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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,711,582 ratings — published 1996
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.22 — 305,236 ratings — published 2006
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 30 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 786,453 ratings — published 2005
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,023,939 ratings — published 2006
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.55 — 840,496 ratings — published 2000
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,013,351 ratings — published 1998
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 212,406 ratings — published 2007
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.83 — 122,728 ratings — published 2011
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.34 — 733,645 ratings — published 2011
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 196,017 ratings — published 2008
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 214,901 ratings — published 1985
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.16 — 462,319 ratings — published 2018
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 638,107 ratings — published 1996
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,206,834 ratings — published 2006
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 242,521 ratings — published 2005
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,100,006 ratings — published 2009
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,420,790 ratings — published 2005
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 336,475 ratings — published 2006
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 9,777,142 ratings — published 2008
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.24 — 109,464 ratings — published 2009
Crank (Crank, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.16 — 154,700 ratings — published 2004
The Devil All the Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 40,693 ratings — published 2011
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,671,817 ratings — published 2010
Undeniable (Undeniable, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 50,809 ratings — published 2012
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.10 — 986,559 ratings — published 2001
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.11 — 177,614 ratings — published 1993
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.47 — 765,112 ratings — published 2022
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 394,977 ratings — published 2019
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,135,623 ratings — published 2015
The Outsiders (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,576,125 ratings — published 1967
Dark Places (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 831,718 ratings — published 2009
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,001,814 ratings — published 2017
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,411,228 ratings — published 2012
Winter's Bone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.86 — 39,328 ratings — published 2006
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.93 — 135,458 ratings — published 1999
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 360,794 ratings — published 1984
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 179,428 ratings — published 2019
Long Bright River (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 181,104 ratings — published 2020
Lawless (King, #3)
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avg rating 4.32 — 21,362 ratings — published 2015
It Ain't Me, Babe (Hades Hangmen, #1)
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avg rating 4.04 — 55,868 ratings — published 2014
Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)
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avg rating 3.97 — 73,622 ratings — published 2014
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.04 — 114,234 ratings — published 2002
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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avg rating 4.20 — 255,188 ratings — published 1993
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,370,683 ratings — published 1949
Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.28 — 82,840 ratings — published 2000
Razorblade Tears (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 146,828 ratings — published 2021
Shuggie Bain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 187,975 ratings — published 2020
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.57 — 758,968 ratings — published 2016
![Goodnight, and Thanks for the Vodka [2002] by Harpie](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442216888l/25547711._SX98_.jpg "Goodnight, and Thanks for the Vodka [2002] by Harpie")
“They couldn’t fight an army when they were nothing more than shattered nerves and gritted teeth. All they had was untethered defiance, all heart and hope, with nothing to back it up. So they would have to find another way.”
― Defiance in Green & Gold
― Defiance in Green & Gold
“All they needed for revenge was his mind, her body and one lucky night in Vegas.”
― Wild Cards: A novel by Stuart Stromin
― Wild Cards: A novel by Stuart Stromin
