Empire of the Vampire
Jay Kristoff
Published 2021
725 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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A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence)
Rebecca Ross
2022 · 2025 edition
480 pages
Circus of the Damned
Laurell K. Hamilton
1995 · 2009 edition
373 pages
Harrow the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir
Published 2020
512 pages
Fall of Ruin and Wrath
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Published 2023
416 pages
Cruel Beauty
Rosamund Hodge
Published 2014
346 pages
The Desert Spear
Peter V. Brett
2010 · 2023 edition
864 pages
White Hot Kiss
Jennifer L. Armentrout
2014 · 2024 edition
432 pages
The Laughing Corpse
Laurell K. Hamilton
1994 · 2009 edition
340 pages
City of Gods and Monsters
Kayla Edwards
2022 · 2025 edition
768 pages
Deadhouse Gates
Stiv Erikson
2000 · 2024 edition
947 pages
The Road of Bones
Demi Winters
2023 · 2026 edition
498 pages
These Twisted Bonds
Lexi Ryan
Published 2022
481 pages
Foxglove
Adalyn Grace
Published 2023
464 pages
A Soul to Keep
Opal Reyne
Published 2022
534 pages
Court of the Vampire Queen
Katee Robert
Published 2022
496 pages
Bonded by Thorns
Elizabeth Helen
2023 · 2024 edition
384 pages
The Cartographers
Peng Shepherd
Published 2022
387 pages
The Empire of Gold
S. A. Chakraborty
2018 · 2021 edition
800 pages
The Heroes
Joe Abercrombie
2011 · 2023 edition
500 pages
The Lunatic Cafe
Laurell K. Hamilton
1996 · 2010 edition
392 pages
Dark Harmony
Laura Thalassa
Published 2021
450 pages
Psycho Fae
Jasmine Mas
2022 · 2026 edition
336 pages
Promises and Pomegranates
Sav R. Miller
Published 2021
380 pages