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Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,119 ratings — published 2019
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.92 — 44,645 ratings — published 2010
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.22 — 327,720 ratings — published 2006
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.95 — 44,794 ratings — published 2012
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,786,220 ratings — published 1996
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,070,386 ratings — published 2006
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 528,003 ratings — published 2018
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 262,005 ratings — published 2005
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.55 — 860,832 ratings — published 2000
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 805,548 ratings — published 2005
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,040,462 ratings — published 1998
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.34 — 749,772 ratings — published 2011
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 228,230 ratings — published 2007
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 656,758 ratings — published 1996
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.82 — 125,533 ratings — published 2011
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 353,415 ratings — published 2006
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 236,075 ratings — published 1985
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.37 — 210,566 ratings — published 2008
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 184,141 ratings — published 1993
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,261,179 ratings — published 2006
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,499,249 ratings — published 2005
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,150,625 ratings — published 2008
Winter's Bone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 43,505 ratings — published 2006
The Devil All the Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 42,981 ratings — published 2011
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 858,149 ratings — published 2009
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.46 — 866,229 ratings — published 2022
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,192,501 ratings — published 2015
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,518,327 ratings — published 2012
Undeniable (Undeniable, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.01 — 51,055 ratings — published 2012
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,661,462 ratings — published 1967
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.25 — 116,331 ratings — published 2009
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,272,081 ratings — published 2009
Razorblade Tears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 178,102 ratings — published 2021
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.10 — 999,864 ratings — published 2001
Crank (Crank, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.16 — 157,030 ratings — published 2004
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,821,430 ratings — published 2010
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.19 — 50,151 ratings — published 2021
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 415,130 ratings — published 2019
Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.82 — 20,201 ratings — published 2010
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.08 — 845,075 ratings — published 2010
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.08 — 220,238 ratings — published 2003
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 785,149 ratings — published 1962
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,032,997 ratings — published 2017
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.80 — 374,905 ratings — published 1991
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,656,840 ratings — published 1948
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 142,217 ratings — published 1999
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 373,209 ratings — published 1984
King of Ashes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.96 — 79,404 ratings — published 2025
All the Sinners Bleed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.19 — 140,646 ratings — published 2023
Shuggie Bain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 200,233 ratings — published 2020
“Don’t say ‘send me’ if you haven’t actually put in the work to be sent!”
― Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
― Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
“I’m not willing to deceive myself for false comfort, and I’m not willing to don the false mask of external indifference.”
― Floating in Darkness - A Journey of Evolution
― Floating in Darkness - A Journey of Evolution







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