Dark

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

The Mortons
One Shattered Crown (Grimm Bargains #3)
Ember: A Mafia Romance (The Hunted Kingdom, 2)
Tar City
Fervor
An Education in Longing
Forced Promises
Sweet Devotion (Sins of the Father, #4)
This Blade of Ours (This Monster of Mine, #2)
Feast
Endless Blue Beneath (Daughters of Atlantea, #1)
A Masterpiece in Blood (Empyreal #2)
Makerborn: A Brutal Epic Dark Fantasy
Hold Me Close (Dangerous Obsession, #3)
There's Something in the Water (Predators & Prey Book 1)
Never Lie
The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
The Housewife
Daybreak (Sorrowsong University, #2)
None of This Is True
Alchemised
Redeeming 6 (Boys of Tommen, #4)
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
Nightshade (Sorrowsong University, #1)
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
Daggermouth (The Heart, #1)
Web of Vows and Vengeance (The Hirathean Path, #1)
Ask for Andrea (Ask for Andrea, #1)
Le dîner
Releasing 10 (Boys of Tommen, #6)
Captive in the Dark by C.J. RobertsSeduced in the Dark by C.J. RobertsComfort Food by Kitty ThomasMercy by Lucian BaneConsequences (Consequences, #1) A Dark Wealth and Power Romance by Aleatha Romig
The Darker Side
1,286 books — 3,444 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisTrainspotting by Irvine WelshOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Contemporary Cult Fiction
511 books — 496 voters

Sempre by J.M. DarhowerBound by Honor by Cora ReillyBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireMonster in His Eyes by J.M. DarhowerRuthless People by J.J. McAvoy
Best Mafia/Mob Romance Books
1,244 books — 4,607 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

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
908 books — 889 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 Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)
The Risk (Mindf*ck, #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)
Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)
Den of Vipers
The Predator (Dark Verse, #1)

Karl Lagerfeld
We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.
Karl Lagerfeld

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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