Dark Fantasy

Magic that costs more than it gives. Fantasy written in the register of horror — dread, monstrous things, and a supernatural that is a threat rather than a wonder.

On the Fantasy & the Invented shelf.

Books shelved as Dark Fantasy

• Ruin — John Gwynne
• Haunting Adeline — H. D. Carlton
• Killing Pretty: A Sandman Slim Novel — Richard Kadrey
• The Black Prince — Ariana Nash
• Ring Shout — P. Djèlí Clark
• Blood & Ice — Ariana Nash
• The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk — Carissa Broadbent
• Kingdom of Ash — Sarah J. Maas
• A Theory of Dreaming — Ava Reid
• The Lion & the Deathless Dark — Carissa Broadbent
• The Butcher of the Forest — Premee Mohamed
• A Corruption of Souls — Taylor Hubbard
• Iron & Fire — Ariana Nash / Pippa DaCosta
• The Will of the Many — James Islington
• The Witch Queen — Heather Walter
• The Core — Peter V. Brett
• Gothikana — RuNyx
• Kill City Blues: A Sandman Slim Novel — Richard Kadrey
• The Skull Throne — Peter V. Brett
• Dreams Made Flesh — Anne Bishop
• Blood Over Bright Haven — M. L. Wang
• Prey House — Kenny Gould
• Queen of the Darkness — Anne Bishop
• Tangled Webs — Anne Bishop

Related genres

• Fantasy
• Epic Fantasy
• Urban Fantasy
• Cozy Fantasy
• Historical Fantasy
• Fairy Tale Retelling
• Dragons
• Asian-inspired Fantasy
• LitRPG
• Military Fantasy
• Contemporary Fantasy
• Grimdark
• Fae
• Court Intrigue
• Portal Fantasy
• Sapphic Fantasy
• Quest Fantasy
• Flintlock Fantasy
• Necromancy
• Roman-inspired Fantasy
• Dying Earth

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