Most Popular Dark Fantasy Books of the 2020s

Villains of Lore #3

Battle for Hercules

Jasmine Mas

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

June 22, 2027

Realms In Peril #3

Realms In Peril Book 3

A.N. Caudle

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · New Adult · Romance

2027

Rise of Mankind #9

Rise of Mankind Book 9

Jez Cajiao

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG

2027

Love All Else #3

Beholden

Shirley Siaton

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

2027

The Darkwing Duet #2

The Tainted Shadow

Savannah Lee

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Adult · Romance

2027

Bound by Moonfire #2

Bound by Moonfire Book 2

R.N. Barbosa

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

2027

Soulbrand Trilogy #2

Soulbrand Trilogy Book 2

Ivor K. Hill

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

2027

Naphalia Chronicles #2

Vicious Ruins

N.D Devereux

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

2027

The Brilliant Soul Duology #2

The Brilliant Soul Duology Book 2

Cate Baumer

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

2027

The Drowning #2

The Drowning Book 2

Thelma Mantey

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

2027

The Travelers #2

The Travelers Book 2

M. A. Brown

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

2027

Undying Desires #2

Undying Desires Book 2

Karen Kincy

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

2027

Love All Else #2

Begotten

Shirley Siaton

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

2027

Thorn Witch Trilogy #2

Thorn Witch Trilogy Book 2

Katharine J. Adams

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Romance

2027

Halls of Darkness #2

Depraved to the Bone

May Sage, Alexi Blake

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fae · Romance

2027

Kingdom of Runes #5

Dark Bringer

Audrey Grey

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult · Romance

2027

The Four Kingdoms #4

A Kingdom of Shadow and Sacrifice

Whitney Dean

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

2027

Vespertine #2

Vespertine Book 2

Margaret Rogerson

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

2027

Bethel #2

The Dawn of the Coven

Alexis Henderson

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

2027

Brides in the Dark

Jacob Steven Mohr

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Gothic Horror

January 23, 2026

Knotty Fairytales

Knotted By The Golem

Siena Stone

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Erotic Romance · Golem · Omegaverse

October 15, 2026

Knotty Fairytales

Knotting The Evil Queen

Siena Stone

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Erotic Romance · Fairy Tale Retellings · Omegaverse

May 31, 2026

The Ballad of Ashes and Spring

KR Paul

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Enemies To Lovers · Mythology Retellings · Romantasy

March 20, 2026

Chains of Solitude #2

The Blood Throne

Tesone Gabriel

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Elf · Epic Fantasy · Giant

May 26, 2026

Song of the Damned #2

Rising Gale

Z.B. Steele

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy

June 16, 2026

Gothic Academia #1

Honor & Heresy

Max Francis

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

April 21, 2026

The Fiends #1

The Calamities

Chuck Wendig

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy

August 18, 2026

Beyond and Within

No Laughing Matter

Peter Coleborn, Mike Chinn

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Psychological Horror · Anthology

November 24, 2026

Dark Faeverse #5

MISTED

Allegra Rose

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Erotic Romance · Fae · Omegaverse

April 14, 2026

Dark Faeverse #6

SCORCHED

Allegra Rose

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Erotic Romance · Fae · Omegaverse

May 12, 2026

Dark Faeverse #7

SHADOWED

Allegra Rose

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Erotic Romance · Fae · Omegaverse

August 4, 2026

Dark Faeverse #4

KNOTTED

Allegra Rose

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Erotic Romance · Fae · Omegaverse

January 21, 2026

Wolf Worm

T. Kingfisher

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Gothic Fantasy · Adult

March 24, 2026

The Poisoner #3

The Cannibal

I.V. Ophelia

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Vampires · Romance

September 1, 2026

A Plagued Sea

Kim Bo-Young

Horror · Science Fiction · Dark Fantasy · Post-Apocalyptic

August 11, 2026

Wicked Ever After #11

Key of the Forbidden Room

Brandon Rohrbaugh

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Gothic Fantasy · Romantasy

October 27, 2026