The Dark Academicals: Season Two title line-up for our dark academia podcast
The podcast where we delve into the mythos of dark academia, one book at a time.
In just a few short weeks, ‘The Dark Academicals’ will be back for season two!
We’ve loved our podcast journey so far. It’s been a heck of a learning curve and a lot of hard work, but recording with Sarah every other week has been so much fun and I’m really excited to get going again with season two.
In season one we tackled:
‘The Secret History’ by Donna Tartt
‘If We Were Villains’ by ML Rio
‘The Great Gatsby’ by F Scott Fitzgerald
‘Madam’ by Phoebe Wynne
‘Ace of Spades’ by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
‘Catherine House’ by Elisabeth Thomas
We had an incredible season exploring dark academia through contemporary novels, new and old, and the links with our dark academia adjacent novel. The excitement levels for dark academia books and this podcast were sky high for us by the time we ended season one, so picking only six titles for season two was tough. But we did it!
The books on the list for season two are:
‘The Atlas Six’ by Olivie Blake
‘Sleepwalking’ by Meg Wolitzer
‘The Maidens’ by Alex Michaelides
‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde
‘The Mary Shelley Club’ by Goldy Moldavsky
‘The Raven Boys’ by Maggie Stiefvater
The titles we have chosen branch outside of the traditional contemporary novel that dark academia sits comfortably in. We have a thriller, a YA novel, a new adult novel, fantasy and magical realism.
We’re hoping for some really interesting discussions by looking at dark academia through a new lens of an alternate genre.
Just like in season one, we’ll be exploring which tenets of dark academia the novel does or does no include, looking at criticisms another isolated elements, certain characters in close up detail, and chatty about our thoughts and feelings about the book itself.
We’ve loved, loved, loved making ‘The Dark Academicals’ and we’d be so grateful if you gave it a listen.
You can listen via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and this very website!
If you wanted to buy your own copies of any of the upcoming books, then consider using bookshop.org. Yes, we are affiliated with them so we do get something out of it, but by making your bookish purchases through them you’re also supporting local bookshops.
Written by Sarah
