Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Sign in with Facebook
Dark Heroic Fantasy
Great heroic fantasy books there the main character isnt a knight in shining armor. Most if not all of these books have their dark and gory parts.
Score
A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
| 1 |
|
The Sacred Band
by
Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 319 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2 |
|
The Fish the Fighters and the Song-Girl: Sacred Band of Stepsons: Sacred Band Tales 2 (Sacred Band Series)
by
Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 183 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 3 |
|
Beyond Wizardwall (Beyond Series, #3)
by
Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 413 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4 |
|
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
by
Brent Weeks (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 175,360 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 5 |
|
Beyond Sanctuary
by
Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 1,948 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 6 |
|
Wizard Weather
by
Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.71 avg rating — 73 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 7 |
|
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by
Scott Lynch (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 330,930 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 8 |
|
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by
4.22 avg rating — 298,196 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 9 |
|
The Secret of Excalibur (Excalibur Saga #1)
by
Sahara Foley (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 214 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 10 |
|
Waylander (The Drenai Saga #3)
by
4.29 avg rating — 21,236 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 11 |
|
Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1)
by
Anthony Ryan (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 90,971 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 12 |
|
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire #1)
by
Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 121,935 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 13 |
|
Wake of the Riddler
by
Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.73 avg rating — 71 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 14 |
|
The IX (The IX #1)
by
Andrew P. Weston (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 485 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 15 |
|
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by
Steven Erikson (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 133,456 ratings
score: 753,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 16 |
|
Tempus (Sacred Band Series Book 1)
by
Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 262 ratings
score: 751,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 17 |
|
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
by
3.93 avg rating — 53,671 ratings
score: 681,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 18 |
|
Shadow's Edge (Night Angel, #2)
by
Brent Weeks (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 108,293 ratings
score: 679,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 19 |
|
Beyond the Shadows (Night Angel, #3)
by
Brent Weeks (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 103,030 ratings
score: 672,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 20 |
|
Tower Lord (Raven's Shadow, #2)
by
Anthony Ryan (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 51,167 ratings
score: 562,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 21 |
|
Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
by
Scott Lynch (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 156,447 ratings
score: 555,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 22 |
|
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by
4.36 avg rating — 191,184 ratings
score: 554,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 23 |
|
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
by
4.36 avg rating — 207,284 ratings
score: 548,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 24 |
|
Chronicles of the Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1-3)
by
4.24 avg rating — 26,588 ratings
score: 534,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 25 |
|
Elric of Melniboné (Elric, #1)
by
3.89 avg rating — 30,567 ratings
score: 490,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 26 |
|
Best Served Cold
by
4.24 avg rating — 107,121 ratings
score: 471,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 27 |
|
The Heroes (First Law World, #5)
by
4.35 avg rating — 73,314 ratings
score: 470,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 28 |
|
The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)
by
Scott Lynch (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 118,511 ratings
score: 463,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 29 |
|
Red Country
by
4.31 avg rating — 62,776 ratings
score: 462,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 30 |
|
In the Realm of the Wolf (The Drenai Saga, #5)
by
4.27 avg rating — 9,863 ratings
score: 453,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 30 |
|
City At The Edge Of Time
by
Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 91 ratings
score: 453,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 32 |
|
The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1)
by
Brent Weeks (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 130,301 ratings
score: 451,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 33 |
|
Hero in the Shadows (The Drenai Saga, #9)
by
4.32 avg rating — 8,613 ratings
score: 428,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 34 |
|
The Red Knight (The Traitor Son Cycle, #1)
by
Miles Cameron (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 18,694 ratings
score: 373,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 35 |
|
Worms of the Earth
by
4.01 avg rating — 663 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 36 |
|
The Books of the South (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #3.5-5)
by
4.28 avg rating — 12,157 ratings
score: 363,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 36 |
|
Bran Mak Morn: The Last King
by
4.04 avg rating — 1,645 ratings
score: 363,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 38 |
|
Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)
by
Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 34,903 ratings
score: 359,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 39 |
|
Cormac Mac Art (The Robert E. Howard Library, Vol. I)
by
3.96 avg rating — 853 ratings
score: 354,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 40 |
|
Prisoner of the Horned Helmet (Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer, #1)
by
3.91 avg rating — 731 ratings
score: 292,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 41 |
|
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
by
Jacqueline Carey (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 83,521 ratings
score: 284,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 42 |
|
Exordium of Tears
by
Andrew P. Weston (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 63 ratings
score: 282,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 43 |
|
Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine, #1)
by
4.09 avg rating — 12,772 ratings
score: 279,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 44 |
|
Gods in Darkness: The Complete Novels of Kane
by
4.40 avg rating — 418 ratings
score: 272,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 45 |
|
The Many Deaths of the Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #8-9)
by
4.34 avg rating — 7,189 ratings
score: 269,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 46 |
|
The Return of the Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #6-7)
by
4.29 avg rating — 6,790 ratings
score: 257,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 47 |
|
Heaven's Demons (Heroes of MidAria #1)
by
Felix Cipher (Goodreads Author)
1.78 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 200,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 48 |
|
The Steel Remains (A Land Fit for Heroes, #1)
by
3.74 avg rating — 18,239 ratings
score: 184,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 49 |
|
The Rose and the Thorn (The Riyria Chronicles, #2)
by
Michael J. Sullivan (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 30,058 ratings
score: 183,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 49 |
|
Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane
by
4.51 avg rating — 344 ratings
score: 183,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 51 |
|
Dusk (Tales of Noreela, #1)
by
Tim Lebbon (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 671 ratings
score: 180,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 52 |
|
The Red Knight (The Traitor Son Cycle, #1)
by
Miles Cameron (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 18,694 ratings
score: 178,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 53 |
|
The Dunwich Horror and Others
by
4.19 avg rating — 16,450 ratings
score: 173,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 54 |
|
A Cavern of Black Ice (Sword of Shadows, #1)
by
3.88 avg rating — 9,296 ratings
score: 171,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 55 |
|
The Emperor's Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #1)
by
Brian Staveley (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 41,377 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 56 |
|
Black Sun Rising (The Coldfire Trilogy, #1)
by
3.93 avg rating — 19,346 ratings
score: 100,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 56 |
|
The Bones of the Past (The Books of Dust and Bone, #1)
by
Craig A. Munro (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 70 ratings
score: 100,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 56 |
|
Gods & Proxies
by
4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 100,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 56 |
|
Fall into Darkness (Big Cranky, #1)
by
James Pyne (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 100,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 56 |
|
The Darke King (The Broken Immortals #1)
by
Jessica White (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 50 ratings
score: 100,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 56 |
|
Afterworld (Next Life, #1)
by
James G. Robertson (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings
score: 100,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 62 |
|
Sovereign (Keys of Power #3)
by
3.58 avg rating — 113 ratings
score: 99,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 63 |
|
The Warded Man (The Demon Cycle, #1)
by
Peter V. Brett (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 130,250 ratings
score: 94,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 64 |
|
Angélique's Descent (Dark Shadows, #1)
by
3.75 avg rating — 793 ratings
score: 92,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 64 |
|
Empress (Godspeaker Trilogy #1)
by
3.51 avg rating — 6,244 ratings
score: 92,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
65 books ·
90 voters ·
list created August 11th, 2014
by Paul Olsson (votes) .
Related News
Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day, according to early...
Anyone can add books to this list.
How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
