Dark

Dark literature refers to books that deal with grim subject matter, such as war, persecution, abuse, or suffering.

The Bone Door
I'll Watch Your Baby
All Them Dogs
A Dark and Wild Wood
Deathball (Deathball #1)
Everything Dead & Dying
Keep Me Safe (Dangerous Obsession Book, #2)
The Binding (Heirs of the Shattered Veil, #3)
Love You To Pieces
Tainted Embrace
Земля молодих
The Auction
Honor & Heresy
Bulletproof
His Sinner (Saint and Sinner Duet, #2)
The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
Never Lie
Crown Me Dead (Heartstring Duet, #1)
None of This Is True
Alchemised
Redeeming 6 (Boys of Tommen, #4)
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
Ask for Andrea (Ask for Andrea, #1)
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
The Dinner Party: A Pick Your Poison Adventure
Releasing 10 (Boys of Tommen, #6)
A Flicker in the Dark
Twisted Pawn (Society of Villains, #2)
Daggermouth (The Heart, #1)
Frozen Heart (Perfectly Imperfect, #12)
Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickFallen by Lauren KateThe Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle HodkinSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzTaming Flame by Therisa Peimer
Haunting Covers
909 books — 893 voters

1984 by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Quality Dark Fiction
2,680 books — 3,847 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Books to Read for Halloween
1,224 books — 1,264 voters

Captive in the Dark by C.J. RobertsSeduced in the Dark by C.J. RobertsTears of Tess by Pepper WintersConsequences (Consequences, #1) A Dark Wealth and Power Romance by Aleatha RomigEpilogue by C.J. Roberts
Best Dark Books Ever
1,063 books — 1,622 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Totally GREAT Books!
693 books — 324 voters

Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
Corrupt (Devil's Night, #1)
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
Lights Out (Into Darkness, #1)
The Risk (Mindf*ck, #1)
The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)
Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1)
God of Malice (Legacy of Gods, #1)
Hooked (Never After, #1)
Still Beating
Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)
Den of Vipers
The Predator (Dark Verse, #1)
Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)

Sylvia Plath
I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me.
Sylvia Plath , The Collected Poems

Jandy Nelson
There were once two sisters who were not afriad of the dark because the dark was full of the other's voice across the room, because even when the night was thick and starless they walked home together from the river seeing who could last the longest without turning on her flashlight, not afraid because sometimes in the pitch of night they'd lie on their backs in the middle of the path and look up until the stars came back and when they did, they'd reach their arms up to touch them and did. ...more
Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere

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