Grimdark

Grimdark is a subgenre or a way to describe the tone, style or setting of speculative fiction (especially fantasy) that is, depending on the definition used, markedly dystopian or amoral, or particularly violent or realistic.

The word was inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000: “In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.”

The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
Best Served Cold
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
The Heroes
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
Red Country
King of Thorns (Broken Empire, #2)
Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
The First Law Trilogy by Joe AbercrombieThe Broken Empire Trilogy by Mark  LawrenceThe Gunslinger by Stephen  KingGoblin Slayer, Vol. 1 by Kumo KagyuThe Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Books Like Berserk
55 books — 9 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienA Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Medieval Fantasy Books
509 books — 937 voters

Mistborn by Brandon SandersonThunderhead by Neal ShustermanThe Rithmatist by Brandon SandersonThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Six Macs and the Purple Orb by David J. Dawkins
Fantasy of Worth
32 books — 3 voters

Ithaka. La orgullosa Ithaka. Mundo de océanos. Cuna de Serpientes. La acorazada nave de desembarco gira como un cometa a gran altitud, despidiendo fuego como una estrella fugaz. En su candente casco resplandece la insignia de la serpiente de doble curva que representa al Capítulo de los Serpientes de Hierro...
Los hermanos de la serpiente

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We still walking into this?” “Yes.” “Good. I was worried my day might calm down.” Elijah gave him one of his almost-smiles. “Keep your axe high.
J.L. Coulbeck, The Witch Hunter's Debt

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