Dark

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

Game On (Into Darkness, #3)
Innamorata (The House of Teeth, #1)
Daughter of Crows (The Academy of Kindness, #1)
Spoiled Milk
These Shattered Spires (Wyrdos)
Bitterbloom
Vigilant (The Firm #3)
One Small Echo (Shadowsong, #1)
A Story to Die For
Laugh Little Sister (Little Sister #3)
Revenge and Honor (The Honor Series, #1)
SAVING THE ANGEL OF DEATH : VOLUME 2 (Michaelson Family)
Wicked Onyx (The Veritas Legacy, #1)
She Made Herself a Monster
A Secret in the Garden (Dark Manor Chronicles, #1)
The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
Never Lie
Alchemised
None of This Is True
Daggermouth (The Heart, #1)
Redeeming 6 (Boys of Tommen, #4)
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
The Only One Left
Ask for Andrea (Ask for Andrea, #1)
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
Law Maker (Aristocrats of London, #1)
Releasing 10 (Boys of Tommen, #6)
On Wings of Blood (Bloodwing Academy, #1)
The Wings That Bind (Bloodwing Academy, #3)
Bonds of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #2)
Christmas on Coronation Street by Maggie SullivanLittle Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson BurnettA Christmas Homecoming by Anne PerryThe Berenstain Bears Save Christmas by Jan BerenstainThe Red Gloves Collection by Karen Kingsbury
Winter Seasonal Reads
5,388 books — 1,456 voters
Bloodraven by P.L. NunnEvenfall by AisCaptive Prince by C.S. PacatSpecial Forces by Aleksandr VoinovMind Fuck by Manna Francis
Best "Dark" Gay Characters
439 books — 546 voters

Captive in the Dark by C.J. RobertsRaw by Belle AuroraTears of Tess by Pepper WintersConsequences by Aleatha RomigQuintessentially Q by Pepper Winters
Dark, twisted, abusive romance | 2013-2015
397 books — 1,189 voters
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasA Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. MaasTaming Flame by Therisa Peimer
"New Adult" Dark & Gritty and SO worth it
963 books — 1,047 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
1,282 books — 4,660 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisTrainspotting by Irvine WelshOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Contemporary Cult Fiction
498 books — 459 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 Risk (Mindf*ck, #1)
The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)
Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1)
God of Malice (Legacy of Gods, #1)
Hooked (Never After, #1)
Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)
Still Beating
Den of Vipers
The Elephant Tree
Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)

Max Nowaz
Ah! You speak Levitan,” the man smiled. “But you’re not from Levita I think.” Like
most Levitians he was a good looking man, if perhaps a bit effete for Brown’s tastes. 
“No, I lived there for a while.” 
“Did you enjoy your stay?”
“Up to a point. The Levitian women are very beautiful.”
“Yes of course. So are the men in Levita,” the man smiled. “We used to have a
cleansing programme to ensure a healthy population.”
“You mean a culling policy, where you killed all the weakest members of the
popula ...more
Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

Stephen  King
Go then, there are other worlds than these.
Stephen King, The Gunslinger

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