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Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 38,540 ratings — published 2003
Seed of the Defiled (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 53 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.33 — 5,519 ratings — published
The Doomsday Butcher (Cole Chambers FBI Profiler Thrillers #1)
by (shelved 53 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 7,258 ratings — published
The Embassy Murders (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 49 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,812 ratings — published 2011
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 35,565 ratings — published 2019
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.92 — 46,271 ratings — published 2010
A Necessary Evil (Sam Wyndham, #2)
by (shelved 40 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.08 — 7,601 ratings — published 2017
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.22 — 342,198 ratings — published 2006
A Death in Berlin (CI Schenke #3)
by (shelved 38 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,361 ratings — published
The Zig Zag Girl (The Brighton Mysteries, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.65 — 18,634 ratings — published 2014
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,835,410 ratings — published 1996
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 46,182 ratings — published 2012
The Pale Criminal (Bernie Gunther, #2)
by (shelved 34 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.99 — 12,037 ratings — published 1990
March Violets (Bernie Gunther, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.81 — 20,889 ratings — published 1989
Black Out (Inspector Troy, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.82 — 4,573 ratings — published 1995
Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,100,690 ratings — published 2006
Evil in High Places (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 33 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,681 ratings — published 2025
A Rising Man (Sam Wyndham, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.93 — 15,006 ratings — published 2016
Der nasse Fisch (Gereon Rath, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.80 — 10,193 ratings — published 2007
Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.11 — 92,673 ratings — published 2008
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 563,792 ratings — published 2018
The Man From Berlin (Gregor Reinhardt, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,183 ratings — published 2013
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 273,512 ratings — published 2005
The Holy Thief (Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,260 ratings — published 2010
Munich Wolf (Sebastian Wolff #1)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,497 ratings — published 2024
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.55 — 876,628 ratings — published
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 817,958 ratings — published 2005
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,058,852 ratings — published 1998
Blackout (Berlin Wartime Thriller #1)
by (shelved 27 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,399 ratings — published 2020
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 668,213 ratings — published 1996
All the Sinners Bleed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.19 — 155,295 ratings — published 2023
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.35 — 760,173 ratings — published 2011
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 238,483 ratings — published 2007
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.82 — 127,338 ratings — published 2011
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 363,642 ratings — published 2006
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 251,575 ratings — published 1985
The Jigsaw Man (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.88 — 20,459 ratings — published 2020
Birdman (Jack Caffery, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 27,462 ratings — published 1999
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 187,255 ratings — published 1993
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.37 — 219,989 ratings — published 2008
The Crucifix Killer (Robert Hunter, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.28 — 46,735 ratings — published 2009
The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.24 — 106,368 ratings — published 2017
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,544,974 ratings — published 2005
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,294,048 ratings — published 2006
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,362,665 ratings — published 2008
Winter's Bone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 44,777 ratings — published 2006
The Devil All the Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 44,839 ratings — published 2011
Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.95 — 35,180 ratings — published 1999
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.46 — 930,216 ratings — published 2022
“I looked at the mirror and remembered the previous night was not a bad dream. I could hardly see out of my left eye because it was swollen shut like a Rocky movie. My nose was broken, and I could tell by its engorged size and the dark-blue line that stretched across its bridge. It hurt to open my mouth, but I wanted to make sure all my teeth were still there. They were, but they were covered with dried blood.”
― Through His Eyes and Lies: a pathological Liar's Tale
― Through His Eyes and Lies: a pathological Liar's Tale
“All they needed for revenge was his mind, her body and one lucky night in Vegas.”
― Wild Cards: A novel by Stuart Stromin
― Wild Cards: A novel by Stuart Stromin
