The Wicked King
Holly Black
2019 · 2025 edition
336 pages
The most popular dark romance books
Dark romance explores love in dangerous territory. Morally gray or outright villainous love interests, obsession, captivity and power games are common, and the stories go to places other romances avoid. Intense and often explicit, it has a devoted readership that knows exactly what it wants.
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Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo
2012 · 2021 edition
416 pages
A Clash of Kings
George R. R. Martin
1996 · 2012 edition
873 pages
The Queen of Nothing
Holly Black
2019 · 2026 edition
320 pages
City of Glass
Cassandra Clare
2000 · 2024 edition
544 pages
A Cidade das Cinzas
Cassandra Clare
2008 · 2010 edition
360 pages
House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas
2021 · 2022 edition
801 pages
The Princess Bride
William Goldman
1973 · 2026 edition
416 pages
The Scarlet Letter
KATHIA VALLADARES
1883 · 2023 edition
241 pages
They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera
2014 · 2025 edition
400 pages
From Blood and Ash
Jennifer L. Armentrout
2020 · 2021 edition
480 pages
Catch-22
Howard Jacobson
1970 · 2021 edition
672 pages
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
1880 · 2022 edition
448 pages
Clockwork Angel
Cassandra Clare
2010 · 2013 edition
486 pages
A Storm of Swords
George R. R. Martin
1970 · 2025 edition
1177 pages
Good Omens
Terry Pratchett
1989 · 2019 edition
384 pages
House of Flame and Shadow
Sarah J. Maas
2021 · 2025 edition
835 pages
Unravel Me
Tahereh Mafi
2013 · 2021 edition
474 pages
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
1970 · 2001 edition
192 pages
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber
2019 · 2025 edition
432 pages
One Dark Window
Rachel Gillig
2022 · 2025 edition
400 pages
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
1972 · 2020 edition
94 pages
Butcher & Blackbird
Brynne Weaver
2018 · 2023 edition
360 pages
Powerless 2
Lauren Roberts
Published 2024
400 pages