Fantasy for mature audiences with (grim)darkened minds&souls (random order)

Not necesarily grimdark or dark fantasy (some might be epic fantasy or military fantasy and so on), but with darker undertones, grey characters and serious, mature writing and story. No YA here, full adults readers only!

A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones
ByGeorge R.R. Martin

1996 • 2,761 Readers • 819 pages 4.4

American Gods

American Gods
ByNeil Gaiman

2001 • 2,232 Readers • 558 pages 4

Beyond Redemption

Beyond Redemption
ByMichael R. Fletcher

2015 • 117 Readers • 495 pages 3.8

Blackwing

Blackwing
ByEd McDonald

2017 • 125 Readers • 384 pages 3.9

Blood of Elves

Blood of Elves
ByAndrzej Sapkowski

20 • 770 Readers • 416 pages 4

Blood Song

Blood Song
ByAnthony Ryan

2011 • 359 Readers • 642 pages 4.4

Brother Red

Brother Red
ByAdrian Selby

2021 • 19 Readers • 512 pages 4

Circe

Circe
ByMadeline Miller

2018 • 2,386 Readers • 409 pages 4.3

City of Kings

City of Kings
ByRob J. Hayes

2018 • 3 Readers • 429 pages 3

Elric

Elric
ByMichael Moorcock

2009 • 8 Readers • 406 pages 3.8

Elric: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate

1976 • 66 Readers • 352 pages 3.6

Eroii

Eroii
ByJoe Abercrombie

2011 • 2 Readers • 744 pages 4.5

Godblind

Godblind
ByAnna Stephens

2017 • 54 Readers • 419 pages 3.1

Heroes Die

Heroes Die
ByMatthew Woodring Stover

1998 • 135 Readers • 563 pages 4.2

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

2004 • 1,073 Readers • 1,028 pages 4

Kalanon's Rising

Kalanon's Rising
ByDarian Smith

2016 • 6 Readers • 418 pages 3

Legend

Legend
ByDavid Gemmell

2000 • 170 Readers 3.9

Lord Foul's Bane

Lord Foul's Bane
ByStephen R. Donaldson

1977 • 235 Readers • 369 pages 3.2

Malice

Malice
ByJohn Gwynne

2012 • 662 Readers • 640 pages 4

Mythago Wood

Mythago Wood
ByRobert Holdstock

1984 • 83 Readers • 288 pages 3.6

Norylska Groans

Norylska Groans
ByMichael R. Fletcher,Clayton W. Snyder

2021 • 16 Readers • 394 pages 4

Priest

Priest
ByMatthew Colville

2010 • 24 Readers • 471 pages 3.8

Priest of Bones

Priest of Bones
ByPeter McLean

2018 • 177 Readers • 352 pages 3.7

Priest of Lies

Priest of Lies
ByPeter McLean

2019 • 34 Readers • 370 pages 4.3

Red Country

Red Country
ByJoe Abercrombie

2012 • 277 Readers • 480 pages 4.2

Scourge of the Betrayer

2012 • 27 Readers • 220 pages 3

The Black Company

1984 • 266 Readers • 320 pages 3.6

The Blood-Tainted Winter

2015 • 6 Readers 3

The Blue Blazes

The Blue Blazes
ByChuck Wendig

2013 • 16 Readers 4

The Coward

The Coward
ByStephen Aryan

2021 • 68 Readers • 412 pages 3.6

The Darkness That Comes Before

2003 • 241 Readers • 657 pages 3.7

The Emperor's Blades

The Emperor's Blades
ByBrian Staveley

2014 • 290 Readers • 493 pages 4

Cover 8

8 Readers 4

The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season
ByN.K. Jemisin

2015 • 1,938 Readers • 421 pages 4.3

The Forgetting Moon

The Forgetting Moon
ByBrian Lee Durfee

2016 • 161 Readers • 800 pages 4

Theft of Swords

Theft of Swords
ByMichael J. Sullivan

2011 • 489 Readers • 704 pages 4

The Grand Dark

The Grand Dark
ByRichard Kadrey

2019 • 47 Readers • 432 pages 3.4

The Grey Bastards

The Grey Bastards
ByJonathan French

2018 • 102 Readers • 432 pages 3.7

The Grim Company

The Grim Company
ByLuke Scull

2013 • 47 Readers • 480 pages 3.6

The Gutter Prayer

The Gutter Prayer
ByGareth Ryder-Hanrahan

2019 • 140 Readers • 544 pages 3.7

The Incorruptibles

The Incorruptibles
ByJohn Hornor Jacobs

2014 • 17 Readers • 320 pages 3.7

The Justice of Kings

The Justice of Kings
ByRichard Swan

2022 • 379 Readers • 432 pages 4.2

The Library at Mount Char

2015 • 605 Readers • 390 pages 4

The Lies of Locke Lamora

2006 • 1,601 Readers • 745 pages 4.3

The mask of the sorcerer

The mask of the sorcerer
ByDarrell Schweitzer

1995 • 8 Readers • 385 pages 2.5

The Mirror Empire

The Mirror Empire
ByKameron Hurley

2014 • 104 Readers • 544 pages 3.7

The Monster's Corner

The Monster's Corner
ByChristopher Golden

2 Readers 5

The Name of the Wind

The Name of the Wind
ByPatrick Rothfuss

1 • 2,284 Readers • 669 pages 4.4

The Shadow of the Torturer

1980 • 432 Readers • 276 pages 3.6

The Steel Remains

The Steel Remains
ByRichard K. Morgan

2008 • 132 Readers • 450 pages 3.7

The Traitor Baru Cormorant

2015 • 422 Readers • 400 pages 3.8

The Tyranny of Faith

The Tyranny of Faith
ByRichard Swan

2023 • 98 Readers • 541 pages 4.4

The Vagrant

The Vagrant
ByPeter Newman

2015 • 92 Readers • 416 pages 3.2

The Winter Road

The Winter Road
ByAdrian Selby

2018 • 22 Readers • 480 pages 4.3

Umbra torționarului

1980 • 2 Readers • 448 pages 5

Under Heaven

Under Heaven
ByGuy Gavriel Kay

2010 • 12 Readers • 576 pages 4.4

Unwrapped Sky

Unwrapped Sky
ByRjurik Davidson

2014 • 9 Readers • 430 pages 3

Veil of the Deserters

Veil of the Deserters
ByJeff Salyards

6 Readers 5

We Men of Ash and Shadow

2020 • 17 Readers • 356 pages 4

We Ride the Storm

We Ride the Storm
ByDevin Madson

2018 • 109 Readers • 444 pages 4.3

Wolfhound century

Wolfhound century
ByPeter Higgins

8 Readers 4.3