Grimdark

Daggermouth

H. M. Wolfe · Fantasy

He Is Her Ruin. She Is His Rebellion. The first thing you’ll learn in New Found Haven is mercy no longer exists. Showing mercy is a weakness, and…

dark romance · enemies to lovers · grimdark · dystopian society · trauma recovery · forced proximity

Blood Over Bright Haven

M. L. Wang · Fantasy

**Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling.** An orphan since the age of…

grimdark · political intrigue · quest · morally grey character · chosen one

Bunny

Mona Awad · Literary Fiction

Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University.

dark academia · magical realism · gothic atmosphere · coming of age · grimdark

Between Two Fires

Christopher Buehlman · Horror

“Buehlman…slips effortlessly into a different kind of literary sensibility, one that doesn’t scrimp on earthy humor and lyrical writing in the face…

historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · survival · grimdark

The Poppy War

R. F. Kuang · Fantasy

A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s…

grimdark · chosen one · revenge plot · high stakes survival · dragons

The Disappearers

Marlon James · Literary Fiction

MARLON JAMES'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS 'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica .

dark academia · historical fiction · grimdark · political intrigue

Greedy

Callie Kazumi · Mystery & Thriller

What would you do for a seat at the table?

psychological thriller · morally grey character · cat and mouse · grimdark

Vicious

V. E. Schwab · Fantasy

**A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers.** Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely…

enemies to lovers · revenge plot · grimdark · morally grey character

The Shadow of the Gods

John Gwynne · Fantasy

A century has passed since the gods fought and drove themselves to extinction.

grimdark · quest · revenge plot

Sunrise on the Reaping

Suzanne Collins · Fantasy

**When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?** As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games,…

dystopian society · grimdark · survival · high stakes survival · coming of age

Katabasis

R.F. Kuang · Fantasy

'a formidable, timeless work, destined to be a modern classic' OLIVIE BLAKE 'A novel to savour.

dark academia · grimdark · morally grey character · found family · twist ending

The Black Company

Glen Cook · Fantasy

Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil.

grimdark · quest · morally grey character · found family

Malazan Book of the Fallen: Books 1-4

Steven Erikson · Fantasy

This discounted Malazan Book of the Fallen ebundle includes: Gardens of the Moon, Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice, House of Chains “I stand…

grimdark · found family · revenge plot · high stakes survival

The Dark Tower

Stephen King · Fantasy

"Roland's ka-tet remains intact, though scattered over wheres and whens.

grimdark · quest · found family

The Demon Star

Paul Batteiger · Fantasy

Above the kingdoms that lie on the shores of the sea of Vilmara, a new star has risen into the night.

grimdark · revenge plot · demons

The Fifth Season

N. K. Jemisin · Fantasy

**A SEASON OF ENDINGS HAS BEGUN.** IT STARTS WITH THE GREAT RED RIFT across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out…

grimdark · quest · chosen one · morally grey character · revenge plot

The Book of the New Sun

Gene Wolfe · Fantasy

An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory.

grimdark · quest · morally grey character · redemption arc

Of Blood And Fire

Ryan Cahill · Fantasy

Of Blood and Fire is a return to the classic epic fantasy of old, but told with a modern narrative.

grimdark · quest · dragons · survival

A Deadly Education

Naomi Novik · Fantasy

“The dark school of magic I’ve been waiting for.”—Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight Trilogy I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after…

dark academia · enemies to lovers · chosen one · grimdark

Spark of the Everflame

Penn Cole · Fantasy

A captivating fantasy romance that serves as the first book in the Kindred's Curse Saga.

coming of age · grimdark · revenge plot · chosen one · trauma recovery

Titanchild

Jen Williams · Fantasy

The stunning sequel to Talonsister, full of romance and treachery, powerful magic and devastating choices.

grimdark · quest · revenge plot · dragons · high stakes survival