Dark academia & magic romance books

Here are 13 romance books which feature the themes/tropes of dark academia and magic. If there’s too many (or too few!) books for your taste here, take a look at my romance book database where you can search by your dream trope combinations.

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1
A Deadly Education Naomi Novik
336 pages Book 1 of The Scholomance Series Published by Del Rey
Dark academia Magic
2
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid
448 pages Book 1 of A Study in Drowning Series Published by HarperTeen
Dark academia Magic
3
Alchemy of Secrets Stephanie Garber
400 pages Book 1 of the Alchemy of Secrets Series Published by Flatiron Books
Dark academia Magic
4
Arcana Academy Elise Kova
480 pages Book 1 of Arcana Chronicles Academy Series Published by Silver Wing Press
Enemies to lovers Dark academia Magic
5
House of Marionne J. Elle
416 pages Book 1 of House of Marionne Series Published by Bloomsbury YA
Forbidden romance Dark academia Magic
6
Immortal Consequences I.V. Marie
400 pages Book 1 of Immortal Series Self-published
Academia Dark academia Magic
7
Katabasis R.F. Kuang
448 pages Standalone Published by Harper Voyager
Academia Dark academia Magic Mythology
8
Legendborn Tracy Deonn
512 pages Book 1 of the Legendborn Cycle Published by Margaret K. McElderry
Dark academia Retellings Demons Magic
9
The Bond That Burns Briar Boleyn
500 pages Book 2 of Bloodwing Academy Self-published
Enemies to lovers Dark academia Dragons Fae
10
The Golden Enclaves Naomi Novik
400 pages Book 3 of Scholomance Published by Del Rey
Dark academia Magic Witches
11
The Last Graduate Naomi Novik
400 pages Book 2 of The Scholomance Series Published by Del Rey
Dark academia Magic
12
The Otherwhere Post Emily J. Taylor
400 pages Standalone Published by Razorbill
Dark academia Magic
13
The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson
448 pages Standalone Published by Little, Brown
Dark academia Magic