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Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 32,683 ratings — published 2019
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.91 — 41,887 ratings — published 2010
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.22 — 316,794 ratings — published 2006
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.93 — 41,751 ratings — published 2012
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,750,989 ratings — published 1996
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.16 — 496,746 ratings — published 2018
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,047,413 ratings — published 2006
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.55 — 850,546 ratings — published 2000
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 29 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 796,137 ratings — published 2005
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.17 — 252,058 ratings — published 2005
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,026,810 ratings — published 1998
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 24 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.34 — 741,865 ratings — published 2011
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 220,467 ratings — published 2007
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.83 — 124,100 ratings — published 2011
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 647,259 ratings — published 1996
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.30 — 345,238 ratings — published 2006
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 225,141 ratings — published 1985
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.37 — 203,338 ratings — published 2008
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.11 — 180,658 ratings — published 1993
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,235,688 ratings — published 2006
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,465,017 ratings — published 2005
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,989,879 ratings — published 2008
Winter's Bone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.87 — 41,389 ratings — published 2006
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 844,957 ratings — published 2009
The Devil All the Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.14 — 41,774 ratings — published 2011
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,165,276 ratings — published 2015
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,470,117 ratings — published 2012
Undeniable (Undeniable, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.01 — 50,908 ratings — published 2012
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,621,220 ratings — published 1967
Best Served Cold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.25 — 112,899 ratings — published 2009
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,193,587 ratings — published 2009
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.46 — 817,000 ratings — published 2022
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.10 — 993,699 ratings — published 2001
Crank (Crank, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.16 — 155,891 ratings — published 2004
Razorblade Tears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 162,335 ratings — published 2021
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,753,238 ratings — published 2010
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 405,531 ratings — published 2019
Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.77 — 18,027 ratings — published 2010
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.08 — 838,502 ratings — published 2010
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.08 — 215,031 ratings — published 2003
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 774,682 ratings — published 1962
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,018,618 ratings — published 2017
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.80 — 366,173 ratings — published 1991
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,527,561 ratings — published 1948
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.94 — 139,019 ratings — published 1999
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 3.89 — 367,124 ratings — published 1984
King of Ashes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.00 — 62,543 ratings — published 2025
All the Sinners Bleed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.20 — 125,017 ratings — published 2023
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gritty)
avg rating 4.19 — 45,733 ratings — published 2021
“In all honesty, it was hard some days to stave off the bitterness when I would think of the 999 out of 1,000 who simply said, Not my problem.”
― Stray Spark
― Stray Spark
“You can’t half-ass train and then expect to perform like an Olympian when it really matters.”
― Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
― Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
