Fantasy Dark Books
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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.22 — 327,722 ratings — published 2006
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 3.82 — 125,533 ratings — published 2011
Daughter of the Blood (The Black Jewels, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.02 — 44,431 ratings — published 1998
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 3.91 — 675,287 ratings — published 1982
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.33 — 86,574 ratings — published 2021
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.36 — 228,234 ratings — published 2007
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 3.93 — 55,944 ratings — published 1984
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 16 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.37 — 210,570 ratings — published 2008
The Devils (The Devils, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.21 — 74,411 ratings — published 2025
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.25 — 116,333 ratings — published 2009
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.18 — 192,618 ratings — published 2019
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.38 — 559,829 ratings — published 2023
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,786,233 ratings — published 1996
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 3.94 — 142,219 ratings — published 1999
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.15 — 178,398 ratings — published 2008
Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.55 — 38,228 ratings — published 2024
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.25 — 730,326 ratings — published 2022
Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,914 ratings — published 2018
Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.22 — 118,679 ratings — published 2016
Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.10 — 254,672 ratings — published 1994
The Heroes (ebook)
by (shelved 11 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.35 — 79,971 ratings — published 2011
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.13 — 796,627 ratings — published 2002
The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 3.85 — 24,317 ratings — published 2003
The Waste Lands (Dark Tower, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.25 — 253,078 ratings — published 1991
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.16 — 566,769 ratings — published 1996
Queen of the Darkness (Black Jewels)
by (shelved 11 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.36 — 30,611 ratings — published 2000
Heir to the Shadows (The Black Jewels, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.31 — 29,997 ratings — published 1999
Darkdawn (The Nevernight Chronicle, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.30 — 59,351 ratings — published 2019
Blood Over Bright Haven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.31 — 163,282 ratings — published 2023
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.00 — 415,142 ratings — published 2019
The Library at Mount Char (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.05 — 85,454 ratings — published 2015
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,192,514 ratings — published 2015
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
by (shelved 10 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.14 — 429,169 ratings — published 1993
Red Country (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.32 — 68,670 ratings — published 2012
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,518,636 ratings — published 1897
Gild (The Plated Prisoner, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 3.62 — 407,711 ratings — published 2020
A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 3.93 — 228,968 ratings — published 2020
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.15 — 528,015 ratings — published 2018
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.30 — 353,417 ratings — published 2006
Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.22 — 58,498 ratings — published 2013
King of Thorns (Broken Empire, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.17 — 71,575 ratings — published 2012
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.17 — 805,552 ratings — published 2005
The Child Thief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.07 — 22,875 ratings — published 2009
Dreams Made Flesh (The Black Jewels, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,056 ratings — published 2005
Alchemised (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.31 — 311,433 ratings — published 2025
Manacled (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.62 — 167,172 ratings — published 2019
Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.04 — 352,765 ratings — published 2024
The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,545 ratings — published 2019
The Last Graduate (The Scholomance, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.22 — 136,406 ratings — published 2021
Sword of Destiny (The Witcher, #0.7)
by (shelved 8 times as fantasy-dark)
avg rating 4.27 — 230,087 ratings — published 1992
“There is life and there is death.
But between the light and darkness, there is the endless gray. This is where the unsettled, unfinished, and unclaimed linger.”
― Haunting of Sacree: Before the Haunt, There Is a Delightful Hunt
But between the light and darkness, there is the endless gray. This is where the unsettled, unfinished, and unclaimed linger.”
― Haunting of Sacree: Before the Haunt, There Is a Delightful Hunt
