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Grimdark Fantasy Books
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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 96 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 333,269 ratings — published 2006
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 72 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.36 — 231,963 ratings — published 2007
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 69 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.37 — 213,958 ratings — published 2008
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.82 — 126,210 ratings — published 2011
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.25 — 117,957 ratings — published 2009
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 542,270 ratings — published 2018
The Heroes (ebook)
by (shelved 43 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.35 — 81,135 ratings — published 2011
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,804,905 ratings — published 1996
A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.45 — 65,568 ratings — published 2019
Red Country (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 37 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.32 — 69,632 ratings — published 2012
Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3)
by (shelved 35 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 58,752 ratings — published 2013
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 357,393 ratings — published 2006
King of Thorns (Broken Empire, #2)
by (shelved 34 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.17 — 71,850 ratings — published 2012
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 31 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,047,134 ratings — published 1998
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.93 — 56,363 ratings — published 1984
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.94 — 143,651 ratings — published 1999
The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.60 — 49,505 ratings — published 2020
The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.59 — 44,216 ratings — published 2021
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.55 — 867,976 ratings — published 2000
Sharp Ends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.10 — 29,195 ratings — published 2016
Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,978 ratings — published 2018
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.16 — 64,339 ratings — published 2017
Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.05 — 35,887 ratings — published 2014
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 23 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.34 — 753,627 ratings — published 2011
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 23 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.18 — 810,067 ratings — published 2005
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.33 — 247,867 ratings — published 2019
The Steel Remains (A Land Fit for Heroes, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.74 — 18,660 ratings — published 2008
The Devils (The Devils, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.20 — 82,119 ratings — published 2025
Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,158 ratings — published 2015
The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
by (shelved 18 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.26 — 192,642 ratings — published 2020
The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.85 — 24,530 ratings — published 2003
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 178,877 ratings — published 2008
Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.25 — 165,086 ratings — published 2007
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.28 — 351,821 ratings — published 2015
The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)
by (shelved 16 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.21 — 124,967 ratings — published 2013
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
by (shelved 16 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.14 — 433,380 ratings — published 1993
The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.99 — 17,801 ratings — published 2022
Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 119,952 ratings — published 2016
The Grey Bastards (The Lot Lands, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,182 ratings — published 2015
The Grim Company (The Grim Company, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,633 ratings — published 2013
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.18 — 114,500 ratings — published 2021
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.34 — 92,673 ratings — published 2021
Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,004 ratings — published 2020
We Are the Dead (The Last War, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,589 ratings — published 2019
Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,714 ratings — published 2017
Grey Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.35 — 39,260 ratings — published 2018
Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.18 — 66,338 ratings — published 2012
Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.41 — 93,721 ratings — published 2011
The Liar's Key (The Red Queen's War, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.23 — 22,166 ratings — published 2015
Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as grimdark-fantasy)
avg rating 4.28 — 87,657 ratings — published 2000
“Hours passed in that dark space.
It seemed as if time itself had separated from them, as if it’d become some strange, stalking creature Vasily had left behind at the door, a selfish thief he never wanted to find again. If time was a thing of flesh and bone he would’ve killed it right then and there, burned it and the whole world too for just another moment, for just another day to say all these precious unsaid things clogging his chest that he hadn’t the courage to say in the rapidly-fading now.
But now was all they had, just the barest whisper of a few stray moments, all so quick to slip through his fingers and fall to the floor.
Now was not enough.”
― Prince of Glass: Remastered
It seemed as if time itself had separated from them, as if it’d become some strange, stalking creature Vasily had left behind at the door, a selfish thief he never wanted to find again. If time was a thing of flesh and bone he would’ve killed it right then and there, burned it and the whole world too for just another moment, for just another day to say all these precious unsaid things clogging his chest that he hadn’t the courage to say in the rapidly-fading now.
But now was all they had, just the barest whisper of a few stray moments, all so quick to slip through his fingers and fall to the floor.
Now was not enough.”
― Prince of Glass: Remastered
“What made Taein the Unkillable Kid was more than surviving the war that tore his realm apart and the hunt for his life that followed. It was more than almost starving to death in the wilds, it was more than the addictions that still hungered for his life. More than his time in the Blackblades, more than evading the Garrison, more than all the thrashings and scraps and botched brawls he’d ever gotten himself into. What made Taein the Unkillable Kid was the truth—that he literally could not die.
And Taein knew that for a fact, because he had tried to die more times than he could count. ”
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And Taein knew that for a fact, because he had tried to die more times than he could count. ”
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