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Grimdark Books
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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 633 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.22 — 308,236 ratings — published 2006
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 423 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.36 — 214,531 ratings — published 2007
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 416 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.36 — 198,041 ratings — published 2008
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 354 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.83 — 123,067 ratings — published 2011
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 294 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.24 — 110,407 ratings — published 2009
A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
by (shelved 237 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.45 — 59,303 ratings — published 2019
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 237 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,721,171 ratings — published 1996
The Heroes (ebook)
by (shelved 223 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.35 — 75,667 ratings — published 2011
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
by (shelved 218 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.93 — 54,465 ratings — published 1984
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 214 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.16 — 471,213 ratings — published 2018
Red Country (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 206 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.32 — 64,881 ratings — published 2012
King of Thorns (Broken Empire, #2)
by (shelved 203 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.18 — 70,501 ratings — published 2012
Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3)
by (shelved 186 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.22 — 57,464 ratings — published 2013
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 159 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,016,696 ratings — published 1998
The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
by (shelved 152 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.60 — 44,318 ratings — published 2020
The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
by (shelved 146 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.84 — 23,567 ratings — published 2003
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 141 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.93 — 136,298 ratings — published 1999
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 134 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.55 — 843,054 ratings — published 2000
Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1)
by (shelved 134 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,943 ratings — published 2015
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 134 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.30 — 338,755 ratings — published 2006
The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
by (shelved 133 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.60 — 39,377 ratings — published 2021
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 133 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.17 — 788,958 ratings — published 2005
Sharp Ends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 128 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.11 — 26,624 ratings — published 2016
Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)
by (shelved 127 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.05 — 35,187 ratings — published 2014
The Devils (The Devils, #1)
by (shelved 118 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.24 — 49,650 ratings — published 2025
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 116 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.34 — 735,806 ratings — published 2011
The Court of Broken Knives (Empires of Dust, #1)
by (shelved 108 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.45 — 3,110 ratings — published 2017
Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)
by (shelved 107 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,340 ratings — published 2017
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1)
by (shelved 104 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.16 — 62,739 ratings — published 2017
Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)
by (shelved 104 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.97 — 74,005 ratings — published 2014
The Steel Remains (A Land Fit for Heroes, #1)
by (shelved 104 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.74 — 18,355 ratings — published 2008
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
by (shelved 93 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.35 — 213,908 ratings — published 2019
The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
by (shelved 88 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.28 — 165,276 ratings — published 2020
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
by (shelved 85 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.33 — 75,596 ratings — published 2021
Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,631 ratings — published 2018
The Grim Company (The Grim Company, #1)
by (shelved 79 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,590 ratings — published 2013
Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1)
by (shelved 77 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.22 — 114,036 ratings — published 2016
Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.41 — 91,861 ratings — published 2011
Godblind (Godblind, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,495 ratings — published
Shadows Linger (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #2)
by (shelved 70 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.18 — 21,390 ratings — published 1984
The Liar's Key (The Red Queen's War, #2)
by (shelved 69 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.23 — 21,719 ratings — published 2015
Half the World (Shattered Sea, #2)
by (shelved 69 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.19 — 45,211 ratings — published 2015
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.20 — 42,865 ratings — published 2021
Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.09 — 12,882 ratings — published 1998
The Grey Bastards (The Lot Lands, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.06 — 8,922 ratings — published 2015
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
by (shelved 66 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.14 — 412,700 ratings — published 1993
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.15 — 176,454 ratings — published 2008
Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,824 ratings — published 2020
Kings of Paradise (Ash and Sand, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,233 ratings — published 2017
Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)
by (shelved 60 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.28 — 83,314 ratings — published 2000
“You choose your destiny. You choose your fate. The choice is always yours, Anawar.’
I had made my choice. And now I was in deep shit.”
― Island of the Dying Goddess
I had made my choice. And now I was in deep shit.”
― Island of the Dying Goddess
“Taein couldn’t feel much anymore, but he could still feel Vasily’s presence in his very bones. The old unbreakable tether between them. That unrelenting grudge.
The thief turned and faced the hunter, the path ended at last”
― Prince of Glass: Remastered
The thief turned and faced the hunter, the path ended at last”
― Prince of Glass: Remastered












