After The Gold Rush
Brian Carmody
Published 2023
236 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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A Game of Gods
Scarlett St. Clair
Published 2023
592 pages
The Dead Woods
Christian Francis
Published 2023
170 pages
Dogman Terror In the Woods
Tiffany Doran
Published 2023
160 pages
Of Deathless Shadows
K. M. Moronova
Published 2023
432 pages
Nightshade Academy
Mel Torrefranca
Published 2023
416 pages
Blood Over Bright Haven A Novel
M. L. Wang
2023 · 2024 edition
448 pages
Gomada Academy
Cynthia Brubaker
Published 2023
296 pages
Into the West
Mercedes Lackey
Published 2023
496 pages
Alternate Academy Alternate Academy Book 1
Melissa Woods
Published 2023
342 pages
The Mark of Death
Andrea Manning
Published 2023
280 pages
Into the Glittering Dark
Kelley York
Published 2023
376 pages
Plague Theatre
Ansgar Allen
Published 2023
112 pages
A Soul Forgotten
Raquel Gabrielle
Published 2023
244 pages
The Ever King
LJ Andrews
Published 2023
412 pages
A Soul to Revive Duskwalker Brides
Opal Reyne
Published 2023
594 pages
Death's Obsession
Avina St. Graves
Published 2023
176 pages
A Kingdom Of Courage And Cruelty
A. P. Beswick
Published 2023
240 pages
The Darkness Before Them
Matthew Ward
Published 2023
576 pages
According To Helen
Mike Gutowski
Published 2023
112 pages
The Court of Shadows
Victor Dixen, Francoise Bui
Published 2023
382 pages
Keta
Val Santini
Published 2023
336 pages
Dark Corners of the Old Dominion A Virginia Horrors Anthology
Joseph Maddrey, Michael Rook, Brian Keene
Published 2023
232 pages
Enemy of the Crown An Epic Fantasy Novel
Paul J Bennett
Published 2023
400 pages