What are your favorite dark fantasy books?
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?
#1 of 13 in The Vampire Chronicles
1976 • 826 Readers • 360 pages • 3.8
2001 • 1,172 Readers • 176 pages • 4.1
1849 • 243 Readers • 821 pages • 4.4
#1 of 7 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1996 • 2,842 Readers • 819 pages • 4.4
#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb
2019 • 1,461 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in The Masquerade
2015 • 422 Readers • 400 pages • 3.8
1990 • 173 Readers • 224 pages • 4.3
2017 • 3 Readers • 3,408 pages • 4.5
2022 • 43 Readers • 864 pages • 4
2019 • 288 Readers • 432 pages • 4
#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun
1980 • 432 Readers • 276 pages • 3.6
#1 of 2 in The Radiant Emperor
2021 • 793 Readers • 416 pages • 3.8
2022 • 417 Readers • 416 pages • 3.6
1915 • 270 Readers • 106 pages • 3.9
2019 • 282 Readers • 720 pages • 3.9
#1 of 2 in The Cruel Gods
29 Readers • 535 pages • 4.1
1989 • 16 Readers • 763 pages • 3.8
#1 of 6 in The Watch
1998 • 158 Readers • 496 pages • 3.9
2012 • 364 Readers • 436 pages • 4.2
2023 • 30 Readers • 469 pages • 3.6
2018 • 22 Readers • 480 pages • 4.3
1938 • 1 Reader • 382 pages
1994 • 5 Readers • 274 pages • 4
#1 of 3 in The Dark Star Trilogy
2019 • 491 Readers • 612 pages • 3.1
1938 • 1 Reader • 295 pages • 4
2021 • 64 Readers • 479 pages • 3.5
#1 of 3 in Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage
1989 • 100 Readers • 349 pages • 3.8
#1 of 1 in The Pentagonal Dominion
2022 • 9 Readers • 530 pages
2021 • 19 Readers • 512 pages • 4