Dark fantasy

[kosmik]

Hi! Could any of you possibly suggest any dark fantasy books. Darker the better. Would be lovely if it was low fantasy but won't mind high fantasy either. Even horror books are okay, if they have a good story. I understand English and Estonian, so I would appreciate if they were in one of these languages.

Thanks for replies.

 

[NordArcher]

Twilight.

 

[kosmik]

Aren't you a funny one.

 

[NordArcher]

No? It's dark fantasy. Dracula by Brann Stoker is better though. I got it lent to me for over a year and didn't read yet (totally forgot).

 

[Average Joe peasant]

Dark or grim-dark?
And how "fluffy?"(eg, a WH40k novel, or something like Lovecraft?)

 

[Swadius 2.0]

No? It's dark fantasy. Dracula by Brann Stoker is better though. I got it lent to me for over a year and didn't read yet (totally forgot).

Bram Stoker would probably be more horror than dark fantasy. Twilight is published fanfiction porn for people who want to enjoy that type of thing with other people without explicitly doing so.
In any case, the Harlequin series does it much much better.


Would the dark tower series by Stephen King be considered dark fantasy?

 

[kosmik]

Really, everything goes.

Other than that less fluffy the better

 

[Devercia]

Would A Song of Ice and Fire be considered dark? It certainly is at times. Children die. Main characters die. Everybody can die.

 

[Thendes]

Try " Wheel of Time". An awesome series of books (24 of em) which is kinda dark...There's definitely nothing "cuddly woodly" in it anyway.

 

[Swadius 2.0]

The Wheel of Time is an awesome series.

 

[Thendes]

Yah it is!  I'm at book 13 at the moment, never gets boring!

 

[kosmik]

Would A Song of Ice and Fire be considered dark? It certainly is at times. Children die. Main characters die. Everybody can die.

I definitely consider it. Greatest series IMO.

The Wheel of Time is an awesome series.

Try " Wheel of Time". An awesome series of books (24 of em) which is kinda dark...There's definitely nothing "cuddly woodly" in it anyway.

Guess I'll go with that then, have heard a lot of good about it as well.

 

[Thendes]

Then Happy reading to you!

 

[NordArcher]

Imagine my surprise when, reading the WP article concerning that book's series, i saw "There is a Wheel of Time based mod, entitled "Shadow Rising," for the TaleWorlds game Mount&Blade.".

How good is the book series really? Compared to, for example, the Foundation series by Asimov?

 

[Thendes]

Well I've never read The foundation series but if i would compare any other serie I've read (Stories from Drenai, Cesar, Bilbo etc) Then Wheel of time is the #1.

 

[Urlik]

some of Clive Barker's books could be considered dark fantasy (although they could also be considered urban horror)

 

[QuailLover]

I'm not to sure of the name, but I think there is a series called Borderlands. The first book is called Covenants. It was quite a decent read. I normally read sci-fi and I actually enjoyed this fantasy series.

 

[Kazzan]

Chronicles of Drenai are pretty dark at times, "Tenaka Shadowprince" was one of the greatest of them, you really felt it when someone died. (And there are always people who die)

SoIaF

Joe Abercrombie's First Law:
“A bloody and relentless epic of vengeance and obsession in the grand tradition ... The battles are vivid and visceral, the action brutal, and the pace headlong.”  - George RR Martin

Have only read the first book (each book is in two volumes to double the income he makes, and there are three "books") Was pretty good, not really high fantasy, though there is magic and such jibber jabber.

 

[Rabid Potatoe]

each book is in two volumes to double the income he makes

What crazy place do you live in? I've read all four of his books and each was in one volume. I'd say they properly fit the dark fantasy requirement and I'd say they're very good books too.

 

[Janus]

The Black Company series. It's dark and gritty and focuses on a mercenary company, with magic being uncommon but potentially powerful mostly due to the creative usage of it.