is the first in a brand new gothic trilogy from Sunday Times bestselling author Nora Roberts-a tale of tragedies, loves...
Butcher
'Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going' GILLIAN FLYNN'Delightfully disturbing' iNEWS'A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare' FINANCIAL TIMES From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and...
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The Pact: The gripping thriller for readers who love dark academia and shocking twists
Author: Sharon Bolton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'The Secret History for Millennials' Belinda Bauer A golden summer, and six talented teenagers are looking forward to the brightest of...
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double...
The Midnight Feast
WELCOME TO THE MANOR THE PARTY'S ON FIRE Readers are devouring it:'Delicious and darkly glamorous' LISA JEWELL'Totally gripping and a perfect page-turner' 'Midsommar meets The White Lotus' TOM HINDLE'Twisty from...
A Haunting on the Hill: "Scary and beautifully written' NEIL GAIMAN
Author: Elizabeth Hand Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 **Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and Harper's Bazaar** SIXTY YEARS LATER, HILL...
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Author: R.F. Kuang Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER 'One for Philip Pullman fans' THE TIMES 'This one is an automatic buy'...
The Society for Soulless Girls
Author: Laura Steven Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'TWISTY, SEXY, SMART ' - Kiran Millwood-Hargrave 'A MODERN GOTHIC GEM' - Samantha Shannon 'OH SO ROMANTIC' - Alexandra Christo 'AS...
The Shadow Bride (Scarlet Veil, Book 2)
Sink your teeth into a deliciously gothic enemies-to-lovers vampire romance, set in the world of the New York Times bestselling series Serpent & Dove! Full of everything I love: a...
The Book of Eve: A beguiling historical feminist tale - inspired by the undeciphered Voynich manuscript
The Binding meets The Handmaid's Tale - Discovering a book of dark and ancient power, a convent librarian must defend it with her life. Perfect for fans of dark academia...
The Dressmaker
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The Four
Author: Ellie Keel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Dark academia perfect for fans of The Secret History and If We Were Villains. Four scholarship students' dreams come true when...
The Outback Court Reporter: The new book from bestselling author and ABC journalist for readers of I CATCH KILLERS, MY MOTHER A SERIAL KILLER and LARRIMAH
Author: Jamelle Wells Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 One of Australia's most experienced court reporters goes on a judicial road trip. Outback Court Reporter is a sometimes funny, sometimes...
Break My Rules: A Novel
From USA Today bestselling author Roxy Sloane comes the second installment in the blazing hot dark academia romance trilogy-perfect for fans of Ana Huang, Emily McIntire, and Lauren Asher!"Oxford, England....
The Bone Hunters: A spellbinding historical novel about fossil hunting, ambition and betrayal
'An engrossing tale of a woman striving for the recognition she deserves in the face of male indifference and betrayal' SUNDAY TIMES 'Best historical fiction for February 2024' ...
The Ghost Fields: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 7
Author: Elly Griffiths Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. A bullet-ridden body is unearthed from a buried WW2 plane - but...
An Academy for Liars
Born with magic in their blood they must learn how to wield it . . . In a mysterious college a student will find that the hardest lessons are learned...
Immortal Consequences (The Souls of Blackwood Academy)
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERI.V. Marie's thrilling dark academia debut set at a magical boarding school in purgatory where some fates are worse than death ... For fans of...
Broken Ghosts: a haunting, gothic coming-of-age story from the
'A beautifully written novel imbued with empathy, spirits and magic' Scottish Daily MailSpring, 1985. Twelve year old Phoebe MacDonald's world is falling apart.She has just buried her parents, a fire...
Fallen Academy Year One: An Exciting YA Fantasy and Dark Academia
The first in the thrilling Fallen Academy series, sitting at the sweet spot between romantasy and dark academia, with an apocalyptic war between angels and demons thrown in for good...
The Monk
First time this book has been published as a Penguin Classic Ambrosio, the worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid, falls to the temptations of Matilda, a fiend-inspired wanton who,...
The Only One Left: the chilling, gripping novel from the master of the
PRE-ORDER NOW! THE BRAND NEW HEART-POUNDING GOTHIC THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHORAt seventeen, Lenora HopeHung her sister with a ropeNow reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders...
A Haunting on the Hill: Return to Shirley Jackson's classic ghost
THE FIRST AUTHORISED FOLLOW-UP NOVEL TO THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE 'A fitting - and frightening - homage to The Haunting of Hill House ' NEW YORK TIMES 'Full of...
The Nightingale's Castle: the gripping story of Erzsebet Bathory, the
'An absorbing work of fiction' Sunday Times'I was blown away by this dark, enchanting story of witchcraft, power and injustice. ..nothing short of brilliant' Mary ChamberlainErzsebet Bathory, whose infamous place...
And He Shall Appear
'As stunning as it is unsettling. A contemporary gothic masterpiece' KATY HAYS 'A beautiful and haunting examination of toxic friendships' HEATHER DARWENT 'Darkly glamorous' Guardian A DAILY MAIL BOOK TO...
Frankenstein
Author: Mary Shelley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a groundbreaking work of Gothic fiction that continues to captivate readers with its exploration of the human...
The Castle of Otranto
The original Gothic novel On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. His calculating father Manfred fears that his dynasty...
The Library Thief: The Binding meets The Vanishing Half in this [...]
An extraordinary historical debut for any reader who loves gothic mysteries like Rebecca and Fingersmith, and fiction which shines a light on untold stories.'Intriguingly and superbly plotted . . ....
Begars Abbey
Author: V.L. Valentine Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'A dark gothic delight' - JANICE HALLETT, author of THE TWYFORD CODE 'Inventive, lavish, twisty... will keep you guessing until the...
The Buried: A chilling, haunting crime thriller from Richard & Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton
Author: Sharon Bolton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 'The Buried's undoubted strengths include Bolton's deftly shaded portrayal of the attitudes of yesteryear towards women and the bonds of necessity...
Under Ground
'Immersive from the start and satisfying to the finish, a faultless tale from one of our best writers of historical crime fiction' JESS KIDD In the darkness, her face glimmered...