Dark

Dark literature refers to books that deal with grim subject matter, such as war, persecution, abuse, or suffering.

Our Dark Incantations
Dark Horse (Blackwood Cowboys, #1)
Hallowed Bones (Sons of Salem #1)
Mothsblood
Lethal Kiss
Something Is Killing the Children: Hope Is a Knife
The Finalist
The Scarlet Ball
Don't Fall (Hunt the Red Hood, #1)
Wild Silver and Lead (Snake Ops, #1)
Fitcher's Bird
The Darkest Art
Crazy Cruel Marriage: A Dark Mafia Romance
Embelesado (Nameless #2)
My Craving: Murphy Enterprises Novel
Never Lie
The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
Alchemised
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
Redeeming 6 (Boys of Tommen, #4)
Gray After Dark
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Ask for Andrea (Ask for Andrea, #1)
Web of Vows and Vengeance (The Hirathean Path, #1)
Vows of Blood and Deception (The Hirathean Path, #2)
Releasing 10 (Boys of Tommen, #6)
Daggermouth (The Heart, #1)
Dead Beat (Ninth House Trilogy, #3)
Daybreak (Sorrowsong University, #2)
Captive in the Dark by C.J. RobertsSeduced in the Dark by C.J. RobertsTears of Tess by Pepper WintersConsequences (Consequences, #1) A Dark Wealth and Power Romance by Aleatha RomigEpilogue by C.J. Roberts
Best Dark Books Ever
1,063 books — 1,620 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Totally GREAT Books!
697 books — 329 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John  GreenHopeless by Colleen HooverMaking Faces by Amy HarmonThe Sea of Tranquility by Katja MillayMe Before You by Jojo Moyes
Emotion Overload
1,351 books — 1,447 voters

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. MaasGraceling by Kristin CashorePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderCrown of Midnight by Sarah J. MaasThe Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins
1,360 books — 4,798 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerDark Lover by J.R. WardTwilight by Stephenie MeyerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceDead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Vampires
731 books — 346 voters

Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
Corrupt (Devil's Night, #1)
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
Lights Out (Into Darkness, #1)
The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)
The Risk (Mindf*ck, #1)
God of Malice (Legacy of Gods, #1)
Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1)
Hooked (Never After, #1)
Still Beating
Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)
Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)
Den of Vipers
The Predator (Dark Verse, #1)

Kahlil Gibran
“ We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side. ”
― Khalil Gibran

“ Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke. ”
― Joss Whedon

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