Most Popular Dark Fantasy Books of 2025

Twisted Classic Tales #6

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Krodi

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Retellings

February 12, 2025

Twisted Classic Tales #1

Little Red Riding Hood

Krodi

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Retellings

February 4, 2025

Taint Of The Gods #1

Ravenous

Alana Rachel Parker

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

February 14, 2025

Prototype #1

Prototype

Jez Cajiao

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG

January 17, 2025

Density God #4

Supremacy of the Density God

ToraAKR

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG

January 28, 2025

Breaking the Curse

JC Brown

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance

September 17, 2025

The Lightbringers #2

Of Flights and Furies

Sera Foxe

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fae · Fairies · New Adult

July 17, 2025

The Lightbringers #1

Blood Iron and Bone

Sera Foxe

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fae · Fairies · New Adult

March 21, 2025

My Brother's Keeper

Heather D. Glidewell

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Psychological Thriller

February 18, 2025

Fables of Darkness & Desires #1

A Cursed Rose

C.R. Matysik

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fae · Fairy Tale Retellings · Romantasy

February 14, 2025

Legends Reborn #2

A Curse of Thorns and Slumber

Marie-Hélène Lebeault

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Retellings · Romance

January 13, 2025

Legends Reborn #3

A Curse of Glass and Shadows

Marie-Hélène Lebeault

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Retellings · Romance

March 17, 2025

Dark Enchantments #3

Fae of Curses and Dreams

Violet Jasper

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Adult · Retellings

May 1, 2025

The Wind Witch of Draakensky

Paula Cappa

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Witches · Short Stories

January 8, 2025

A Pitiless Rain #1

Lies Weeping

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

November 4, 2025

Unworldly City #3

Of Skulls Of Shackles

Kelly St. Clare

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

May 23, 2025

The Obsidian Spindle Saga #3

The Fairy Queen

Russell Nohelty

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · New Adult · Mythology

September 3, 2025

The Obsidian Spindle Saga #2

The Wicked Witch

Russell Nohelty

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · New Adult · Witches

September 2, 2025

The Villain's Kiss

Of Spindles and Nightfall

J. Ann Curtis

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Demon · Fairy Tale Retellings · New Adult

October 1, 2025

The Legacy Series #4

Dawn of Chaos and Fury

Melissa K. Roehrich

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · New Adult · Romance

November 25, 2025

Unworldly City #2

Of Brides Of Queens

Kelly St. Clare

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

January 14, 2025

The Otherwhere Post

Emily J. Taylor

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

February 25, 2025

Warriors of Magic #2

Strange Familiar

Jeffe Kennedy

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

March 31, 2025

Their Dark Queen #2

Kiss the Filthiest King

Alexi Blake

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fae

March 22, 2025

The Freckled Fate #3

A Rising Hope

Tetyana Walker

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

February 28, 2025

Bound by Moonfire #1

Dawn of the Obsidian Sun

R.N. Barbosa

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

January 30, 2025

Love All Else #1

Befallen

Shirley Siaton

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance

May 14, 2025

Skulduggery Pleasant #17

A Heart Full of Hatred

Derek Landy

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult

July 1, 2025

Book of Night #2

Thief of Night

Holly Black

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

September 23, 2025

UnderVerse #8

Desert of the Soul

Jez Cajiao

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG

June 13, 2025

Empire of the Vampire #3

Empire of the Dawn

Jay Kristoff

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

November 4, 2025