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Dark Fantasy

for Dark Minds

Step into the shadows this October and enter worlds of magic, vampires, and blood with our selection of Dark Fantasy books. While the lines between Horror, Romance, Dark Fantasy, and Young Adult Fantasy may be blurry, these titles will keep your eyes open all night long.

For more spooky stories, check out the rest of our Thrills & Chills selections, like Sweet Scares for the kids, Real Life Is a Nightmare for those that prefer a real scary story, and of course we have the forever-classic Horror.

Our Favorite New Dark Fantasies

Fairy Tale

Stephen King

from: $9.39

Kingdom of the Feared

Kingdom of the Feared

Kerri Maniscalco

from: $11.69

Babel or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revoluti

Babel or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revoluti

R.F. Kuang

from: $16.87

The Golden Enclaves

The Golden Enclaves

Naomi Novik

from: $12.19

Thistlefoot

GennaRose Nethercott

from: $14.70

The Witch and the Tsar

The Witch and the Tsar

Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

from: $7.99

House of Hunger

House of Hunger

Alexis Henderson

from: $10.59

Forestfall

Lyndall Clipstone

from: $12.09

Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer

Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer

Marjorie M. Liu

from: $14.89

The Book Eaters

The Book Eaters

Sunyi Dean

from: $7.19

Belladonna

Adalyn Grace

from: $8.39

The Drowned Woods

The Drowned Woods

Emily Lloyd-Jones

from: $11.45

The Serpent and the Wings of Night

The Serpent and the Wings of Night

Carissa Broadbent

from: $16.62

Priest of Crowns

Priest of Crowns

Peter McLean

from: $14.24

City of Keys

Kat Ross

from: $25.24

Bone Orchard

Sara A. Mueller

from: $7.09

The Martyr

Anthony Ryan

from: $13.99

Rebecca Roanhorse

from: $10.49

Book of Night

Holly Black

from: $6.19

Fantastical Worlds for Everyone

The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher

The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher

Andrzej Sapkowski

from: $4.59

Hawkes Harbor

S.E. Hinton

from: $4.19

Tales of Carnival Row

Tales of Carnival Row

George Mann

from: $17.92

The Seventh Tower Volumes 1-3

The Seventh Tower Volumes 1-3

Garth Nix

from: $5.19

Coraline

Neil Gaiman

from: $5.29

Shadows of the Dark Crystal #1

Shadows of the Dark Crystal #1

J.M. Lee

from: $4.59

Sergei Lukyanenko

from: $3.59

Uprooted

Naomi Novik

from: $6.59

Succubus Blues

Richelle Mead

from: $4.79

Blood Communion

Blood Communion

Anne Rice

from: $7.69

Prince of Thorns

Prince of Thorns

Mark Lawrence

from: $5.09

The Painted Man

The Painted Man

Peter V. Brett

from: $4.49

The Darkness That Comes Before

The Darkness That Comes Before

R. Scott Bakker

from: $14.83

The Night Angel Trilogy

The Night Angel Trilogy

Brent Weeks

from: $38.29

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova

from: $3.99

The Mirror Empire

The Mirror Empire

Kameron Hurley

from: $5.59

Guilty Pleasures

Guilty Pleasures

Laurell K. Hamilton

from: $3.59

Legacy of Blood

Legacy of Blood

Richard A. Knaak

from: $4.89

Beyond Redemption

Beyond Redemption

Michael R. Fletcher

from: $13.39

Stormcaller

Everet Martins

from: $23.99

Gormenghast

Mervyn Peake

from: $7.99

The Black Company

The Black Company

Glen Cook

from: $7.49

Dead Until Dark

Dead Until Dark

Charlaine Harris

from: $4.19

The Left Hand of God

The Left Hand of God

Paul Hoffman

from: $3.69

Young Adult Dark Fantasy

Descendant of the Crane

Descendant of the Crane

Joan He

from: $11.44

Blood Scion

Deborah Falaye

from: $6.09

Children of Blood and Bone

Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi

from: $3.99

Red Queen

Victoria Aveyard

from: $5.29

Gods & Monsters

Gods & Monsters

Shelby Mahurin

from: $7.29

Shadow and Bone

Shadow and Bone

Leigh Bardugo

from: $4.99

Defy the Night

Brigid Kemmerer

from: $9.99

Three Dark Crowns

Three Dark Crowns

Kendare Blake

from: $4.99

House of Hollow

House of Hollow

Krystal Sutherland

from: $6.39

Gallant

Victoria Schwab

from: $6.69

The Book of Living Secrets

The Book of Living Secrets

Madeleine Roux

from: $9.99

Bloodleaf

Crystal Smith

from: $4.69

Caraval

Stephanie Garber

from: $6.89

What Big Teeth

Rose Szabo

from: $5.09

Dark Rise

C.S. Pacat

from: $10.19

Only a Monster

Vanessa Len

from: $14.05

The Never Tilting World

The Never Tilting World

Rin Chupeco

from: $6.19

More from our Thrills & Chills Collection

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Horror

New releases, old classics, and modern favorites all full of that tasty, tasty fear

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Real Life is a Nightmare

True tales of terror, torment, and thievery

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Sweet Scares

Spooky doesn't have to be scary! Find Halloween-ish reads for kids of all ages

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