What are your favorite dark fantasy books?Answer

Fantasy spans the spectrum from lighthearted fun to kick-you-in-the-teeth realism. When done right dark fantasy explores themes that are often taboo or emotional. Exploring these dark themes in fantasy offers a safe space to explore concepts like these in a new world without the limits of our own reality. What dark fantasy books do you recommend to other readers?

The Traitor Baru Cormorant

#1 of 4 in The Masquerade

2015 • 495 Readers • 400 pages 3.9

Gideon the Ninth

#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb

Gideon the Ninth
ByTamsyn Muir,Jelena Katić Živanović(Translator)

2019 • 1,661 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

Interview with the Vampire

#1 of 13 in The Vampire Chronicles

1976 • 963 Readers • 346 pages 3.8

Black Sun Rising

#1 of 3 in The Coldfire Trilogy

Black Sun Rising
ByC.S. Friedman

1991 • 188 Readers • 496 pages 3.6

Dragonsbane

#1 of 4 in Winterlands

Dragonsbane
ByBarbara Hambly

1985 • 61 Readers • 292 pages 3