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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 — 2,734,295 ratings — published 1996
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.22 — 311,408 ratings — published 2006
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,036,501 ratings — published 2006
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.55 — 845,980 ratings — published 2000
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 791,872 ratings — published 2005
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,020,648 ratings — published 1998
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.34 — 738,294 ratings — published 2011
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 216,688 ratings — published 2007
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.83 — 123,440 ratings — published 2011
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 220,353 ratings — published 1985
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 199,977 ratings — published 2008
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.16 — 481,326 ratings — published 2018
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 643,075 ratings — published 1996
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 247,445 ratings — published 2005
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,222,911 ratings — published 2006
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,447,349 ratings — published 2005
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,909,882 ratings — published 2008
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,154,306 ratings — published 2009
The Devil All the Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 41,247 ratings — published 2011
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,602,914 ratings — published 1967
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 341,053 ratings — published 2006
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.24 — 111,346 ratings — published 2009
Crank (Crank, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.16 — 155,347 ratings — published 2004
Undeniable (Undeniable, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.01 — 50,845 ratings — published 2012
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.10 — 990,750 ratings — published 2001
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.11 — 179,122 ratings — published 1993
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.47 — 792,942 ratings — published 2022
Razorblade Tears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 154,454 ratings — published 2021
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,719,073 ratings — published 2010
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 400,900 ratings — published 2019
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,152,364 ratings — published 2015
Winter's Bone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.87 — 40,354 ratings — published 2006
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 838,909 ratings — published 2009
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,011,439 ratings — published 2017
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,447,041 ratings — published 2012
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,460,956 ratings — published 1949
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.93 — 137,310 ratings — published 1999
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 364,275 ratings — published 1984
All the Sinners Bleed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.21 — 117,776 ratings — published 2023
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.19 — 43,903 ratings — published 2021
Shuggie Bain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 191,129 ratings — published 2020
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.19 — 182,827 ratings — published 2019
Long Bright River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.04 — 188,763 ratings — published 2020
Lawless (King, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.32 — 21,385 ratings — published 2015
Fourth of July Creek (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.81 — 15,357 ratings — published 2014
It Ain't Me, Babe (Hades Hangmen, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.04 — 55,966 ratings — published 2014
Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.97 — 74,381 ratings — published 2014
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.03 — 114,993 ratings — published 2002
“Always move forward. Don’t dwell on the if-onlys.”
― The Prisoner of Acre
― The Prisoner of Acre
“I've got no reason to live, but a lot of reasons to die...this is just the best one.”
― The Legendary Wolf
― The Legendary Wolf













