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33 past books matching Grim Dark
With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon and the legacy of launching HBO’s global phenomenon, George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones kicks off an epic…
A Game of Thrones
Fantasy · Grim Dark
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With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon and the legacy of launching HBO’s global phenomenon, George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones kicks off an epic saga of betrayal, prophecy, and blood-soaked power plays. Full of court intrigue and deadly secrets, this modern fantasy classic isn’t just legendary—it’s essential. Begin the series that changed the genre.
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Winter is coming—and with it, something far more sinister than snow. In the Seven Kingdoms, power is the deadliest game of all.
Lord Eddard Stark, Warden of the North, wants nothing more than to protect his family and uphold honor in a court that rewards neither. But when he’s summoned to serve as the King’s Hand, he steps into a nest of vipers in the capital.
Across the sea, a banished princess plots her return. Beyond the Wall, ancient terrors stir once more.
As old enemies awaken and alliances fracture, Ned must navigate a deadly maze of secrets, betrayals, and war. Honor may cost him everything—but abandoning it could cost even more.
Because in the game of thrones, you win or you die. And winter waits for no one.
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The Lies of Locke Lamora follows a gifted thief raised in the brutal city of Camorr, where survival depends on cunning and nerve.
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Grim Dark
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The Lies of Locke Lamora follows a gifted thief raised in the brutal city of Camorr, where survival depends on cunning and nerve. Leading the infamous Gentlemen Bastards, Locke cons the powerful until a ruthless enemy threatens to tear apart everything he’s built. This fantasy caper blends sharp wit, intricate schemes, and high-stakes betrayal.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first book of the epic fantasy caper Gentleman Bastard Sequence about a roguish group of conmen, which George R. R. Martin says “captured me right on the first page and never let me go.”
“If you haven’t read [The Lies of Locke Lamora], you should. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.”—Patrick Rothfuss
An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges relentless danger, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentlemen Bastards, Locke is soon infamous, fooling even the underworld’s most feared ruler. But in the shadows lurks someone still more ambitious and deadly. Faced with a bloody coup that threatens to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the enemy at his own brutal game—or die trying.
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When army priest Tomas Piety returns from war, his city is starving and his criminal empire has been stolen.
Priest of Bones
Dark Fantasy · Fantasy · Grim Dark
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When army priest Tomas Piety returns from war, his city is starving and his criminal empire has been stolen. With Bloody Anne and his brother beside him, Tomas fights to reclaim Ellinburg’s streets from rival gangs and hidden enemies. Peter McLean’s Priest of Bones begins a brutal, brilliant grimdark saga of power, loyalty, and survival.
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The war is over, but peace is a luxury Ellinburg cannot afford. Tomas Piety, once a soldier and now a weary priest, returns home beside his trusted sergeant Bloody Anne to find his city broken and his crime empire stolen. The hungry fill the streets, power has shifted, and old loyalties have rotted away.
Determined to rebuild what was his, Tomas gathers his brother Jochan and his new crew, the Pious Men. Yet the city’s underworld hides new masters and darker wars. Every debt, every secret, and every sin comes due.
Peter McLean’s Priest of Bones launches an unmissable grimdark series of soldiers turned gangsters, blending blood, faith, and vengeance into a fierce tale of crime and survival.
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In a world locked in an unwinnable war, only the magically gifted survive while the rest are sent to die.
The Rage of Dragons
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Grim Dark · Sword and Sorcery
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In a world locked in an unwinnable war, only the magically gifted survive while the rest are sent to die. After his family is slaughtered, the ungifted Tau abandons dreams of escape and devotes himself to a brutal path of vengeance. This epic fantasy delivers relentless combat, dragon-bound power, and a single-minded descent into obsession forged by grief and fury.
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Game of Thrones meets Gladiator in this blockbuster debut epic fantasy about a world caught in an eternal war, and the young man who will become his people's only hope for survival.
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S TOP 100 FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Winner of the Reddit/Fantasy Award for Best Debut Fantasy Novel
The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable war for almost two hundred years. The lucky ones are born gifted. One in every two thousand women has the power to call down dragons. One in every hundred men is able to magically transform himself into a bigger, stronger, faster killing machine.
