Gritty


The Wings Upon Her Back
The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3)
The Night Always Comes
My Darlings
Ozark Dogs
The Borrowed Hills
Playing Dane (Florida East University, #1)
Gravity Lost (Ambit's Run, #2)
High Wire
A Thousand Natural Shocks
Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)
The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All
Viking
The Death of John Lacey
The North Line
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
The Road
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
Fight Club
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFramed & Hunted by Edward        WilliamsA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessMean Spirited by Nick  RobertsFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Awful People Doing Awful Things
450 books — 208 voters
Wood, Talc And Mr. J by Chris   RoseGoodnight, and Thanks for the Vodka [2002] by Harpie2004 - Thanks for the Vodka by HarpieThe Noise Effect by Stevie Turner2005 - Thanks for the Vodka by Harpie
Books set in council estates
45 books — 36 voters

Titanshade by Dan StoutComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesMad Love by Lynessa LayneThe Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
Favorite Epic Grit
102 books — 34 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
962 books — 1,046 voters

Frankissstein by Jeanette WintersonThe Divine Flesh by Drew HuffThe Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeblancLandlocked in Foreign Skin by Drew HuffThe Scientist, The Spaceman, and The Stars Between Them by A.L. Davidson
Sci-fi That Bites
45 books — 2 voters

Gabino Iglesias
Bullets don't believe in remakes or second chances. ...more
Gabino Iglesias, The Devil Takes You Home

Benjamin P. Hardy
According to Dr. Angela Duckworth, grit is passion and perseverance toward long-term goals. [...] Grit is sticking to one thing for years or even decades.
Benjamin P. Hardy, Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation

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