Most Popular Dark Fantasy Books of the 2000s

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World of the First Law

Best Served Cold

Joe Abercrombie

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

May 28, 2009

8.5/10 32 ratings

The First Law Trilogy #2

Before They Are Hanged

Joe Abercrombie

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

March 2007

8.4/10 101 ratings

The First Law Trilogy #3

Last Argument of Kings

Joe Abercrombie

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

March 14, 2008

8.5/10 76 ratings

Skulduggery Pleasant #3

The Faceless Ones

Derek Landy

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

March 22, 2009

8.5/10 78 ratings

The First Law Trilogy #1

The Blade Itself

Joe Abercrombie

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

May 2006

7.9/10 168 ratings

Skulduggery Pleasant #1

Skulduggery Pleasant

Derek Landy

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

2007

8.0/10 164 ratings

Skulduggery Pleasant #2

Playing with Fire

Derek Landy

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

April 1, 2008

7.9/10 111 ratings

Noreela #1

Dusk

Tim Lebbon

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · British Fantasy Award

2006

10/10 1 ratings

Enemy Glory #2

Hecate's Glory

Karen Michalson

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

2003

10/10 1 ratings

A Chronicle of the Black Company #9

Soldiers Live

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

2000

9.5/10 6 ratings

The Black Company (omnibus editions) #1

Chronicles of the Black Company

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection

2007

8.9/10 13 ratings

The Dread Empire

An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Short Stories

May 20, 2009

8/10 1 ratings

Tristopolis #2

Dark Blood

John Meaney

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dark Fantasy

March 20, 2008

9/10 1 ratings

The Black Company (omnibus editions) #2

The Books of the South

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection

June 10, 2008

8.9/10 10 ratings

The Dread Empire (prequels)

A Fortress in Shadow

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection

2007

8.8/10 4 ratings

Elric

Elric

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Collection

May 2001

8.5/10 6 ratings

The Instrumentalities of the Night #2

Lord of the Silent Kingdom

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

February 2007

8.4/10 5 ratings

The Instrumentalities of the Night #1

The Tyranny of the Night

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

June 2005

8.4/10 5 ratings

The Dread Empire (main sequence)

A Cruel Wind

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection

2007

8.3/10 3 ratings

The Black Company (omnibus editions) #3

The Return of the Black Company

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection

September 14, 2009

8/10 6 ratings

Tristopolis #1

Bone Song

John Meaney

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dark Fantasy

2007

8/10 1 ratings

Enemy Glory #1

Enemy Glory

Karen Michalson

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

2001

6/10 2 ratings

Noreela

The Island

Tim Lebbon

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

May 17, 2009

Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy #1

Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy

William Schafer

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Anthology

2008

Noreela

Fallen

Tim Lebbon

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

April 29, 2008

Noreela

After the War: Two Tales of Noreela

Tim Lebbon

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

February 1, 2008

Noreela #2

Dawn

Tim Lebbon

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

2007

Kane (omnibus editions)

Midnight Sun: The Collected Stories of Kane

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

2003

Kane (omnibus editions)

Gods in Darkness: The Complete Novels of Kane

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Collection

2002