Most Popular Dark Fantasy Books

Explore the most popular Dark Fantasy books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.

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Kane

The Book of Kane

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1985

10/10 1 ratings

Kane #5

Night Winds

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1978

10/10 1 ratings

Kane #4

Dark Crusade

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1976

10/10 1 ratings

Kane #3

Bloodstone

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1975

10/10 1 ratings

Kane #2

Death Angel's Shadow

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1973

10/10 1 ratings

The Legacy Series #2

Storm of Secrets and Sorrow

Melissa K. Roehrich

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · New Adult · Romance

February 29, 2024

8.3/10 3 awaiting ratings

Elydes #2

Elydes 2

Drew Wells

Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · LitRPG · Adventure

September 25, 2024

The Dread Empire (prequels) #2

With Mercy Toward None

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1985

9.7/10 3 ratings

The Dread Empire (prequels) #1

The Fire in His Hands

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1984

9.7/10 3 ratings

A Chronicle of the Black Company #9

Soldiers Live

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

2000

9.5/10 6 ratings

Empire of the Vampire #2

Empire of the Damned

Jay Kristoff

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

March 12, 2024

10/10 1 ratings

Rise of Mankind #1

Age of Stone

Jez Cajiao

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG

April 24, 2021

9.3/10 3 ratings

Rise of Mankind #5

Age of Forged Steel

Jez Cajiao

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG

April 10, 2023

9.5/10 2 ratings

Vicious Lost Boys #4

The Fae Princes

Nikki St. Crowe

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Romance

March 22, 2023

9/10 1 ratings

Rise of Mankind #3

Age of Iron

Jez Cajiao

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG

March 1, 2022

9.5/10 2 ratings

Overlord #3

Overlord: Volume 3

Kugane Maruyama

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dark Fantasy

January 31, 2017

9.5/10 2 ratings

Naor

Servant of the Gods

Justyna Plichta-Jendzio

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

December 2015

9.5/10 2 ratings

Naor

Damned Children of Naor

Justyna Plichta-Jendzio

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

June 15, 2015

9.5/10 2 ratings

Naor

Cursed Children of Naor

Justyna Plichta-Jendzio

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

April 2014

9.3/10 9 ratings

Elydes #3

Elydes 3

Drew Wells

Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · LitRPG · Adventure

January 21, 2026

9.5/10 4 awaiting ratings

Rise of Mankind #8

Age of Conquest

Jez Cajiao

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG

February 28, 2025

8/10 1 ratings

Naor

Evil Children of Naor

Justyna Plichta-Jendzio

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

August 1, 2013

9.3/10 8 ratings

A Chronicle of the Black Company #5

Dreams of Steel

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1990

9.2/10 9 ratings

A Chronicle of the Black Company #8

Water Sleeps

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1999

9.2/10 6 ratings

A Chronicle of the Black Company

The Silver Spike

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

September 1989

9.1/10 7 ratings

A Chronicle of the Black Company #4

Shadow Games

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

June 1989

9.1/10 10 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 Age of Madness #2

The Trouble with Peace

Joe Abercrombie

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

September 15, 2020

9/10 8 ratings

Elric Saga #4

The Sleeping Sorceress

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1971

9/10 6 ratings

Density God #5

Advent of the Density God Book 5

ToraAKR

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG

August 5, 2025

8/10 1 ratings

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #3

All Darkness Met

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1980

9/10 3 ratings

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #2

October's Baby

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1980

9/10 3 ratings

Rise of Mankind #6

Age of Glass

Jez Cajiao

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG

September 27, 2024

9/10 2 ratings

The Atlas #3

The Atlas Complex

Olivie Blake

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

January 9, 2024

6.5/10 6 ratings

Rise of Mankind #4

Age of Steel

Jez Cajiao

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG

February 14, 2023

9/10 2 ratings

Rise of Mankind #2

Age of Bronze

Jez Cajiao

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG

December 15, 2021

9/10 2 ratings