
De Roses et de Cendres
Faustine Teisseire
Published 2025
445 pages
Dark books go to grim places. Cruelty, obsession, violence and despair are faced directly, in thrillers, fantasy, romance and literary fiction. They are not comfortable, and that is their power. Choose one when you want a story that does not look away. Only books in French are listed.
See also Dark fantasy and Dark romance

Faustine Teisseire
Published 2025
445 pages

Ma Jian, Flora Drew
2018 · 2019 edition
208 pages

Ann Rule
2000 · 2022 edition
439 pages

Irvine Welsh
2008 · 2022 edition
480 pages

Sara Wolf
2019 · 2020 edition
394 pages

Virginie Despentes
Published 2022
352 pages

Christie Golden
Published 2014
429 pages

Tiffany D. Jackson
2019 · 2024 edition
416 pages

Marzia Myers
Published 2024
480 pages

Jerome Klapka Jerome
2000 · 2002 edition
246 pages

Clive Barker
1998 · 2000 edition
321 pages

Stephen King
1982 · 2000 edition
256 pages

Henry James
Published 2021
97 pages

H. P. Lovecraft
Published 1997
46 pages

Mia Sheridan
2019 · 2021 edition
425 pages

Natasha Boyd
2015 · 2017 edition
300 pages

I. V. Marie
Published 2025
399 pages

J. K. Rowling
Published 2018
310 pages

E. Kelly
Published 2018
112 pages

Renaud Camus
Published 2022
372 pages

Chloé Wallerand
Published 2023
471 pages

Robin Schone
2000 · 2011 edition
314 pages

Roxy Sloane
2023 · 2024 edition
371 pages

Laura S. Wild
2022 · 2024 edition
416 pages