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Tracking the Sharp Turn of the Campus Novel Over 30 Years

The campus novel is that rare form of literature defined not by plot, tone, or pacing, but by setting — a designation it shares with space operas and Westerns, but with more flexibility built into the premise. A campus novel might be a work of mystery, romance, fantasy, literary fiction,…

Savannah CordovaSeptember 5, 2024

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Academia Turns Dark in Locked-Room Thriller

Edgar nominated bestselling novelist David Bell has chosen a bucolic, tree-lined college campus in Kentucky for the setting of his latest suspenseful thriller The Finalists (Berkley). The fictional Hyde House facade depicted on the cover bears similarities to Henry Hardin Cherry Hall (minus the cupola) on his home campus of…

Linda HitchcockJuly 5, 2022

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10 Dark Academia Reads to Obsess Over this Autumn

Dark academia lurks on the underside of academia — with a focus on the illicit, the murderous and the obsessive. When students become wildly fixated on their studies, they careen into forbidden territory, uncovering secrets that become the subject of the novel. This subgenre's appeal is not unlike the pull…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 23, 2022

Tracking the Sharp Turn of the Campus Novel Over 30 Years

Academia Turns Dark in Locked-Room Thriller

10 Dark Academia Reads to Obsess Over this Autumn

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