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Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 32,681 ratings — published 2019
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.91 — 41,885 ratings — published 2010
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.22 — 316,784 ratings — published 2006
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.93 — 41,750 ratings — published 2012
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,750,962 ratings — published 1996
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.16 — 496,727 ratings — published 2018
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,047,402 ratings — published 2006
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.55 — 850,538 ratings — published 2000
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 796,132 ratings — published 2005
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 252,047 ratings — published 2005
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,026,796 ratings — published 1998
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.34 — 741,859 ratings — published 2011
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 220,461 ratings — published 2007
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.83 — 124,100 ratings — published 2011
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 647,250 ratings — published 1996
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 345,228 ratings — published 2006
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 225,136 ratings — published 1985
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.37 — 203,332 ratings — published 2008
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.11 — 180,652 ratings — published 1993
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,235,670 ratings — published 2006
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,464,997 ratings — published 2005
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,989,722 ratings — published 2008
Winter's Bone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.87 — 41,386 ratings — published 2006
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 844,950 ratings — published 2009
The Devil All the Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 41,773 ratings — published 2011
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,165,252 ratings — published 2015
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,470,089 ratings — published 2012
Undeniable (Undeniable, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.01 — 50,908 ratings — published 2012
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,621,194 ratings — published 1967
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.25 — 112,898 ratings — published 2009
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,193,513 ratings — published 2009
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.46 — 816,979 ratings — published 2022
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.10 — 993,693 ratings — published 2001
Crank (Crank, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.16 — 155,891 ratings — published 2004
Razorblade Tears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 162,323 ratings — published 2021
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,753,195 ratings — published 2010
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 405,523 ratings — published 2019
Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.77 — 18,024 ratings — published 2010
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.08 — 838,497 ratings — published 2010
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.08 — 215,028 ratings — published 2003
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 774,673 ratings — published 1962
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,018,603 ratings — published 2017
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.80 — 366,157 ratings — published 1991
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,527,482 ratings — published 1948
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 139,016 ratings — published 1999
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 367,121 ratings — published 1984
King of Ashes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 62,519 ratings — published 2025
All the Sinners Bleed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.20 — 125,008 ratings — published 2023
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.19 — 45,732 ratings — published 2021
“I’m not willing to deceive myself for false comfort, and I’m not willing to don the false mask of external indifference.”
― Floating in Darkness - A Journey of Evolution
― Floating in Darkness - A Journey of Evolution
“[She] had a habit of putting things in that way, as though she had accidently set your house on fire and had no choice now but to stand back and watch it burn.”
― Dragonfish
― Dragonfish
