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As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingenue, extra. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.
#polls#book: if we were villains#author: m.l rio#genre: contemporary#genre: thriller#genre: mystery#year: 2010s
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I can't wait for Autumn 🍂🍁
#autumn#fall aesthetic#fall#halloween#autumn aesthetic#all hallows eve#samhain#rainyday#dark academia#dark acadamia aesthetic#books & libraries#the secret history#books#francis abernathy#donna tartt#henry winter#richard papen#bunny corcoran#camilla macaulay#if we were villains#dead poets society#october#october aesthetic#dead poets aesthetic#dps#tsh donna tartt#aesthetic#spooky aesthetic#spooky season
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bitches be like “this is the best piece of literature i have ever read” and it’s either a book that took them six weeks to finish or a fanfic they read at 3 AM
#booklr#wdym the best book ever is a my hero academia fanfic??#the secret history#tsh#richard papen#henry winter#odd eye fic#odd eye#marauders#andreil#classics#literature#from the sidelines#if we were villains#harry potter#drarry#bakudeku#franz kafka#i can’t believe i’m tagging drarry and franz kafka in the same post#or larry stylinson#😭😭😭#1d#unbelievers#ao3#fanfic#metamorphosis#this is the most controversial tagging i’ve ever done#help#mha#bnha
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You said home & I embraced myself
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#aesthetic#dark academia#chaotic academia#spilled ink#academia#classic academia#light academia#coquette#classic literature#the secret history#donna tartt#escapism#edgar allan poe#the goldfinch#franz kafka#dark and darker#dark academia moodboard#academia moodboard#sylvia plath#fydor dostoevsky#dark and moody#black & brown#books and poetry#dead poets society#if we were villains#the song of achilles#the phantom of the opera#books and coffee#michaelangelo#dark romantica
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"How would you describe most of your favorite shows/books?"
Like this:
#that fits for sooo many shows and books lmao#good omens#ineffable husbands#loki series#lokius#killing eve#villanelle x eve#it stephen king#reddie#richie x eddie#carmilla#if we were villains#the song of achilles#call me by your name#the haunting of hill house#queer#fandom ramblings#★parlapina's ramblings★
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oh to be immortal and be able to consume every piece of knowledge and literature ever
#literature#i want to be immortal#books#knowledge#dark academia#tsh#the secret history#iwwv#if we were villains#babel rf kuang
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"How do you read so many books??" I am simply trying to avoid reality, what are you doing
#books#love books#dark academia books#light academia books#dark academia#ligth academia#ouabh#tbona#acftl#caraval#the secret history#the folk of the air#cruel prince#serpent and dove#shatter me#shadow and bone#uprooted#spinning silver#heartless marissa meyer#vicious#vengeful#assistant to the villain#serpent and the wings of night#if we were villains#twisted love#agggtm#five survive#love hypothesis#love on the brain#not in love
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Oh to be a student in a haunted academy, your reading companions the ghosts of a glorious past
#dark academia#dark acadamia aesthetic#aesthetic#dark academism#books#light academia#dark academia aesthetic#literature#moodboard#dark academia moodboard#haunted#gothic#dark academia literature#moodboards dark academia#light aesthetic#dark academia moodboards#lit#english literature#gothic academia#dark moodboard#academia aesthetic#academia lucifer#academia#the secret history#if we were villains#babel#art history#agatha christie
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#dark academia#chaotic academia#books#light academia#classic academia#literature academia#literature#dark academia aesthetic#light academia aesthetic#aestethic#source: pinterest#moodboard#academia#theatre academia#pinterest#pinterest moodboard#mood#classic#bookblr#booklr#boooks#if we were villains
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The love language of annotating a book
#dark academia#secret history#donna tartt#if we were villains#classical literature#classic academia#classics#classic literature#classic look#classic lit aesthetic#classic lit art#books#book tumblr#booklover#booklr#bookworm#book quotes#annotating books#art of annotating#annotations#dark acadamia aesthetic#dark academism#escapism
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#Red academia#I’m bored#red aesthetic#dark red#dark aesthetic#dark academia#gothic aesthetic#red wine#cigarette aesthetic#red roses#black cats#classic academia#dark romantica#books and literature#romanticism#academia#the secret history#chaotic academia#if we were villains#academia aesthetic#dark souls#night aesthetic#evening aesthetic
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The Ultimate Dark Academia Book Recommendation Guide Ever
The title of this post is clickbait. I, unfortunately, have not read every book ever. Not all of these books are particularly “dark” either. However, these are my recommendations for your dark academia fix. The quality of each of these books varies. I have limited this list to books that are directly linked to the world of academia and/or which have a vaguely academic setting.
Dark Academia staples:
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
Dead Poets Society by Nancy H. Kleinbaum
Vita Nostra by Maryna Dyachenko
Dark academia litfic or contemporary:
Bunny by Mona Awad
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever
White Ivy by Susie Yang
The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates
Attribution by Linda Moore
Dark academia thrillers or horror:
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian
Dark academia fantasy/sci-fi:
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
The Betrayals by Bridget Collins
Dark academia romance:
Gothikana by RuNyx
Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
Dark academia YA or MG:
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Crave by Tracy Wolff
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Dark academia miscellaneous:
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip
#dark academia#dark academia books#dark academia aesthetic#poc dark academia#light academia#chaotic academia#books and literature#book blog#ya books#books#book recs#book recommendations#the secret history#if we were villains#babel an arcane history#the atlas six#ninth house#legendborn#dead poets society#bookblr#bookstagram#academia#academic#bookish#vicious ve schwab#the maidens#the raven boys#vita nostra
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was it casual when you went to jail for a crime i comitted ? was it casual when you told your girlfriend you were in love with me after you found out i died ? was it casual when you were burningly jealous when i kissed someone in class while acting ?
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With every turning page, reality held lesser significance for me.
#aesthetic#academia#classic academia#dark academic aesthetic#light academia#dark academia#literature#love#moodboard#dark academia aesthetic#dark academia books#dark academia vibes#chaotic academia#academia aesthetic#romantic academia#chaotic thoughts#books#donna tartt#the secret history#if we were villains
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Death whispered,"I'll love you more than life ever can."
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#aesthetic#dark academia#chaotic academia#spilled ink#spilled thoughts#classic academia#academia#light academia#classic literature#dark and darker#dark and moody#dark and beautiful#black & brown#dark academia moodboard#my academia#dark Academia aesthetic#escapism#dead poets society#the secret history#the picture of dorian gray#the goldfinch#if we were villains#sylvia plath#fydor dostoevsky#franz kafka#books and poetry#books and coffee#self qoute#writeblr#autumn aesthetic
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tortured soul
#nini boards ♡#dark acadamia aesthetic#dark academia#academia aesthetic#chaotic academia#literature#books#the secret history#if we were villains#moodboard#dark aesthetic#dark moodboard#donna tartt#dark acadamia quotes#dead poets society#literary quotes#romantic academia#romanticism#light academia#russian literature#fyodor dostoevsky#aesthetic#books and libraries#tsh aesthetic#pinterest moodboard
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