1984
George Orwell
1971 · 2002 edition
72 pages
The most popular dark fantasy books
Dark fantasy is fantasy with the lights turned down. Its worlds are brutal, its magic costs dearly and its heroes are often not heroes at all. Horror seeps in at the edges. Choose it when you want high stakes, moral complexity and no guarantee of a happy ending.
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Animal Farm
George Orwell
1971 · 2022 edition
72 pages
Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
1983 · 2014 edition
391 pages
Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros
2022 · 2023 edition
512 pages
A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas
2014 · 2025 edition
656 pages
The Two Towers
J. R. R. Tolkien
1970 · 2017 edition
440 pages
A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas
2014 · 2025 edition
736 pages
A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
1985 · 1996 edition
694 pages
Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas
2012 · 2018 edition
432 pages
City Of Bones
Cassandra Clare
2005 · 2013 edition
506 pages
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
1989 · 2017 edition
146 pages
The Selection
Kiera Cass
Published 2012
327 pages
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab
2007 · 2022 edition
545 pages
Queen of Shadows
Sarah J. Maas
1999 · 2016 edition
656 pages
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt
Published 2022
360 pages
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
1970 · 2017 edition
56 pages
Dracula
Bram Stoker
1970 · 2017 edition
132 pages
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
1970 · 1991 edition
177 pages
Empire of Storms
Sarah J. Maas
2016 · 2023 edition
720 pages
The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5)
Sarah J. Maas
2012 · 2023 edition
464 pages
House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas
2020 · 2023 edition
799 pages
Shatter Me
Tahereh Mafi, タヘラ・マフィ
Published 2011
368 pages
Kingdom of Ash
Sarah J. Maas
2018 · 2023 edition
984 pages
Tower of Dawn
Sarah J. Maas
Published 2017
680 pages