Recs if you like The Magus...

Not all collections hold things you can touch. This one holds worlds that breathe, selves that dissolve, and realities that refuse to hold their shape. These are the fictions that live on the edge of what language can contain - and sometimes just beyond. Admission is free, through entry requires a signed waiver: the curator cannot be held responsible for any transformations that occur upon your exit. We welcome specimen recommendations!

Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.

Books with a distinct literary DNA that reflects the chaotic, revolutionary era they were born into and often show a systemic distrust of authority. Whether the enemy is the military (Catch-22), psychiatric institutions (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), or government surveillance (Vineland)

Characters in novels traveling our world, either via road trip, flights, tours, what have you, that will make you want to travel.

Occult obsession and dark academia with explorations of trauma, corruption, and sacrifice.

Every single person in this book could benefit from some professional help

The Primary Works section of the Reading List of Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor

yeah it’s cliche but i do like a lot of these books. both books that fit the dark academia genre and books dark academics would read.

Classic novels! Find a new fave with this list.

The number 1 bestsellers for each year. 1900-1999

In April 2003 the BBC's Big Read began the search for the nation's best-loved novel, and we asked you to nominate your favourite books.

become the absolute hottest book snob by reading other dark academia outside of the secret history (which, yes, is God tier literature)