Most Popular Dark Fantasy Books of the 2010s

The Empirium Trilogy #2

Kingsbane

Claire Legrand

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

May 20, 2019

The Merciful Crow #1

The Merciful Crow

Margaret Owen

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

July 30, 2019

Thieves of Fate #2

The Fall

Tracy Townsend

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

June 11, 2019

Never-Contented Things

Sarah Porter

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

March 19, 2019

Permafrost #1

White Stag

Kara Barbieri

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

January 8, 2019

The Mythos War #3

Death Goddess Dance

Levi Black

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

July 30, 2019

The Night Clock #2

Adornments of the Storm

Paul Meloy

Horror · Science Fiction · Dark Fantasy

February 1, 2019

Enemy Glory #3

The King's Glory

Karen Michalson

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

August 2019

The Knights' Protocol Trilogy #2

The Bastard in the Dark

Phil Parker

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fae · Fairies · Dark Fiction

March 2018

The Knights' Protocol Trilogy #1

The Bastard from Fairyland

Phil Parker

Fantasy · Arthuriana · Dark Fantasy · Dystopia · Fae

March 2018

The Immortal Knight Chronicles #5

Vampire Heretic

Dan Davis

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Historical Fiction

December 16, 2018

The Immortal Knight Chronicles #4

Vampire Knight

Dan Davis

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Historical Fiction

September 23, 2018

The Immortal Knight Chronicles #3

Vampire Khan

Dan Davis

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Historical Fiction

April 3, 2018

Colours of Humanity #1

The Gifts of Life

Oliver Smuhar

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

July 21, 2018

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2018

Paula Guran

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Anthology

October 2018

The Fractured Tapestry #1

The Blighted City

Scott Kaelen

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

January 2018

Iconoclasts #1

Aching God

Mike Shel

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

April 2018

Garden of Eldritch Delights

Lucy A. Snyder

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

October 2018

Accidental Warlocks

Jeff Leavell

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Mainstream

September 2018

The Scribe Cycle #2

Schisms

James Wolanyk

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

July 2018

The Scribe Cycle #1

Scribes

James Wolanyk

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

February 2018

This Dreaming Isle

Dan Coxon

Horror · Dark Fantasy · Weird Fiction · Anthology

August 2018

The Mask Shop of Doctor Blaack

Steve Rasnic Tem

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

October 8, 2018

Resurrection High

John Brhel, J. Sullivan

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy

April 2018

Tristopolis #3

Tristopolis Requiem

John Meaney

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dark Fantasy

July 2018

Gaslight Tales of Sherlock Holmes #4

Gaslight Gothic: Strange Tales of Sherlock Holmes

J. R. Campbell, Charles Prepolec

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Gaslamp Fantasy · Occult Detective

2018

The Siren and The Specter

Jonathan Janz

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy

September 3, 2018

Beasts Made of Night #2

Crown of Thunder

Tochi Onyebuchi

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

October 15, 2018

Tide of Stone

Kaaron Warren

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

April 2018

What the Woods Keep

Katya de Becerra

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult · Thriller

September 17, 2018

Little Dead Red & Other Stories

Mercedes M. Yardley

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Short Stories

May 2018

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Kiersten White

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

September 24, 2018

The Metiks Fade Trilogy #1

Anna Undreaming

Thomas Welsh

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

March 20, 2018

Tinfoil Dossier #2

Black Helicopters

Caitlín R. Kiernan

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dark Fantasy

May 1, 2018

The Empirium Trilogy #1

Furyborn

Claire Legrand

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

May 21, 2018

The Boneless Mercies

April Genevieve Tucholke

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

October 2, 2018