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The Doomsday Butcher (Cole Chambers FBI Profiler Thrillers #1)
by (shelved 53 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,350 ratings — published
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,235 ratings — published 2019
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.92 — 45,225 ratings — published 2010
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.22 — 333,202 ratings — published 2006
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.95 — 45,392 ratings — published 2012
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,804,601 ratings — published 1996
Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,081,012 ratings — published 2006
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 542,081 ratings — published 2018
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 266,110 ratings — published 2005
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.55 — 867,913 ratings — published 2000
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 810,006 ratings — published 2005
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,047,035 ratings — published 1998
All the Sinners Bleed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.19 — 146,433 ratings — published 2023
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.34 — 753,579 ratings — published 2011
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 661,519 ratings — published 1996
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 231,915 ratings — published 2007
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.82 — 126,203 ratings — published 2011
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 241,695 ratings — published 1985
The Jigsaw Man (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.88 — 19,932 ratings — published 2020
Birdman (Jack Caffery, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 27,020 ratings — published 1999
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 357,348 ratings — published 2006
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.37 — 213,907 ratings — published 2008
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 185,537 ratings — published 1993
The Crucifix Killer (Robert Hunter, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.28 — 44,808 ratings — published 2009
The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.25 — 99,168 ratings — published 2017
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,273,448 ratings — published 2006
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,516,477 ratings — published 2005
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,229,680 ratings — published 2008
Winter's Bone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 44,057 ratings — published 2006
The Devil All the Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 43,636 ratings — published 2011
Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.95 — 34,690 ratings — published 1999
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 864,446 ratings — published 2009
The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.95 — 28,593 ratings — published 1995
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.46 — 889,205 ratings — published 2022
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,205,636 ratings — published 2015
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.26 — 599,761 ratings — published 1988
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,542,029 ratings — published 2012
Undeniable (Undeniable, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.01 — 51,097 ratings — published 2012
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,679,024 ratings — published 1967
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.25 — 117,936 ratings — published 2009
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,309,588 ratings — published 2009
The Bones at Point No Point (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.23 — 23,942 ratings — published 2022
Razorblade Tears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 184,164 ratings — published 2021
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,002,880 ratings — published 2001
Crank (Crank, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.16 — 157,485 ratings — published 2004
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 376,649 ratings — published 1984
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,853,812 ratings — published 2010
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.19 — 52,441 ratings — published 2021
Ninth House (Ninth House Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 419,564 ratings — published 2019
“It wasn't Fantasticland anymore. Sadie blew her away and those kids dug the grave where she landed”
― FantasticLand
― FantasticLand
“They couldn’t fight an army when they were nothing more than shattered nerves and gritted teeth. All they had was untethered defiance, all heart and hope, with nothing to back it up. So they would have to find another way.”
― Defiance in Green & Gold
― Defiance in Green & Gold
