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 Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

1849 • 395 Readers • 821 pages 4.4

The Blade Itself

#1 of 5 in The First Law

The Blade Itself
ByJoe Abercrombie

2001 • 2,372 Readers • 536 pages 4.1

Perdido Street Station

#1 of 4 in New Crobuzon

Perdido Street Station
ByChina Miéville

2000 • 848 Readers • 24h 9m 4

Stormbringer

Stormbringer
ByMichael Moorcock

2022 • 67 Readers • 864 pages 4.2

Blood of Elves

#1 of 7 in The Witcher

Blood of Elves
ByAndrzej Sapkowski,Danusia Stok(Translator)

20 • 1,286 Readers • 320 pages 3.9

The Vagrant

#1 of 3 in The Vagrant

The Vagrant
ByPeter Newman

2015 • 149 Readers • 400 pages 3.4

Priest of Bones

#1 of 4 in War for the Rose Throne

Priest of Bones
ByPeter McLean

2018 • 229 Readers • 352 pages 3.8

The Winter Road

The Winter Road
ByAdrian Selby

2018 • 35 Readers • 480 pages 3.8

Brother Red

Brother Red
ByAdrian Selby

2021 • 26 Readers • 512 pages 4

The Shadow of the Torturer

#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun

1980 • 689 Readers • 276 pages 3.7

The Fifth Season

#1 of 3 in The Broken Earth

The Fifth Season
ByN. K. Jemisin

2015 • 2,997 Readers • 421 pages 4.3

The Traitor Baru Cormorant

#1 of 3 in The Masquerade

1949 • 633 Readers • 400 pages 3.9