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226 past books matching Dark Fantasy
Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass and The Priory of the Orange Tree.
Red Sister: Book of the Ancestor 1
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
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Mark Lawrence’s Red Sister (4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon) begins an epic fantasy of assassins, intrigue, and deadly magic. At the Convent of Sweet Mercy, Nona Grey trains to become a Red Sister, even as her violent past threatens her future. Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass and The Priory of the Orange Tree.
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At the Convent of Sweet Mercy, young girls are trained to become killers. Some are born with old blood, granting rare abilities that can be shaped into deadly skill. When nine-year-old Nona Grey arrives, accused of murder and guilty of worse, even the mistresses of sword and shadow do not fully understand what they have taken in.
Rescued from the noose by Abbess Glass, Nona begins a decade-long education in the arts of death. Within the convent walls she finds both friendship and bitter rivalry, but her violent past refuses to stay buried.
As political intrigue and ancient feuds close in, Nona must learn to control the darkness within her. Because survival is not enough. She intends to make her enemies regret they ever drew breath.
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Sleeping Beauty wakes to a nightmare.
Rotting Beauty
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
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Sleeping Beauty wakes to a nightmare. Princess Briar’s kingdom has rotted into flesh-eating monsters, and she may be next. As bruises spread and hunger takes hold, her quest to break the curse becomes a fight against her own unraveling humanity. This dark, gruesome retelling blends horror, heart, and twisted fairy-tale logic into something deliciously unsettling.
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This true love’s kiss will wake a horror…
You know the story. Once upon a time, a princess was cursed to sleep for a hundred years. When the curse was broken, the princess woke and discovered that everyone in her kingdom had become rotting, flesh-eating, corpse-like monsters.
…Maybe you don’t know this story.
Newly awakened, Princess Briar is the only one in her castle unaffected by the mysterious rotting. She suspects her kingdom is suffering a curse, likely cast by the same fairy who bewitched Briar herself. Accompanied by the two (yes, two) princes who woke her, Briar sets out to discover the truth and save her people.
But then she begins to experience frightening symptoms: inexplicable bruises, memory loss, and, oh, yes, an uncontrollable urge to devour her friends. Suddenly, Briar’s quest to save her kingdom becomes a race to save herself, before she joins the ranks of the undead.
And when information comes to light about what really caused this rotting curse, a truth is revealed… one with the power to break Briar. Now she must make a terrible choice—and discover what really makes a monster.
For fans of Marissa Meyer and Erin A. Craig, Rotting Beauty is a twisted fairy tale as ghastly and grisly (and just a little wacky) as it is enchanting.
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Will this beauty become a beast?
Beast By Day (Horrific Fairy Tales Book 2)
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
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Will this beauty become a beast?
Eighteen-year-old Isabelle is accustomed to supernatural threats, including witches, djinn, and a certain rotting princess. So when she hears her brother has been imprisoned in a haunted castle, she immediately sets out to find him.
Gryphon, Lord of the Castle, has lived a lonely life, suffering from a peculiar enchantment. Condemned to this curse forever if he leaves the castle grounds, Gryphon is a prisoner in his own home.
When Isabelle is bitten by a monstrous beast in the castle's dungeons, she is forced to remain under quarantine. Confined to the fortress, Isabelle finds herself drawn to Gryphon, despite his mysterious curse.
But danger lurks in the surrounding forest: a pack of shapeshifting wolves with an interest in Gryphon-an interest they would kill to pursue. Yet the greatest threat resides within the castle. Because Gryphon is keeping a secret from Isabelle...one that could transform her forever.
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A little mermaid with a big appetite...
The Little Sea Monster (Horrific Fairy Tales Book 3)
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
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A little mermaid with a big appetite...
Perpetua is a naiad, a beautiful sea creature. Beautiful-and deadly. Like all her kind, Perpetua must hunt and eat humans to survive.
When a hunt goes wrong, Perpetua saves the life of a human. But when her good deed is discovered, Perpetua's fellow naiads cast her out. Cursed by the sea witch, Perpetua is transformed into a human.
