Blog The Value of the Dark Academia Genre LRR, March 4, 2026February 27, 2026 Written by: Kaitlin Anderson I recently took a course which focused on an increasingly popular — and controversial — literary subgenre: dark academia. Originally an aesthetic popularized on Tumblr, dark academia gained wider recognition as it swept through social media and bookstores during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lists of books said… Continue Reading