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The Secret History , written by Donna Tart, has long been considered the epitome of the Dark Academia  aesthetic- all intellectual and philosophical musings, thought provoking dialogues, and polished facades. However, the novel is as much a critique of the aesthetic (and aestheticism in general) as a template for the dark academia books that came along later.  The plot follows our protagonist, Richard Papen, as he gets admitted into a prestigious college with a highly selecti

The truth is, I still don’t believe it. There was something else that happened that night—something important I’m missing. Something tugging at the periphery of my memory. I feel like if I could think hard enough, I would figure it out. But the harder I try to remember, the more it eludes me. Freida McFadden’s The Inmate is a thrilling and suspenseful novel that keeps the reader hooked until the very end. It tells the story of Brooke Sullivan, a young nurse practitioner who s