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Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 38,222 ratings — published 2003
Seed of the Defiled (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 53 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,871 ratings — published
The Doomsday Butcher (Cole Chambers FBI Profiler Thrillers #1)
by (shelved 53 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.31 — 6,049 ratings — published
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,444 ratings — published 2019
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.92 — 45,542 ratings — published 2010
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.22 — 337,993 ratings — published 2006
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 45,682 ratings — published 2012
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,820,698 ratings — published 1996
Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,090,740 ratings — published 2006
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 553,552 ratings — published 2018
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 269,824 ratings — published 2005
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.55 — 872,521 ratings — published 2000
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 814,200 ratings — published 2005
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,053,154 ratings — published 1998
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 665,132 ratings — published 1996
All the Sinners Bleed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.19 — 150,950 ratings — published 2023
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.35 — 756,981 ratings — published 2011
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 235,316 ratings — published 2007
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.82 — 126,756 ratings — published 2011
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 360,757 ratings — published 2006
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 246,793 ratings — published 1985
The Jigsaw Man (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.88 — 20,188 ratings — published 2020
Birdman (Jack Caffery, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 27,256 ratings — published 1999
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 186,512 ratings — published 1993
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.37 — 216,997 ratings — published 2008
The Crucifix Killer (Robert Hunter, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.28 — 45,809 ratings — published 2009
The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.25 — 103,041 ratings — published 2017
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,531,589 ratings — published 2005
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,284,116 ratings — published 2006
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,294,785 ratings — published 2008
Winter's Bone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 44,423 ratings — published 2006
The Devil All the Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 44,217 ratings — published 2011
Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.95 — 34,926 ratings — published 1999
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.46 — 909,627 ratings — published 2022
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,216,764 ratings — published 2015
Undeniable (Undeniable, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.01 — 51,128 ratings — published 2012
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.25 — 119,379 ratings — published 2009
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 869,881 ratings — published 2009
The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.95 — 28,768 ratings — published 1995
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.26 — 602,656 ratings — published 1988
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,562,883 ratings — published 2012
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,692,928 ratings — published 1967
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,005,720 ratings — published 2001
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,341,567 ratings — published 2009
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 380,767 ratings — published 1984
The Bones at Point No Point (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.22 — 24,813 ratings — published 2022
Razorblade Tears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 189,368 ratings — published 2021
Crank (Crank, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.16 — 157,907 ratings — published 2004
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,881,582 ratings — published 2010
“Pitfall by Terry Kirk is full of vivid, juicy, historic details--from markets to music. It captures the time period with authority and intrigue. I found myself feverishly reading long after lights out.
- Kevin O’Farrell, Management Consultant”
― Pitfall
- Kevin O’Farrell, Management Consultant”
― Pitfall
“He hoped to never kill again. But he was wrong”
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