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Grim Dark Fantasy Books
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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 339,713 ratings — published 2006
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.36 — 236,594 ratings — published 2007
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.37 — 218,207 ratings — published 2008
The Heroes (ebook)
by (shelved 12 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.35 — 82,604 ratings — published 2011
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.25 — 119,960 ratings — published 2009
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 557,788 ratings — published 2018
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.82 — 126,947 ratings — published 2011
A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.45 — 67,077 ratings — published 2019
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,827,364 ratings — published 1996
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.94 — 145,398 ratings — published 1999
Red Country (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.32 — 70,948 ratings — published 2012
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.93 — 56,869 ratings — published 1984
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 361,900 ratings — published 2006
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.33 — 255,183 ratings — published 2019
Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.05 — 36,044 ratings — published 2014
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.34 — 101,256 ratings — published 2021
The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.60 — 50,803 ratings — published 2020
Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,217 ratings — published 2015
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,055,640 ratings — published 1998
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 6 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.35 — 758,412 ratings — published 2011
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 6 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.18 — 815,915 ratings — published 2005
The Devils (The Devils, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.20 — 90,684 ratings — published 2025
The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.59 — 45,463 ratings — published 2021
Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,093 ratings — published 2018
Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.43 — 48,461 ratings — published 2014
Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.18 — 69,541 ratings — published 2012
Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 59,044 ratings — published 2013
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.16 — 64,756 ratings — published 2017
King of Thorns (Broken Empire, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.17 — 72,190 ratings — published 2012
Alchemised (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.29 — 380,681 ratings — published 2025
Eleventh Cycle (Mistland, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,024 ratings — published 2023
The Forgetting Moon (The Five Warrior Angels, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,886 ratings — published 2016
Wrath (The Faithful and the Fallen, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.53 — 38,016 ratings — published 2016
Between Two Fires (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.17 — 110,549 ratings — published 2012
Sharp Ends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.10 — 29,906 ratings — published 2016
Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,051 ratings — published 2020
We Are the Dead (The Last War, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,666 ratings — published 2019
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.90 — 683,777 ratings — published 1982
Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.50 — 40,812 ratings — published 2015
The Warded Man (Demon Cycle #1)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.24 — 134,455 ratings — published 2008
Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,800 ratings — published 2017
The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.26 — 198,854 ratings — published 2020
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.55 — 874,332 ratings — published 2000
Grave Empire (The Great Silence #1)
by (shelved 3 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.03 — 5,544 ratings — published 2025
Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.28 — 88,667 ratings — published 2000
The Sword Defiant (Lands of the Firstborn, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,083 ratings — published 2023
Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.09 — 13,278 ratings — published 1998
The Grey Bastards (The Lot Lands, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,257 ratings — published 2015
The Pariah (Covenant of Steel, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 19,668 ratings — published 2021
The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as grim-dark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,632 ratings — published 2019
