Behold the marvelous cover for Thoughts Be Bloody by Auden Patrick! A struggling student, a resident golden boy, and the curse that will bring them together: this queer, trans retelling is Hamlet as you’ve never read it before 🎭📜🪶 Exploring classism, identity, and the true meaning of revolution, this dark academia novel is perfect for fans of R. F. Kuang’s Babel and S. T. Gibson’s An Education in Malice. Read an excerpt on Nerdist! Out on March 24th, 2026, preorder this dark academia novel today! Artist: Aykut Aydogdu Cover Director: Jenna Stempel-Lobel #DAWBooks #ThoughtsBeBloody #AudenPatrick #fantasy #Hamlet #retelling #mustread