Dark

Dark literature refers to books that deal with grim subject matter, such as war, persecution, abuse, or suffering.

Don't Let the Forest In
My Darlings
Feast While You Can
Bloodbath (Order of the Unseen)
The Dark Becomes Her
Rook & Rebel (The Mavericks #1)
Emperor of Rage
Finding Delaware (State of Us #1)
A Kingdom of Monsters (Wilde Fae #4)
Trick or Treat
Psycho Alphas: Part One (An Unhinged Reverse Harem Duet #1)
Above All Else (The Exodus)
Crossed Sticks (Buffalo Warriors Hockey #1)
Wicked Schemes (Morales Coven, #2)
10 Grzechów Głównych
Twisted Love (Twisted, #1)
Hidden Pictures
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
Saving 6 (Boys of Tommen, #3)
The Wife Upstairs
Anathema
Redeeming 6 (Boys of Tommen, #4)
The Perfect Child
Strange Sally Diamond
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
Bunny
Keep It in the Family
Ask for Andrea
Look Closer
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
864 books — 627 voters
Captive in the Dark by C.J. RobertsRaw by Belle AuroraTears of Tess by Pepper WintersConsequences by Aleatha RomigQuintessentially Q by Pepper Winters
Dark, twisted, abusive romance | 2013-2015
391 books — 1,190 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanCoraline by Neil GaimanLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Not The "Normal" Paranormal
1,154 books — 1,600 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Beasts of Success by Jasun EtherA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Darkest Books of All Time
1,162 books — 1,897 voters

A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboSecrets of the Realm by Bev StoutDark Demands by Nell HendersonLost In Time by Bridgitte LesleyIt Lives in The Basement by Sahara Foley
Indie/Self-Published Books
3,326 books — 2,239 voters
Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzFallen by Lauren KateTaming Flame by Therisa PeimerThe Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Haunting Covers
871 books — 1,080 voters

Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
Corrupt (Devil's Night, #1)
Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1)
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
The Risk (Mindf*ck, #1)
Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)
The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)
Hooked (Never After, #1)
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
Still Beating
God of Malice (Legacy of Gods, #1)
Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2)
Verity
Twist Me (Twist Me, #1)
Den of Vipers

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The place is also big enough. We could all live there without killing each other." -Rhage "That depends more on your mouth than any floorplan." -Phury ...more
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Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally.
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