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Dark books

Grim, heavy or bleak. Here are 48 books with a lot of dark, starting with Manacled, Haunting Adeline and The Road.

• ManacledSenLinYu
• Haunting AdelineH D Carlton
• The RoadCormac McCarthy
• Hunting AdelineH D Carlton
• Empire of the VampireJay Kristoff
• The Poppy WarR.F. Kuang
• The Black DahliaJames Ellroy
• The Summer I DiedRyan C. Thomas
• BrotherAnia Ahlborn
• Pet SemataryStephen King
• Den of VipersK.A. Knight
• God of PainRina Kent
• Tender Is the FleshAgustina Bazterrica
• Last Argument of KingsJoe Abercrombie
• The Blade ItselfJoe Abercrombie
• We Need to Talk About KevinLionel Shriver
• Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the WestCormac McCarthy
• Prince of ThornsMark Lawrence
• The Orphan Master's SonAdam Johnson
• YouCaroline Kepnes
• Seduced in the DarkC.J. Roberts
• Seeds of YesterdayV.C. Andrews
• The 120 Days of SodomMarquis de Sade
• The Handmaid's TaleMargaret Atwood
• NightElie Wiesel
• The Bell JarSylvia Plath
• A Clockwork OrangeAnthony Burgess
• Dark PlacesGillian Flynn
• Fight ClubChuck Palahniuk
• The Silence of the LambsThomas Harris
• Sharp ObjectsGillian Flynn
• HookedEmily McIntire
• The Complete Stories and PoemsEdgar Allan Poe
• The Dragon Republic Deluxe Collector's EditionR. F. KUANG
• 1984George Orwell
• Gone GirlGillian Flynn
• The Eyes Are the Best PartMonika Kim
• Pretty GirlsKarin Slaughter
• ScarredEmily McIntire
• The Tell-Tale Heart and Other WritingsEdgar Allan Poe
• The Black FarmElias Witherow
• Losers: Part TwoHarley Laroux
• The Dragon RepublicR. F. Kuang
• AlchemisedSenlinyu
• ItStephen King
• Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding
• CarrieStephen King
• If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of SisterhoodGregg Olsen

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