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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Elric
Elric
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Collection
May 2001
The Lot Lands #1
The Grey Bastards
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
October 2015
Skulduggery Pleasant #9
The Dying of the Light
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult
August 2014
Skulduggery Pleasant #8
Last Stand of Dead Men
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult
August 29, 2013
The Instrumentalities of the Night #2
Lord of the Silent Kingdom
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
February 2007
The Instrumentalities of the Night #1
The Tyranny of the Night
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
June 2005
The Dread Empire (main sequence) #1
A Shadow of All Night Falling
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
1979
Elric Saga #5
The Bane of the Black Sword
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories
1977
The Dread Empire (main sequence)
A Cruel Wind
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection
2007
Elric Saga #2
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
1976
World of the First Law
Sharp Ends
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Short Stories
April 24, 2016
A Chronicle of the Black Company #6
Bleak Seasons
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
1996
The Coldfire Trilogy #3
Crown of Shadows
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1995
The Black Company (omnibus editions) #3
The Return of the Black Company
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection
September 14, 2009
Naor
Dark Children of Naor
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
August 1, 2012
The Black Company (omnibus editions) #4
The Many Deaths of the Black Company
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection
January 5, 2010
Elric
The Stealer of Souls
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories
1963
The Broken Sword
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
1954
Bloodwing Academy #1
On Wings of Blood
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Dragons · Fae · Vampires
October 25, 2024
The Last Chronicle of the Dread Empire #2
An Ill Fate Marshalling
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
1988
The Last Chronicle of the Dread Empire #1
Reap the East Wind
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
1987
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #5
The Conference of the Birds
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult
January 14, 2020
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
August 6, 2019
The Instrumentalities of the Night #4
Working God's Mischief
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
March 7, 2014
The Last Chronicle of the Dread Empire #3
A Path to Coldness of Heart
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
January 5, 2012
The Last Page #1
The Last Page
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · New Weird
August 15, 2010
The Swordbearer
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
1982
Skulduggery Pleasant #18
A Soul Full of Shadows
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult
June 23, 2026
The Nexus Series #4
Moonlight Bonds
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Reverse Harem · Romantasy · Shapeshifters
September 26, 2025
Spicy Romantasy Fairy Tales
Realm of Magic and Shadow
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fae · Fairy Tale Retellings · New Adult
January 31, 2025
Spicy Romantasy Fairy Tales
The Devil's Mask
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Medieval · New Adult
November 12, 2024
Spicy Romantasy Fairy Tales
Fairest Rose
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · New Adult · Romantasy
October 9, 2024
Rise of Mankind #7
Age of Expansion
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG
November 8, 2024
Spicy Romantasy Fairy Tales
Dreams in Time
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Medieval · New Adult
August 13, 2024
Don't Let the Forest In
Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Young Adult
October 29, 2024
World of the First Law
The Great Change (and Other Lies)
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Short Stories
September 28, 2023