Now Perpetua must navigate an unfamiliar world. Luckily, she has one friend: Demetri, the boy she saved. Unluckily, Demetri is a naiad hunter. Perpetua knows he can never find out what she was, or how many countless humans she's killed.
Keeping this secret becomes more difficult once Perpetua makes a terrible discovery: she still hungers for humans and will not survive without feeding on them. Worse yet, Perpetua has developed feelings. Feelings for Demetri. Feelings that make her dread taking another life.
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It has been eight years since the Nutcracker has defeated the Mouse King, and he is still a cursed doll.
The Nutcracker King: A Dark Christmas Fairy Tale Retelling (Coming from Darkness Book 1)
Horror · Dark Fantasy
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It has been eight years since the Nutcracker has defeated the Mouse King, and he is still a cursed doll. The Nutcracker’s one desire is to break the curse, allowing him to take his rightful place as King and make Marie his queen. But nothing has worked.
The Nutcracker grows more and more desperate as time runs out and Marie begins to move away from him. One day, he uncovers a dark secret about his kingdom and decides to use the knowledge to reverse the curse and claim his destiny. The Nutcracker will do anything to reach his goal and have Marie rule by his side. This will be his happily ever after.
But will it be Marie’s?
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A sharp fit for readers drawn to gothic fantasy with dangerous magic, court treason, slow-burn attraction, and a monster within.
One Dark Window
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
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A Fantasy BookTok sensation, One Dark Window follows Elspeth Spindle, a young woman protected by the Nightmare in her mind, as she joins a treasonous highwayman’s quest to cure her kingdom’s dark magic, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 101,000 Amazon reviewers. A sharp fit for readers drawn to gothic fantasy with dangerous magic, court treason, slow-burn attraction, and a monster within.
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THE FANTASY BOOKTOK SENSATION!
For fans of Uprooted and For the Wolf comes a dark, lushly gothic fantasy about a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom—but the monster in her head isn't the only threat lurking.
Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her.
Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom she calls home—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.
But nothing comes for free, especially magic.
When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure the kingdom of the dark magic infecting it. Except the highwayman just so happens to be the King’s own nephew, Captain of the Destriers…and guilty of high treason.
He and Elspeth have until Solstice to gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly, darkly, taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.
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A strong match for readers drawn to dark epic fantasy, brutal warfare, complicated family bonds, and character-focused prequels.
The Daughters’ War
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Grim Dark · Historical Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
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An instant USA Today bestseller called “Thrilling” by Publishers Weekly, The Daughters' War follows Galva as she defies her family to join the Raven Knights, an untested military unit fighting a goblin horde alongside giant war corvids, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 2,300 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to dark epic fantasy, brutal warfare, complicated family bonds, and character-focused prequels.
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An instant USA Today bestseller!
Enter the fray in this luminous new adventure from Christopher Buehlman, set during the war-torn, goblin-infested years just before The Blacktongue Thief.
The goblins have killed all of our horses and most of our men.
They have enslaved our cities, burned our fields, and still they wage war.
Now, our daughters take up arms.
Galva — Galvicha to her three brothers, two of whom the goblins will kill — has defied her family’s wishes and joined the army’s untested new unit, the Raven Knights. They march toward a once-beautiful city overrun by the goblin horde, accompanied by scores of giant war corvids. Made with the darkest magics, these fearsome black birds may hold the key to stopping the goblins in their war to make cattle of mankind.
The road to victory is bloody, and goblins are clever and merciless. The Raven Knights can take nothing for granted — not the bonds of family, nor the wisdom of their leaders, nor their own safety against the dangerous war birds at their side. But some hopes are worth any risk.
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The Justice of Kings follows a feared servant of the law as one murder exposes the fault lines inside an empire already close to breaking.
The Justice of Kings
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Grim Dark
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The Justice of Kings follows a feared servant of the law as one murder exposes the fault lines inside an empire already close to breaking. Sir Konrad Vonvalt, detective, judge, and executioner, investigates alongside his protégé Helena Sedanka as conspiracy, rebellion, and magic collide. This is legal-minded epic fantasy built on moral pressure, political unrest, and the dangerous cost of upholding order.
