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)
Words of Radiance by Brandon SandersonPrince of Fools by Mark  LawrenceTower Lord by Anthony RyanThe Broken Eye by Brent WeeksHalf a King by Joe Abercrombie
Best Fantasy of 2014
147 books — 613 voters
The Apprentice in the Master’s Shadow by Ian GregoireThe Exercise of Vital Powers by Ian GregoireSenlin Ascends by Josiah BancroftPaternus by Dyrk AshtonMaster of Crows by Grace Draven
Indie Fantasy Recommendations
388 books — 246 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
499 books — 910 voters

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1,668 books — 2,000 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

S. A. Matey
Taein was bleeding in ways that no man could sustain for long, but he had a job to do. The path ahead had to be finished, before all this blood like water ran out and the grave closed over him at last.
S. A. Matey, Prince of Glass: Remastered

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...
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