Not necesarily grimdark or dark fantasy (some might be epic fantasy or military fantasy and so on), but with darker undertones, grey characters and serious, mature writing and story. No YA here, full adults readers only!
 American Gods
| 4.02 |
 Elric: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
| 3.65 |
 The Shadow of the Torturer
| 3.63 |
 The Monster's Corner
| 5 |
 Beyond Redemption
| 3.75 |
 Priest
| 3.81 |
 Kalanon's Rising
| 3 |
 Norylska Groans
| 4 |
 A Game of Thrones
| 4.39 |
 Mythago Wood
| 3.64 |
 Umbra torționarului
| 5 |
 Blood of Elves
| 3.96 |
 Elric
| 3.8 |
 Under Heaven
| 4.38 |
 The Black Company
| 3.57 |
 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
| 4.01 |
 The Vagrant
| 3.18 |
 The Steel Remains
| 3.72 |
 The Name of the Wind
| 4.4 |
 Wolfhound century
| 4.25 |
 The Grey Bastards
| 3.69 |
 Blood Song
| 4.36 |
 The Traitor Baru Cormorant
| 3.83 |
 The Grand Dark
| 3.23 |
 Eroii
| 4.5 |
 Unwrapped Sky
| 3 |
 The Lies of Locke Lamora
| 4.28 |
 Scourge of the Betrayer
| 3 |
 Veil of the Deserters
| 5 |
 Circe
| 4.26 |
 Malice
| 3.99 |
 Blackwing
| 3.94 |
 The Grim Company
| 3.57 |
 The Empire of the Dead The Empire of the Dead
| 4 |
 The Blue Blazes
| 4 |
 The Darkness That Comes Before
| 3.71 |
 The Emperor's Blades
| 3.97 |
 The Gutter Prayer
| 3.73 |
 The Winter Road
| 4.25 |
 The Blood-Tainted Winter
| 3 |
 Theft of Swords
| 4.03 |
 Priest of Bones
| 3.7 |
 Priest of Lies
| 4.34 |
 Legend
| 3.85 |
 The Mirror Empire
| 3.7 |
 Godblind
| 3.11 |
 Heroes Die
| 4.22 |
 The Library at Mount Char
| 3.99 |
 We Men of Ash and Shadow
| 4 |
 The Incorruptibles
| 3.67 |
 We Ride the Storm
| 4.25 |
 Lord Foul's Bane
| 3.21 |
 The Forgetting Moon
| 3.98 |
 Red Country
| 4.2 |
 City of Kings
| 3 |
 The Justice of Kings
| 4.19 |
 The Tyranny of Faith
| 4.37 |
 Brother Red
| 4 |
 The Coward
| 3.62 |
 The mask of the sorcerer
| 2.5 |
 The Fifth Season
| 4.34 |
