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Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,119 ratings — published 2019
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.92 — 44,642 ratings — published 2010
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.22 — 327,708 ratings — published 2006
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.95 — 44,794 ratings — published 2012
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,786,184 ratings — published 1996
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,070,373 ratings — published 2006
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 527,988 ratings — published 2018
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 261,988 ratings — published 2005
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.55 — 860,821 ratings — published 2000
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 805,532 ratings — published 2005
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,040,448 ratings — published 1998
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.34 — 749,762 ratings — published 2011
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 228,223 ratings — published 2007
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 656,748 ratings — published 1996
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.82 — 125,530 ratings — published 2011
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 353,405 ratings — published 2006
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 236,064 ratings — published 1985
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.37 — 210,562 ratings — published 2008
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 184,140 ratings — published 1993
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,261,158 ratings — published 2006
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,499,218 ratings — published 2005
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,150,495 ratings — published 2008
Winter's Bone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 43,504 ratings — published 2006
The Devil All the Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 42,980 ratings — published 2011
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 858,141 ratings — published 2009
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.46 — 866,202 ratings — published 2022
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,192,483 ratings — published 2015
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,518,290 ratings — published 2012
Undeniable (Undeniable, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.01 — 51,055 ratings — published 2012
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,661,413 ratings — published 1967
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.25 — 116,328 ratings — published 2009
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,272,028 ratings — published 2009
Razorblade Tears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 178,088 ratings — published 2021
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.10 — 999,862 ratings — published 2001
Crank (Crank, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.16 — 157,027 ratings — published 2004
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,821,379 ratings — published 2010
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.19 — 50,148 ratings — published 2021
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 415,117 ratings — published 2019
Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.82 — 20,199 ratings — published 2010
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.08 — 845,069 ratings — published 2010
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.08 — 220,232 ratings — published 2003
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 785,139 ratings — published 1962
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,032,989 ratings — published 2017
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.80 — 374,900 ratings — published 1991
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,656,732 ratings — published 1948
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 142,213 ratings — published 1999
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 373,202 ratings — published 1984
King of Ashes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.96 — 79,388 ratings — published 2025
All the Sinners Bleed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.19 — 140,632 ratings — published 2023
Shuggie Bain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 200,229 ratings — published 2020
“We are only victims if we allow ourselves to be.”
― Dandelions Never Die
― Dandelions Never Die
“I stared down at my hands and saw the blood coat them, how warm and real something felt when it wasn’t just ink and stains. This was life and I was holding it in my hands. I drew my eyes back up and beneath the flickering streetlight and the throng of drunken cattle, I saw nothing else but the dead girl. Somebody out there had taken her life, her heart, and there I was with her warm, sticky blood. Feeling the most alive I’d felt in years.
I had to find him. I just had to.”
― Down by The Mausoleum
I had to find him. I just had to.”
― Down by The Mausoleum
