Dark Fiction


Gone Girl
Red Russia
Dark Places
The Road
American Psycho (Vintage Contemporaries)
Sharp Objects
Lord of the Flies
Fight Club
A Clockwork Orange
1984
Dracula
The Wasp Factory
Tender Is the Flesh
Invisible Monsters
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Captive Prince by C.S. PacatHeathen's Barrow by Nash NelsonCaptive by Jex LaneThe Chimera by Adrienne WilderCaptive in the Underworld by Lianyu Tan
Queer Darkfic
103 books — 28 voters
Prince of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceKing of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceHeavy Duty People by Iain ParkeEmperor of Thorns by Mark  LawrencePlague of Angels by John Patrick Kennedy
Best Books for Dark Happy Endings
121 books — 151 voters

In the Lonely Hours by Shannon  MorganEstella's Revenge by Barbara HavelockeYou Like It Darker by Stephen  KingHeathen's Barrow by Nash NelsonThis Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances by Eric LaRocca
Best Dark Fiction of 2024
39 books — 34 voters
Bittersweet by Aliya DalRaeSweet Discovery by Aliya DalRaeSweet Vengeance by Aliya DalRaeThe Silver Feather by Joanne Van LeerdamDracula by Bram Stoker
October Reads 2017
104 books — 14 voters

Malachai Blackthorn
You’ll wake with a mouthful of cobweb and thread. Your voice now a puppet he dangles from bed.
Malachai Blackthorn, The Ossuary Psalms

Malachai Blackthorn
Her voice, once his solace, was now a guttural symphony of madness.
Malachai Blackthorn, Cradle of Hunger

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