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Grimdark Books
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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 614 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.22 — 298,687 ratings — published 2006
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 414 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.36 — 207,686 ratings — published 2007
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 405 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.36 — 191,559 ratings — published 2008
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 350 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.83 — 121,999 ratings — published 2011
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 290 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.24 — 107,300 ratings — published 2009
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 235 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,690,597 ratings — published 1996
A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
by (shelved 231 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.45 — 56,546 ratings — published 2019
The Heroes (ebook)
by (shelved 217 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.35 — 73,449 ratings — published 2011
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
by (shelved 213 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.93 — 53,731 ratings — published 1984
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 209 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.17 — 440,517 ratings — published 2018
Red Country (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 204 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.31 — 62,876 ratings — published 2012
King of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #2)
by (shelved 200 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.18 — 69,931 ratings — published 2012
Emperor of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #3)
by (shelved 183 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.22 — 56,992 ratings — published 2013
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 160 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,006,262 ratings — published 1998
The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
by (shelved 149 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.60 — 42,003 ratings — published 2020
The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
by (shelved 137 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.84 — 23,212 ratings — published 2003
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 136 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.93 — 133,611 ratings — published 1999
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 134 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.55 — 835,068 ratings — published 2000
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 132 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.30 — 331,340 ratings — published 2006
A Feast for Crows (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.17 — 781,224 ratings — published 2005
The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
by (shelved 130 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.60 — 37,171 ratings — published 2021
Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1)
by (shelved 129 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,851 ratings — published 2015
Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)
by (shelved 126 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.05 — 34,923 ratings — published 2014
Sharp Ends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 125 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.11 — 25,597 ratings — published 2016
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 116 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.34 — 729,159 ratings — published 2011
Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)
by (shelved 105 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,212 ratings — published 2017
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1)
by (shelved 105 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.16 — 62,146 ratings — published 2017
Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)
by (shelved 103 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.97 — 72,755 ratings — published 2014
The Steel Remains (A Land Fit for Heroes, #1)
by (shelved 103 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.74 — 18,246 ratings — published 2008
The Court of Broken Knives (Empires of Dust, #1)
by (shelved 101 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.45 — 3,002 ratings — published 2017
The Devils (The Devils, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.27 — 32,805 ratings — published 2025
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
by (shelved 89 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.36 — 199,241 ratings — published 2019
The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
by (shelved 84 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.29 — 152,935 ratings — published 2020
Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1)
by (shelved 80 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,508 ratings — published 2018
The Grim Company (The Grim Company, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,550 ratings — published 2013
Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.22 — 111,832 ratings — published 2016
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.33 — 70,209 ratings — published 2021
Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.41 — 91,020 ratings — published 2011
Godblind (Godblind, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,470 ratings — published
The Liar's Key (The Red Queen's War, #2)
by (shelved 69 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.24 — 21,550 ratings — published 2015
Half the World (Shattered Sea, #2)
by (shelved 69 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.19 — 44,379 ratings — published 2015
Shadows Linger (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #2)
by (shelved 69 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.18 — 21,009 ratings — published 1984
Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.09 — 12,779 ratings — published 1998
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.15 — 175,420 ratings — published 2008
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
by (shelved 65 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.20 — 39,180 ratings — published 2021
The Grey Bastards (The Lot Lands, #1)
by (shelved 65 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.06 — 8,809 ratings — published 2015
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
by (shelved 64 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.14 — 403,283 ratings — published 1993
Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,772 ratings — published 2020
Kings of Paradise (Ash and Sand, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,152 ratings — published 2017
Half a War (Shattered Sea, #3)
by (shelved 59 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.03 — 36,528 ratings — published 2015
“Once chipping away at empire commenced, it became unthinkable to not see politicos, of now or centuries past, for exactly what they were: soulless, bloated, necrophagan creatures glutting on decay of their own assembly.”
― Non Serviam
― Non Serviam
“She’s dressed in a white her soul doesn’t reflect, a drop-dead beauty with drop-dead morals.”
― Echoes of Blood
― Echoes of Blood
