5 июл. 2023 г. · The best grimdark series is The Acts of Caine by Matthew Woodring Stover. He is a shockingly talented writer who nailed the feel of what the genre ended being.

12 янв. 2024 г. · The single darkest book I've ever read is Blade of Tyshalle by Matthew Stover. Full series the crown has to go to R. Scott Bakker's Second ...

22 июн. 2023 г. · * The Black Company series by Glen Cook · * R Scott Bakker's The Second Apocalypse · * The Acts of Caine by Matthew Stover · * Iain M. Banks' Use ...

21 июн. 2022 г. · I know they've already been posted, but Joe Abercrombie (First Law Trilogy) and Steven Erikson (Malazan Book of the Fallen) are your best bets.

7 нояб. 2022 г. · I think the Ash and Sand trilogy by Richard Nell is grimdark. I am reading it right now and it's very good.

9 сент. 2023 г. · I'm going with Katherine Kurtz. Her Deryni series is extremely grim. The Heirs of St. Culdi trilogy was one of the darkest novels I ever read.

28 дек. 2021 г. · Try the Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith Spark. It's book 1 of a 3-part grimdark series. It's also beautifully written, which is a rare ...

20 мар. 2024 г. · I'm currently considering The Black Company by Glen Cook as my next series, but I was curious if Reddit had any other good recommendations.

16 дек. 2023 г. · My favourite series so far: Wheel of Time, Cosmere, Lightbringer, Cradle, Harry Potter, Sword of Truth, and The Wandering Inn.

9 дек. 2023 г. · The Raven's Mark trilogy by Ed McDonald is exactly this. Grim but with hope, and not everybody being awful.