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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Naor
Mistress of Crystals: Chronicles of the Second War of the Gods
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
June 27, 2017
Skullcrusher #1
Skullcrusher: Selected Weird Fiction, Volume One
Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories
September 2012
Miserere: An Autumn Tale
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
June 2011
The Dread Empire
An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Short Stories
May 20, 2009
The Tower of Fear
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
1989
Elric
The Jade Man's Eyes
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
1973
Bloodwing Academy #3
The Wings That Bind
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Dragons · Fae · Vampires
March 10, 2026
The Nexus Series #3
Ethereal Shifters
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Reverse Harem · Romantasy · Shapeshifters
March 31, 2025
Spicy Romantasy Fairy Tales
Dreams of Roses
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · New Adult · Romantasy
September 24, 2024
Bloodwing Academy #2
The Bond That Burns
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Dragons · Fae · Vampires
December 27, 2024
Realms In Peril #1
Worthy of Fate
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · New Adult · Romance
April 11, 2024
Asunder
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
August 20, 2024
Inheritance of Magic #2
An Instruction in Shadow
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Romance
October 15, 2024
Blood Over Bright Haven
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
July 25, 2023
Rise of the Devourer #1
Voidborne
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG
October 24, 2023
Vespertine #1
Vespertine
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult
October 5, 2021
The Lot Lands #3
The Free Bastards
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
September 28, 2021
Sooty Feathers #1
Resurrection Men
Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
August 2018
Skulduggery Pleasant #8
Armageddon Outta Here
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories
July 2014
Tristopolis #2
Dark Blood
Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dark Fantasy
March 20, 2008
The Red Queen's War #1
Prince of Fools
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
May 30, 2014
The Black Company (omnibus editions) #2
The Books of the South
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection
June 10, 2008
The Age of Madness #3
The Wisdom of Crowds
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
September 14, 2021
The Red Queen's War #3
The Wheel of Osheim
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
June 2, 2016
Elric Saga #6
Stormbringer
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
1965
Elric Saga #3
The Weird of the White Wolf
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories
1977
Villains of Lore #2
Bonds of Hercules
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Romance
October 28, 2025
The Dread Empire (prequels)
A Fortress in Shadow
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection
2007
World of the First Law
Red Country
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
October 16, 2012
The Red Queen's War #2
The Liar's Key
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · David Gemmell Award
May 28, 2015
The Instrumentalities of the Night #3
Surrender to the Will of the Night
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
November 20, 2010
The Broken Empire #2
King of Thorns
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
August 2, 2012
A Chronicle of the Black Company #7
She Is the Darkness
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
1997
The Age of Madness #1
A Little Hatred
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
September 17, 2019
The Broken Empire #3
Emperor of Thorns
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · David Gemmell Award
July 26, 2013
Alchemised
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Dark Romance
September 23, 2025