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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Dark Heir
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Dark Heir

C.S. Pacat

Published 2023

479 pages

Blood & Ruin
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Blood & Ruin

SCARLETT. GREY

Published 2023

214 pages

Dark Oasis
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Dark Oasis

Jacie Neher

Published 2023

410 pages

The Darkness
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The Darkness

John Michael Osborne

Published 2023

408 pages

Dark Heights
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Dark Heights

CD Miller

Published 2023

2024 pages