Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo
2015
Books with the “Dark Fantasy” trope
A bleak fantasy world without clear good or evil, where magic always comes at a high price.
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Atmosphere and mood · Dark Fantasy
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
2015
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson
2006
Uprooted
Naomi Novik
2015
The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie
2006
Best Served Cold
Joe Abercrombie
2009
Gardens of the Moon
Steven Erikson
1999
The Black Company
Glen Cook
1984
Perdido Street Station
China Miéville
2000
The Shadow of the Torturer
Gene Wolfe
1980
The Poppy War
R. F. Kuang
2018
Nevernight
Jay Kristoff
2016
The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin
2015
The Darkness That Comes Before
R. Scott Bakker
2003
The Warded Man
Peter V. Brett
2008
Lord Foul's Bane
Stephen R. Donaldson
1977
The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski
1993
Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb
1995
The Shadow of the Gods
John Gwynne
2021
Vita Nostra
Marina Dyachenko and Sergey Dyachenko
2007
The Bear and the Nightingale
Katherine Arden
2017
Kushiel's Dart
Jacqueline Carey
2001
Sabriel
Garth Nix
1995
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
N. K. Jemisin
2010
The Ninth Rain
Jen Williams
2017
Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse
2020
The Unspoken Name
A. K. Larkwood
2020
Prince of Thorns
Mark Lawrence
2011
Elric of Melniboné
Michael Moorcock
1972
Empire of the Vampire
Jay Kristoff
2021
The Rage of Dragons
Evan Winter
2017
The Traitor Baru Cormorant
Seth Dickinson
2015
The Way of Shadows
Brent Weeks
2008
The Court of Broken Knives
Anna Smith Spark
2017
Priest of Bones
Peter McLean
2018
The Library at Mount Char
Scott Hawkins
2015
The Magicians
Lev Grossman
2009
A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik
2020
The Blacktongue Thief
Christopher Buehlman
2021
The Last Werewolf
Glen Duncan
2011
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GrimdarkRelated tropes
Cozy Mystery
A gentle whodunit full of tea, small towns, and amateur sleuthing rather than graphic violence.
Creeping Dread
Horror that slowly builds a quiet sense that something is terribly wrong, instead of using jump scares or gore.
Magical Realism
Magic and the strange are woven naturally into everyday, ordinary life.
Cozy Fantasy
Warm, unhurried fantasy full of home life, friendship, and gentle humor.