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Grimdark Books
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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 666 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.22 — 327,689 ratings — published 2006
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 447 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.36 — 228,218 ratings — published 2007
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 438 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.37 — 210,550 ratings — published 2008
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 371 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.82 — 125,528 ratings — published 2011
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 316 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.25 — 116,324 ratings — published 2009
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 252 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,786,141 ratings — published 1996
A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
by (shelved 250 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.45 — 64,243 ratings — published 2019
The Heroes (ebook)
by (shelved 236 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.35 — 79,968 ratings — published 2011
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 230 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.15 — 527,955 ratings — published 2018
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
by (shelved 225 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.93 — 55,943 ratings — published 1984
Red Country (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 217 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.32 — 68,666 ratings — published 2012
King of Thorns (Broken Empire, #2)
by (shelved 211 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.17 — 71,573 ratings — published 2012
Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3)
by (shelved 195 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.22 — 58,495 ratings — published 2013
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 173 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,040,435 ratings — published 1998
The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
by (shelved 163 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.60 — 48,378 ratings — published 2020
The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
by (shelved 157 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.85 — 24,316 ratings — published 2003
The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
by (shelved 146 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.60 — 43,180 ratings — published 2021
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 145 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.94 — 142,203 ratings — published 1999
Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1)
by (shelved 144 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,107 ratings — published 2015
The Devils (The Devils, #1)
by (shelved 143 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.21 — 74,369 ratings — published 2025
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 143 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.55 — 860,816 ratings — published 2000
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 143 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.30 — 353,397 ratings — published 2006
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 143 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.17 — 805,524 ratings — published 2005
Sharp Ends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 134 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.10 — 28,666 ratings — published 2016
Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)
by (shelved 133 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.05 — 35,754 ratings — published 2014
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 122 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.34 — 749,755 ratings — published 2011
The Court of Broken Knives (Empires of Dust, #1)
by (shelved 115 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.46 — 3,343 ratings — published 2017
Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)
by (shelved 110 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,644 ratings — published 2017
Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)
by (shelved 110 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.97 — 76,388 ratings — published 2014
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1)
by (shelved 107 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.16 — 64,035 ratings — published 2017
The Steel Remains (A Land Fit for Heroes, #1)
by (shelved 107 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.74 — 18,611 ratings — published 2008
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
by (shelved 100 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.33 — 240,856 ratings — published 2019
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.33 — 86,547 ratings — published 2021
The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
by (shelved 92 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.27 — 186,910 ratings — published 2020
Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,914 ratings — published 2018
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
by (shelved 81 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.19 — 50,144 ratings — published 2021
Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 81 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.22 — 118,677 ratings — published 2016
The Grim Company (The Grim Company, #1)
by (shelved 80 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,617 ratings — published 2013
Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1)
by (shelved 77 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.41 — 93,355 ratings — published 2011
Godblind (Godblind, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.61 — 2,545 ratings — published
Half the World (Shattered Sea, #2)
by (shelved 73 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.19 — 46,787 ratings — published 2015
Shadows Linger (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #2)
by (shelved 73 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.18 — 22,026 ratings — published 1984
The Liar's Key (The Red Queen's War, #2)
by (shelved 72 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.23 — 22,090 ratings — published 2015
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
by (shelved 70 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.14 — 429,151 ratings — published 1993
Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.09 — 13,105 ratings — published 1998
Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)
by (shelved 67 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.28 — 86,818 ratings — published 2000
The Grey Bastards (The Lot Lands, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.06 — 9,122 ratings — published 2015
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.18 — 109,504 ratings — published 2021
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.15 — 178,396 ratings — published 2008
Between Two Fires (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.19 — 84,493 ratings — published 2012
“The world was broken over eight hundred years ago, during The Reckoning. Now it is a time of darkness, a time of war, of blood and slaughter. It is a time of fire and dissolution.”
― The Bjornlinga Saga #1
― The Bjornlinga Saga #1
“Elijah knew too well: the dead didn’t stop haunting just because you closed your eyes.”
― The Witch Hunter's Lie
― The Witch Hunter's Lie
