The Bitter Crown
Justin Lee Anderson
Published 2023
544 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 Crown for the Cursed
Joy Lewis
Published 2023
356 pages
The Queen of Thorns and Gold
Eliza Browning
Published 2023
489 pages
Finding Jimmy Moran
Tom McCaffrey
Published 2023
Dinah-Mite #2 The Sanctum of Self-Correction
Uncle Mac
Published 2023
336 pages
The Secrets of Jane
Charlotte Mallory
Published 2023
464 pages
The Flaw in the Crystal And Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair
May Sinclair, Michael Ashley
Published 2023
349 pages
What Stalks Among Us
Sarah Hollowell
Published 2023
1 page
Crown of the Fallen Fate of a Kingdom Book 1
Trisha Lynn, T. L. Thorne
Published 2023
318 pages
To Bind a Dark Heart A Steamy Enemies to Lovers Fantasy Romance
Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Published 2023
264 pages
Devil in Boots
Stacey Marie Brown
Published 2023
A Crystal Age
Colour the Classics
Published 2023
164 pages
Dream Traveller She's In Your Mind
Bethany Drier
Published 2023
356 pages
Trial of the Gods
J. L. Jackola
Published 2023
288 pages
Winds of War A Rayden Valkyrie Tale
Stephen Zimmer
Published 2023
80 pages
Vampire Menstrual Syndrome The First Cycle
S. C. Hunter
Published 2023
457 pages
Empire Capital
Tim Goff
Published 2023
238 pages
Slated Scars A Tried & True Novel
Charli Rahe
Published 2023
490 pages
Beautiful Valerie
Emilia Donnis
Published 2023
234 pages
Winds of War
Brianna R. Shaffery
Published 2023
400 pages
Cursed by Blood 2 Mists of the Past
Dawn Avalon
Published 2023
Twice Cursed
Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Sarah Pinborough, Marie O'Regan, Paul Kane
Published 2023
368 pages
Something Between Us
Mary Tillman
Published 2023
164 pages
The Winterfox Journals Book Two
Brian P. Easton
Published 2023
200 pages