7 Best dark fantasy books like Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction by Adrian Collins

Cover of Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction by Adrian   Collins

Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction

By: Adrian Collins

3.97

Format: 380 pages, ebook

Get knee-deep in grit with twenty-five grimdark sci-fi and fantasy short stories from the shadowy v…

If you liked the dark fantasy plot in Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction by Adrian Collins , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1) by Kevin Hearne

1. Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

By: Kevin Hearne

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and… read more

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  • fantasy
"What's a fracking Cylon?"

-Kevin Hearne, Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

"Wow you need to get some sun."

-Kevin Hearne, Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

"Winning ugly is still winning."

-Kevin Hearne, Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

"Put your affairs in order, mortals,"

-Kevin Hearne, Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

Cover of The Warrior Prophet (The Prince of Nothing, #2) by R. Scott Bakker

2. The Warrior Prophet (The Prince of Nothing, #2)

By: R. Scott Bakker

3.84

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

"Book Two of The Prince of Nothing" finds the Holy War continuing its inexorable march southward. B… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy

3. The Heroes (First Law World, #5)

By: Joe Abercrombie

3.49

Format: 182 pages, ebook

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up … read more

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4. Meeting Infinity

By: Aliette de Bodard , Ian McDonald , Yoon Ha Lee , Gregory Benford , Sean Williams , Nancy Kress , Simon Ings , James S.A. Corey , Benjanun Sriduangkaew , None , Gwyneth Jones , John Barnes , Bruce Sterling , Kameron Hurley , Madeline Ashby , An Owomoyela , Ramez Naam

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Continuing the award-nominated SF anthology series from multiple award-winning editor Jonathan Stra… read more

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5. Sharp Ends (First Law World, #7)

By: Joe Abercrombie

3.68

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sharp Ends is the ultimate collection of award winning tales and exclusive new short stories from t… read more

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6. Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.60

Format: None pages,

Ursula K. LeGuin follows her classic trilogy from Earthsea with a magical tale that won the 1991 Ne… read more

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7. Empire in Black and Gold (Shadows of the Apt, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.54

Format: 608 pages,

Seventeen years ago Stenwold witnessed the Wasp Empire storming the city of Myna in a brutal war of… read more

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8. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

By: Kate Wilhelm

3.00

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

The spellbinding story of an isolated post-holocaust community determined to preserve itself, throu… read more

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Cover of Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2) by Jay Kristoff

9. Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)

By: Jay Kristoff

4.58

Format: 709 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Nevernight Chronicle, Jay Kristoff, comes the muc… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy
"No fear. Only fury."

-Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)

"Eat shit, you limp-dicked coward."

-Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)

"The right book is worth a hundred blades"

-Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)

"Folk who know nothing still insist on saying something."

-Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)

Cover of The Traitor (Covenant of Steel, #3) by Anthony Ryan

10. The Traitor (Covenant of Steel, #3)

By: Anthony Ryan

4.45

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

Alwyn must make a difficult decide between his heart and his morals as he prepares for his final ba… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy
Cover of The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu

11. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

By: Samit Basu

3.59

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rul… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"You exist, and you deserve to belong."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else"

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"It's all very clear, I just chose not to get it, I just decided everyone who didn't agree with my vision was lying, or a fool."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"I don't want to talk about this. It's not that I think you're wrong, but it's too big for me. I'll never be able to do anything about it."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

Cover of Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

12. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of House of Open Wounds (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

13. House of Open Wounds (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.51

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to a… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
Cover of Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

14. Alien Clay

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Pariah (Covenant of Steel, #1) by Anthony Ryan

15. The Pariah (Covenant of Steel, #1)

By: Anthony Ryan

4.19

Format: 600 pages, ebook

Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy
Cover of City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

16. City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.96

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fanta… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark  Lawrence

17. The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

By: Mark Lawrence

None

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than ci… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch by Garth Nix

18. The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch

By: Garth Nix

3.92

Format: 34 pages, ebook

A new short story from Garth Nix, best-selling author of the Old Kingdom series.In this raucous, st… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
Cover of Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins by Aiki Flinthart

19. Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins

By: Aiki Flinthart

4.16

Format: 382 pages, ebook

Futures and pasts, Fearless and Frightening. Relics, Wrecks, and Ruins is a must-read collectio… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • anthologies
Cover of The Jaguar Path (The Songs of the Drowned, #2) by Anna  Stephens

20. The Jaguar Path (The Songs of the Drowned, #2)

By: Anna Stephens

4.40

Format: 626 pages, Hardcover

The Empire of Songs reigns supreme. Across all the lands of Ixachipan, its hypnotic, magical music … read more

Similar categories in Anna Stephens's The Jaguar Path (The Songs of the Drowned, #2) book and Adrian Collins's Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction

  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy
Cover of Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction by Adrian   Collins

21. Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction

By: Adrian Collins

3.97

Format: 380 pages, ebook

Get knee-deep in grit with twenty-five grimdark sci-fi and fantasy short stories from the shadowy v… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

15 Top fantasy books like Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction by Adrian Collins

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Kevin Hearne

4.10

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R. Scott Bakker

3.84

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Jay Kristoff

4.58

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Anthony Ryan

4.45

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Hannah Kaner

3.90

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Travis Baldree

4.20

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James Islington

4.63

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Brandon Sanderson

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