36 books
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Grimdark Books
Showing 1-50 of 5,038
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 619 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.22 — 303,602 ratings — published 2006
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 418 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.36 — 211,225 ratings — published 2007
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 410 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.36 — 194,884 ratings — published 2008
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 353 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.83 — 122,545 ratings — published 2011
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 291 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.24 — 108,895 ratings — published 2009
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 235 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,705,980 ratings — published 1996
A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
by (shelved 233 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.45 — 58,015 ratings — published 2019
The Heroes (ebook)
by (shelved 221 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.35 — 74,585 ratings — published 2011
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
by (shelved 216 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.93 — 54,095 ratings — published 1984
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 210 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.17 — 456,941 ratings — published 2018
Red Country (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 205 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.31 — 63,822 ratings — published 2012
King of Thorns (Broken Empire, #2)
by (shelved 201 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.18 — 70,240 ratings — published 2012
Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3)
by (shelved 183 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.22 — 57,235 ratings — published 2013
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 159 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,011,489 ratings — published 1998
The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
by (shelved 151 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.60 — 43,211 ratings — published 2020
The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
by (shelved 143 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.84 — 23,393 ratings — published 2003
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 137 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.93 — 134,981 ratings — published 1999
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 134 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.55 — 839,089 ratings — published 2000
Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1)
by (shelved 132 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,904 ratings — published 2015
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 132 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.30 — 335,132 ratings — published 2006
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 132 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.17 — 785,059 ratings — published 2005
The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
by (shelved 130 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.60 — 38,302 ratings — published 2021
Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)
by (shelved 128 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.05 — 35,065 ratings — published 2014
Sharp Ends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 125 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.11 — 26,082 ratings — published 2016
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 115 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.34 — 732,451 ratings — published 2011
The Devils (The Devils, #1)
by (shelved 106 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.25 — 41,816 ratings — published 2025
Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)
by (shelved 105 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,272 ratings — published 2017
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1)
by (shelved 105 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.16 — 62,456 ratings — published 2017
The Steel Remains (A Land Fit for Heroes, #1)
by (shelved 105 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.74 — 18,284 ratings — published 2008
Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)
by (shelved 104 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.97 — 73,396 ratings — published 2014
The Court of Broken Knives (Empires of Dust, #1)
by (shelved 102 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.45 — 3,042 ratings — published 2017
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
by (shelved 90 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.35 — 207,249 ratings — published 2019
The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
by (shelved 86 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.29 — 159,537 ratings — published 2020
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.33 — 72,746 ratings — published 2021
Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,565 ratings — published 2018
The Grim Company (The Grim Company, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,567 ratings — published 2013
Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.22 — 112,966 ratings — published 2016
Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.41 — 91,428 ratings — published 2011
Godblind (Godblind, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,482 ratings — published
Shadows Linger (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #2)
by (shelved 71 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.18 — 21,204 ratings — published 1984
The Liar's Key (The Red Queen's War, #2)
by (shelved 69 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.23 — 21,639 ratings — published 2015
Half the World (Shattered Sea, #2)
by (shelved 69 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.19 — 44,791 ratings — published 2015
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
by (shelved 67 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.14 — 407,761 ratings — published 1993
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.20 — 41,127 ratings — published 2021
The Grey Bastards (The Lot Lands, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.06 — 8,859 ratings — published 2015
Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.09 — 12,831 ratings — published 1998
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.15 — 175,951 ratings — published 2008
Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as grimdark)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,799 ratings — published 2020
Kings of Paradise (Ash and Sand, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,193 ratings — published 2017
Half a War (Shattered Sea, #3)
by (shelved 59 times as grimdark)
avg rating 4.03 — 36,888 ratings — published 2015
“Thrazo didn’t understand, so he rolled the tea over his tongue, grimaced. “That tasted like boiled regret.”
“It’s willowbark.”
“Ah. Boiled regret with ideas.”
― The Witch Hunter's Debt
“It’s willowbark.”
“Ah. Boiled regret with ideas.”
― The Witch Hunter's Debt
“A cold terror gripped the men then, a fear that burrowed deep into their guts. The land itself felt malevolent, alive with a dark force that sought to consume them.”
― The Bjornlinga Saga #1
― The Bjornlinga Saga #1












