Dark

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

The Poet Empress
The Wolf and the Crown of Blood (The Broken Accords, #1)
A Killer Kind of Romance
Fruit of the Flesh
This House Will Feed
A Hateful Negotiation (Kings of New York, #4)
Sparking Fire Out of Fate (Forging Silver into Stars, #3)
His Reaper (Unexpectedly Twisted #4)
Ranger (Jericho's Boys, #4)
Poisoned Heart (Twisted Mafia Vows #1)
Dark Dare (Dark #1)
Survival Instinct (Inhuman Natures, #2)
Love Me Stalk Me (Obsessively Yours, #1)
Depraved Devotion (Villains & Vices, #1)
Until Death (Queenmakers #1)
The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
Never Lie
Alchemised
None of This Is True
Daggermouth
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
Ask for Andrea (Ask for Andrea, #1)
The Only One Left
Bonds of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #2)
Redeeming 6 (Boys of Tommen, #4)
Blood of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #1)
A Flicker in the Dark
On Wings of Blood (Bloodwing Academy, #1)
Forget You Saw Her (Ask for Andrea, #0)
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinPrince of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceThe Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieLast Argument of Kings by Joe AbercrombieBefore They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
Best Dark Fantasy
533 books — 694 voters

Reaper's Property by Joanna WyldeMotorcycle Man by Kristen AshleyUndeniable by Madeline SheehanReaper's Legacy by Joanna WyldeOwn the Wind by Kristen Ashley
Motorcycle MC
804 books — 1,358 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
889 books — 873 voters

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. MaasGraceling by Kristin CashorePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderCrown of Midnight by Sarah J. MaasThe Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins
1,252 books — 4,632 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
493 books — 449 voters

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

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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