Grimdark

Grimdark is a subgenre or a way to describe the tone, style or setting of speculative fiction (especially fantasy) that is, depending on the definition used, markedly dystopian or amoral, or particularly violent or realistic.

The word was inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000: “In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.”

The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
Best Served Cold
A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
The Heroes
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
Red Country
King of Thorns (Broken Empire, #2)
Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
Elric de Melniboné by Michael MoorcockJuego de tronos by George R.R. MartinLa voz de las espadas by Joe AbercrombieLa compañía negra. La primera crónica by Glen CookBerserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura
Fantasía y Ciencia ficción Oscura
111 books — 4 voters
Knight Hunted by L.A. GrantThe Call of the Sea by Kate SchumacherShadow & Brimstone by Magaidh DunbrochThe Tenacious Tale of Tanna the Tendersword by Dewey ConwaySnow so White by C. Gockel
Stuff Your Kindle Fantasy Edition
142 books — 9 voters

The Black Company by Glen CookGardens of the Moon by Steven EriksonThe Straight Razor Cure by Daniel PolanskyPriest of Bones by Peter McLeanThe Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
GrimDark
38 books — 15 voters
Infiltrator by C.T. PhippsAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganHyperion by Dan SimmonsGhosts of Tomorrow by Michael R. FletcherLucifer's Star by C.T. Phipps
GDFRW - Recommended Sci-Fi
33 books — 17 voters

Assassin's Fate by Robin HobbOathbringer by Brandon SandersonAge of Swords by Michael J. SullivanA Conjuring of Light by V.E. SchwabThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Best Fantasy of 2017
36 books — 48 voters
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. SchwabThe Bands of Mourning by Brandon SandersonAge of Myth by Michael J. SullivanA Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasLeft-Hand Gods by Jamie Lackey
Best Fantasy of 2016
33 books — 18 voters

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To break with ritual is to break with faith, brother...
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