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What Is Dark Academia? Ft Katabasis and The Incandescent (Patreon)

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2025-08-29 16:00:22
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I don't think Dark Academia is (totally) real, and here is why, with a bit of a light book review of R.F. Kuang's Katabasis and Emily Tesh's The Incandescent.

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og.monstr

Just have to take the piss: I wonder whether 'Die Schule der kleinen Vampire' counts as magic school or dark academia... 😁

e.lonnrot

Yes, thank you! Dark Academia is a Fake Genre! 🗣️🗣️ Romantasy? Also fake! Publishers (and the internet) simply rebranded the Campus Novel and paranormal romance genre. I was alive and reading before these coinages existed, and these types of books definitely existed back then too! And because of the slipshod way the term Dark Academia came together, you’re correct that it has kind of bled into the Magic School boom set off by HP. A lot of people also equate Dark Academia with a school setting + murder, which pulls thrillers and mysteries into this category as well, even if the scholastic themes are incidental rather than central to the narrative. Idk, a lot of books that are different tonally, thematically, and stylistically - that basically belong in different genres - are all being lumped in together under the Dark Academia label. And campus novels that have dark themes are being left out ….

Lindsey Mercer

I say this as someone with a PhD: All academia is dark academia. 🔥

Naomi

I like how Ninth House explores privilege and elitism. I think it counts as Dark Academia.