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Grimdark

Grimdark is a subgenre or a way to describe the tone, style or setting of speculative fiction (especially fantasy) that is, depending on the definition used, markedly dystopian or amoral, or particularly violent or realistic.

The word was inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000: “In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.�

The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law #3)
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
Best Served Cold
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
The Heroes
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
Red Country
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
King of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #2)
Emperor of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #3)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
Half the World by Joe AbercrombieShadows of Self by Brandon SandersonUprooted by Naomi NovikHalf a War by Joe AbercrombieThe Liar's Key by Mark  Lawrence
Best Fantasy of 2015
62 books — 84 voters
Age of Myth by Michael J. SullivanA Gathering of Shadows by Victoria E. SchwabThe Bands of Mourning by Brandon SandersonA Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasLeft-Hand Gods by Jamie Lackey
Best Fantasy of 2016
33 books — 19 voters

The Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombiePrince of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinLast Argument of Kings by Joe AbercrombieBefore They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
The Grimdarks
460 books — 1,149 voters

Mistborn by Brandon SandersonThunderhead by Neal ShustermanThe Rithmatist by Brandon SandersonThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Six Macs and the Purple Orb by David J. Dawkins
Fantasy of Worth
32 books — 3 voters
The First Law Trilogy by Joe AbercrombieThe Broken Empire Trilogy by Mark  LawrenceThe Gunslinger by Stephen        KingGoblin Slayer, Vol. 1 by Kumo KagyuThe Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Books Like Berserk
54 books — 8 voters

Sfarda L. Gül
Because I’m empty without rage. I don’t know how else to live.
Sfarda L. Gül, Non Serviam

S. A. Matey
It’s all over now, came that lonesome voice. You have to let it go. Vasily searched the heavens. But how can I let it go, and still hold onto you? As always, the winking stars stayed silent.
S. A. Matey, Prince of Glass: Remastered

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