Books Like "The Last Graduate"

Matched to readers who loved The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

Dark academia meets magical survival horror as Novik's brilliant antihero faces graduation from the deadliest school imaginable.

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• A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik — The first book in this trilogy, essential reading before tackling The Last Graduate's complex plot developments.
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• The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang — Features another morally complex protagonist at a brutal magical academy, with similarly dark themes and high stakes.
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• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo — Dark academia with a working-class heroine navigating elite magical institutions and their inherent inequalities.
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• The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss — University-based fantasy with detailed magic systems, though considerably lighter in tone than Novik's brutal world.
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• Carry On by Rainbow Rowell — Magical boarding school setting with LGBTQ+ romance elements, though far more comedic than Novik's deadly serious approach.
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