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Action, intrigue, and magic collide in this epic fantasy following Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Emperor's Justice, who is a detective, judge, and executioner all in one—but with rebellion and unrest building, these are dangerous times to be a Justice . . .
The Empire of the Wolf simmers with unrest. Rebels, heretics, and powerful patricians all challenge the power of the Imperial throne.
Only the Order of Justices stands in the way of chaos. Sir Konrad Vonvalt is the most feared Justice of all, upholding the law by way of his sharp mind, arcane powers, and skill as a swordsman. At his side stands Helena Sedanka, his talented protégé, orphaned by the wars that forged the Empire.
When the pair investigates the murder of a provincial aristocrat, they unearth a conspiracy that stretches to the very top of Imperial society. As the stakes rise and become ever more personal, Vonvalt and Helena must make a choice: Will they abandon the laws they’ve sworn to uphold, in order to protect the Empire?
"Richard Swan's sophisticated take on the fantasy genre will leave readers hungry for more." – Sebastien de Castell, author of Spellslinger
“A fantastic debut.” – Peter McLean, author of Priest of Bones
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Jackal and the Grey Bastards, a band of half-orc warriors, ride to protect the Lot Lands from chaos.
The Grey Bastards
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
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Jackal and the Grey Bastards, a band of half-orc warriors, ride to protect the Lot Lands from chaos. But when a deadly clash reveals dark secrets, Jackal’s plans for leadership are tested. Faced with marauding orcs, scheming humans, and ancient dark magic, he must decide if the Bastards can survive—or if their end is near.
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In the brutal Lot Lands, the Grey Bastards ride to keep their harsh world safe—but change is brewing, and Jackal plans to lead it.
Jackal is a half-orc warrior, a proud member of the Grey Bastards—a rowdy, hog-riding brotherhood that spills blood to protect the Lot Lands from monstrous threats. Tired of their tyrannical leader, Jackal dreams of taking charge and making things better for his sworn brothers.
But a deadly confrontation forces him to question everything he thought he knew. As Jackal investigates the Lot Lands, he uncovers dark secrets that threaten his band and their very existence.
Facing marauding orcs, scheming humans, and sinister magic, Jackal must decide whether to confront the ancient enemy lurking in the shadows—or risk seeing the Bastards torn apart.
Can the Grey Bastards survive, or is their end inevitable?
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Good for readers who like YA fantasy with Celtic lore, dangerous relics, rivalry, and dark magic.
Silver in the Bone
Teen + Young Adult · Dark Fantasy · Portal Fantasy
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An instant #1 New York Times bestseller called “Simmering with magic, peril, romance, and heartbreak” by Leigh Bardugo, a magic-less teen joins Boston's magical underground seeking relics to save her cursed brother. When her guardian vanishes after finding Arthurian ring, she reluctantly teams with rival Emrys, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 800 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like YA fantasy with Celtic lore, dangerous relics, rivalry, and dark magic.
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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically acclaimed author of Lore comes a stunning contemporary fantasy inspired by Celtic lore—the tale of a teenage girl who seeks her destiny in the cursed ruins of Avalon, driven by love, revenge, and pure adrenaline!
"Simmering with magic, peril, romance, and heartbreak."—Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shadow and Bone
Born without a trace of magic, Tamsin Lark is no match for the sorceresses and Hollowers who populate the magical underground of Boston. But when the only parent she’s ever known disappears without so much as a goodbye, she has no choice but to join in their cutthroat pursuit of enchanted relics to keep herself—and her brother, Cabell—alive.
Ten years later, rumors are swirling that her guardian found a powerful ring from Arthurian legend just before he vanished. A run-in with her rival Emrys ignites Tamsin’s hope that the ring could free Cabell from a curse that threatens both of them. But they aren’t the only ones who covet the ring.
As word spreads, greedy Hollowers start circling, and many would kill to have it for themselves. While Emrys is the last person Tamsin would choose to partner with, she needs all the help she can get to edge out her competitors in the race for the ring. Together, they dive headfirst into a vipers’ nest of dark magic, exposing a deadly secret with the power to awaken ghosts of the past and shatter her last hope of saving her brother. . . .
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