9 best-selling dark fantasy books like The Builders by Daniel Polansky

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The Builders

By: Daniel Polansky

3.51

Format: None pages, ebook

A missing eye. A broken wing. A stolen country. The last job didn't end well. Years go by, and scar…

If you liked the dark fantasy plot in The Builders by Daniel Polansky , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Builders by Daniel Polansky

1. The Builders

By: Daniel Polansky

3.51

Format: None pages, ebook

A missing eye. A broken wing. A stolen country. The last job didn't end well. Years go by, and scar… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Polansky's The Builders book and Daniel Polansky's The Builders

  • dark fantasy
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • novella
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy

2. Traitor's Blade (Greatcoats, #1)

By: Sebastien de Castell

4.04

Format: None pages,

Falcio is the first Cantor of the Greatcoats. Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia,… read more

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3. Untethered Sky

By: Fonda Lee

3.90

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

From World Fantasy Award-winning author Fonda Lee comes Untethered Sky, an epic fantasy fable about… read more

Similar categories in Fonda Lee's Untethered Sky book and Daniel Polansky's The Builders

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"People have short memories, but nature is patient and implacable."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

"When you love a person, you are expected to give them their freedom, but when you love a monster, you keep it caged."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

"I know this as much as God knows every creature, because I once thought there was no reason for me to be alive, no logic to survival, no meaning to be found past endurance of loss, yet there was."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

Cover of The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1) by James   Logan

4. The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

By: James Logan

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and―thanks to a duel that ended badly―the disgraced … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
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5. The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

By: Richard Swan

4.11

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The third novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, which follows the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Empero… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1) by Richard  Swan

6. The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1)

By: Richard Swan

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Action, intrigue, and magic collide in this epic fantasy following Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Emperor's… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2)

By: Richard Swan

4.30

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

From a major new debut author in epic fantasy comes the second book in a trilogy where action, intr… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Queen Amid Ashes (The Sun Eater, #2.6) by Christopher Ruocchio

8. Queen Amid Ashes (The Sun Eater, #2.6)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.11

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

THOUGH THE BATTLE TO SAVE HER PLANET IS OVER, THE WAR NEVER ENDS. Hadrian Marlowe is newly a kni… read more

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  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. The Tusks of Extinction

By: Ray Nayler

3.85

Format: 192 pages, ebook

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more

Similar categories in Ray Nayler's The Tusks of Extinction book and Daniel Polansky's The Builders

  • fantasy
  • novella
  • animals
  • fiction
"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

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10. Prosper's Demon

By: K.J. Parker

3.73

Format: 112 pages, ebook

In a botched demonic extraction, they say the demon feels it ten times worse than the man. But they… read more

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  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I told you that you wouldn't like me. I understand. It shows proper feeling. If you said to me: There's this man who is so callous and brutal that he doesn't give a damn about his fellow human beings…"

-K.J. Parker, Prosper's Demon

"I can't see a thousand years into the future, I told Her, so I can't see the nasty, evil outcome. What I can see is Master Prosper's horse, which is going to be amazingly beautiful. And thousands and…"

-K.J. Parker, Prosper's Demon

Cover of The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1) by Christopher Buehlman

11. The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which include… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"This heavy, grass-loving dog,"

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

"He who leaps at the moon Into cowshyte falls. Glory unto cowshyte!"

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

"When listening for danger, one must never mistake silence for safety."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

"Funny how an attack by a sea monster makes everyone less interested in a duel."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

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12. In the Shadow of Their Dying

By: Michael R. Fletcher

3.79

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

The third best assassin. A second rate mercenary crew. One terrifying demon. As Sharaam crumbles un… read more

Similar categories in Michael R. Fletcher's In the Shadow of Their Dying book and Daniel Polansky's The Builders

  • dark fantasy
  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. Cold West

By: Clayton W. Snyder

3.73

Format: 141 pages, Kindle Edition

Bastard. Killer. Husband. Father. His wife cold in the ground, and two young boys to feed, Wil Cut… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • novella
  • westerns
  • fantasy
Cover of The Fall is All There Is (Four of Mercies, #1) by C.M. Caplan

14. The Fall is All There Is (Four of Mercies, #1)

By: C.M. Caplan

3.97

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

All Petre Mercy wanted was a good old-fashioned dramatic exit from his life as a prince. But it's b… read more

Similar categories in C.M. Caplan's The Fall is All There Is (Four of Mercies, #1) book and Daniel Polansky's The Builders

  • fantasy
Cover of Counting Casualties by Yoon Ha Lee

15. Counting Casualties

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.69

Format: 18 pages, ebook

Commander Niaja vrau Erezeng is up against an enemy that doesn’t just destroy all the beings, ships… read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Counting Casualties book and Daniel Polansky's The Builders

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. A Woman of the Sword

By: Anna Smith Spark

3.82

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

A Woman of the Sword is an epic fantasy seen through the eyes of an ordinary woman. Lidae is a daug… read more

Similar categories in Anna Smith Spark's A Woman of the Sword book and Daniel Polansky's The Builders

  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy
Cover of Goblins & Greatcoats by Travis Baldree

17. Goblins & Greatcoats

By: Travis Baldree

3.87

Format: 25 pages, ebook

A goblin with too many pockets and a disturbing affinity for cutlery, a rain-soaked night, four adv… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Seeds of War (The Smokesmiths, #1) by João F. Silva

18. Seeds of War (The Smokesmiths, #1)

By: João F. Silva

4.14

Format: 588 pages, Kindle Edition

FanFiAddict 2023 Best Indie Debut Award "He ran like the monster he was. And the smoke followed.… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0) by Christopher Buehlman

19. The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Enter the fray in this luminous new adventure from Christopher Buehlman, set during the war-torn, g… read more

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  • dark fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"To be loved by a man is to be issued a decree as written in advance and as presented to others. To receive a woman's love is to have a very personal letter written on one's body."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

Cover of Silverwing: The Graphic Novel by Kenneth Oppel

20. Silverwing: The Graphic Novel

By: Kenneth Oppel

3.95

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

A stunning adaptation of a tale that’s been winning hearts for twenty-five years Shade is a young … read more

Similar categories in Kenneth Oppel's Silverwing: The Graphic Novel book and Daniel Polansky's The Builders

  • fantasy
  • animals
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Wistful Ascending (Hybrid Helix, #1) by J.C.M. Berne

21. Wistful Ascending (Hybrid Helix, #1)

By: J.C.M. Berne

4.51

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

A superhero space opera for grownups. For fans of Guardians of the Galaxy or Invincible. Like D… read more

Similar categories in J.C.M. Berne's Wistful Ascending (Hybrid Helix, #1) book and Daniel Polansky's The Builders

  • fantasy
  • fiction

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