Most Popular Dark Fantasy Books of the 20th century

A Chronicle of the Black Company #3

The White Rose

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1985

A Chronicle of the Black Company #2

Shadows Linger

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

October 1984

A Chronicle of the Black Company #1

The Black Company

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

May 1984

Elric Saga #1

Elric of Melniboné

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1972

Kane

The Book of Kane

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1985

Kane #5

Night Winds

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1978

Kane #4

Dark Crusade

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1976

Kane #3

Bloodstone

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1975

Kane #2

Death Angel's Shadow

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1973

The Dread Empire (prequels) #2

With Mercy Toward None

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1985

The Dread Empire (prequels) #1

The Fire in His Hands

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1984

A Chronicle of the Black Company #5

Dreams of Steel

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1990

A Chronicle of the Black Company #8

Water Sleeps

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1999

A Chronicle of the Black Company

The Silver Spike

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

September 1989

A Chronicle of the Black Company #4

Shadow Games

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

June 1989

Elric Saga #4

The Sleeping Sorceress

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1971

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #3

All Darkness Met

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1980

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #2

October's Baby

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1980

The Tower of Fear

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1989

Elric

The Jade Man's Eyes

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1973

Elric Saga #6

Stormbringer

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1965

Elric Saga #3

The Weird of the White Wolf

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1977

A Chronicle of the Black Company #7

She Is the Darkness

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1997

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #1

A Shadow of All Night Falling

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1979

Elric Saga #5

The Bane of the Black Sword

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1977

Elric Saga #2

The Sailor on the Seas of Fate

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1976

A Chronicle of the Black Company #6

Bleak Seasons

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1996

The Coldfire Trilogy #3

Crown of Shadows

C. S. Friedman

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1995

Elric

The Stealer of Souls

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1963

The Broken Sword

Poul Anderson

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1954

The Last Chronicle of the Dread Empire #2

An Ill Fate Marshalling

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1988

The Last Chronicle of the Dread Empire #1

Reap the East Wind

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1987

The Swordbearer

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1982

The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Short Stories

1998

The Coldfire Trilogy #2

When True Night Falls

C. S. Friedman

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1993

The Coldfire Trilogy #1

Black Sun Rising

C. S. Friedman

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1991