Everyone else is fodder, destined to fight and die in the endless war.
Young, gift-less Tau knows all this, but he has a plan of escape. He's going to get himself injured, get out early, and settle down to marriage, children, and land. Only, he doesn't get the chance.
Those closest to him are brutally murdered, and his grief swiftly turns to anger. Fixated on revenge, Tau dedicates himself to an unthinkable path. He'll become the greatest swordsman to ever live, a man willing to die a hundred thousand times for the chance to kill the three who betrayed him.
The Rage of Dragons launches a stunning and powerful debut epic fantasy series that readers are already calling "the best fantasy book in years."
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A strong match for readers drawn to swashbuckling fantasy, sword fights, political conspiracies, and fallen heroes trying to reclaim their purpose.
Traitor’s Blade
Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Grim Dark · Sword and Sorcery
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Falcio Val Mond and fellow former Greatcoats Kest and Brasti once traveled the kingdom enforcing the king's law, but after his overthrow they are disgraced and reduced to mercenary work. When they are framed for murder, they are pulled into a royal conspiracy threatening a young girl and the Greatcoats' unfinished mission, with a 4.0-star average from more than 26,800 Goodreads ratings. A strong match for readers drawn to swashbuckling fantasy, sword fights, political conspiracies, and fallen heroes trying to reclaim their purpose.
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When every noble is a tyrant and every knight is a thug, the only thing you can really trust is a traitor's blade. Shortlisted for the David Gemmell Award and the Goodreads Choice Award!
The Greatcoats are travelling magistrates bringing justice to all . . . or at least they were, before they watched the Dukes impale their King's head on a spike. Now the land's heroes are reviled as traitors, their Greatcoats in tatters.
Facio, Kest and Brasti have been reduced to working as mercenaries, but when they find their employer dead - and are forced to watch as the killer plants evidence framing them for the murder - they realise things are about to get even worse.
For the royal conspiracy that began with overthrowing an idealistic young king is spreading to Rijou, the most corrupt city in the land, and the life of a young girl hangs in the balance.
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Good for readers who like Norse-inspired fantasy, vengeance, battle fame, and mythic stakes.
The Shadow of the Gods
Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Grim Dark
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Called “a masterfully crafted, brutally compelling Norse-inspired epic” by Anthony Ryan, three warriors shape the fate of Vigrið as whispers of war rise in a world where extinct gods have left only their bones behind. The Shadow of the Gods begins John Gwynne’s epic fantasy trilogy, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 17,400 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like Norse-inspired fantasy, vengeance, battle fame, and mythic stakes.
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Set Norse-inspired world, and packed with myth, magic, and vengeance, The Shadow of the Gods begins an epic fantasy saga from bestselling author John Gwynne.
A century has passed since the gods fought and drove themselves to extinction. Now only their bones remain, promising great power to those brave enough to seek them out.
As whispers of war echo across the land of Vigrid, fate follows in the footsteps of three warriors: a huntress on a dangerous quest, a noblewoman pursuing battle fame, and a thrall seeking vengeance among the mercenaries known as the Bloodsworn.
All three will shape the fate of the world as it once more falls under the shadow of the gods.
"A masterfully crafted, brutally compelling Norse-inspired epic." —Anthony Ryan The Greatest Sagas Are Written in Blood
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What happens when a bunch of washed-up mercenaries have to reunite for one last disaster of a mission?
Kings of the Wyld
Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Grim Dark · Sword and Sorcery
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What happens when a bunch of washed-up mercenaries have to reunite for one last disaster of a mission? Kings of the Wyld takes the classic epic fantasy quest and cranks up the chaos, heart, and humor as Clay Cooper and his former band of legendary fighters head back into the wild for a rescue that’s as dangerous as it is ridiculous. It’s a love letter to old friends, bad decisions, and going back out there even when your best days seem long gone.
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A retired group of legendary mercenaries get the band back together for one last impossible mission in this award-winning debut epic fantasy.
"Fantastic, funny, ferocious." -- Sam Sykes
Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best, the most feared and renowned crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld.
Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk, or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help -- the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for.
It's time to get the band back together.
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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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