The Endless War
Danielle L. Jensen
Published 2023
496 pages
The most popular dark fantasy books of 2023
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. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.
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After the Forest
Kell Woods
Published 2023
384 pages
The Scarlet Alchemist
Kylie Lee Baker
Published 2023
432 pages
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me
Jamison Shea
Published 2023
342 pages
Bend Her A Dark Beauty and the Beast Fantasy Romance
Cassie Alexander
Published 2023
365 pages
Dark Memory
Christine Feehan
Published 2023
432 pages
Court of the Undying Seasons
A.M. Strickland
Published 2023
400 pages
To Charm a Dark Prince An Addictive Enemies to Lovers Fantasy Romance
Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Published 2023
300 pages
A Dark Inheritance
H. F. Askwith
Published 2023
390 pages
Piñata A Novel
Leopoldo Gout
Published 2023
304 pages
Night Angel Nemesis
Brent Weeks
Published 2023
848 pages
The Malevolent Seven
Sebastien de Castell
2023 · 2024 edition
400 pages
The Land of Lost Things
John Connolly
Published 2023
406 pages
The First Bright Thing
J. R. Dawson
Published 2023
352 pages
The Forest Grimm
Kathryn Purdie
2023 · 2025 edition
352 pages
All the Dead Lie Down
Kyrie McCauley
Published 2023
368 pages
A Door in the Dark
Scott Reintgen
Published 2023
368 pages
A Ruinous Fate
Kaylie Smith
Published 2023
448 pages
Wielder of Shadows (Daughter of Darkness)
Allie Cole
Published 2023
385 pages
Of Deathless Shadows
K. M. Moronova
Published 2023
432 pages
Tolerant
C.J. Sparrow
Published 2023
383 pages
Nightshade Academy
Mel Torrefranca
Published 2023
416 pages
Blood Over Bright Haven A Novel
M. L. Wang
2023 · 2024 edition
448 pages
Nightbane
Alex Aster
2023 · 2024 edition
432 pages