When the world gets dark, sometimes you need your reading to go even darker. Here are eight of the greatest grimdark fantasy reads.
Times of great upheaval in real life lead a lot of readers in one of two, very opposite, directions. They either look for cozy and bright, or they go the other way with grimdark. If you’re in the latter camp and looking for some great grimdark fantasy reads, I’ve got your back.
What is grimdark? The term came from the original tagline of the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game, “In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war.” You can probably guess the definition from there, but let me illuminate. Grimdark stories are often speculative, always dark and hostile and violent. Questionable morals abound. Antiheroes are more prevalent than outright heroes. The ends often justify the means. You want to read grimdark, you’d best be prepared for all the content warnings.
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Andrew Mayden 
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