Campus Fiction
Back to school isn't just for kids. Check out these novels dealing with campus life and dark academia. (Created August 2026)
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The Adjunct
A young woman navigates academia’s gig economy and exposes a toxic system’s very real underbelly. (Kirkus)
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Seduction Theory
When two married professors tiptoe toward infidelity, their transgressions are brought to light in a graduate student’s searing thesis project. (NoveList)
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Sisterhood Above All
It’s rush week at Southern State University, and some girls would do anything to get their bid...Pledging may have deadly consequences in this twisty campus thriller. (Kirkus)
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Girl Dinner
Combining dark academia and biting satire, fantasy writer Blake's first foray into horror is a delectable treat. Parallel timelines weave together two perspectives: that of Nina, a college sophomore pledging the most exclusive sorority on campus, known as the House, and that of new mom and adjunct professor Sloane Hartley, who would rather be with her daughter than try to have it all. (Library Journal)
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Fox Hunt
Behind closed doors at England’s most ancient university, a circle of privileged students enter into a dark pagan ritual—one that holds tantalizing power and comes at a terrible price. (NoveList)
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Society of Lies
Maya Banks is excited to see her sister Naomi graduate from her alma mater, Princeton, but what is supposed to be a celebration turns into a nightmare when Naomi is found drowned in Lake Carnegie. (Booklist)
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The Obsessed
During her formative undergraduate years, overthinking and hyperanxious Astrid Duffy is floored by a novel by fictitious author Sofiya Sova. Soon her life is playing out like that of Sova's protagonist. Is Astrid purposely steering a course to emulate the novel or is it a coincidence? (Booklist)
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An Arcane Inheritance
Warren University has stood amongst the ivy elite for centuries, built on the bones—and forbidden magic—of its most prized BIPOC students…hiding the rot of a secret society that will do anything to keep their own powers burning bright. (NoveList)
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Catalina
Harvard student Catalina Ituralde, who escaped death in Latin America, confronts her mysterious past and uncertain future as she approaches graduation, all while navigating the complexities of love and freedom. (NoveList)
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Anita De Monte Laughs Last
An undergraduate at Brown University unearths the buried history of a Latine artist. (Kirkus)
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