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50 Dark Books

A list of fifty books from various genres good for the autumnal season. Not necessarily halloween-y, but dark nonetheless.
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The Arabian Nightmare (Robert Irwin)
The Arabian Nightmare
1
Robert Irwin
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
2
Angela Carter
The Box Man (Kobo Abe)
The Box Man
3
Kobo Abe
Brown Girl in the Ring (Nalo Hopkinson)
Brown Girl in the Ring
4
Nalo Hopkinson
The Business of Blood (Kerrigan Byrne)
The Business of Blood
5
Kerrigan Byrne
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (Holly Black)
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
6
Holly Black
Comfort Me With Apples (Catherynne M. Valente)
Comfort Me With Apples
7
Catherynne M. Valente
The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe
8
Edgar Allan Poe
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
9
Neil Gaiman
Cuckoo Song (Frances Hardinge)
Cuckoo Song
10
Frances Hardinge
Diary of a Madman & Other Stories (Nikolai Gogol)
Diary of a Madman & Other Stories
11
Nikolai Gogol
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
12
Bram Stoker
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
13
N. K. Jemisin
Fledgling (Octavia E. Butler)
Fledgling
14
Octavia E. Butler
The Goddess Chronicle (Natsuo Kirino)
The Goddess Chronicle
15
Natsuo Kirino
Grendel (John Gardner)
Grendel
16
John Gardner
The Hazel Wood (Melissa Albert)
The Hazel Wood
17
Melissa Albert
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
18
Anna Kavan
The Impossible Girl (Lydia Kang)
The Impossible Girl
19
Lydia Kang
The Island of Dr. Moreau (H.G. Wells)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
20
H.G. Wells
Little Black Book of Stories (A. S. Byatt)
Little Black Book of Stories
21
A. S. Byatt
The Magic Toyshop
The Magic Toyshop
22
The Magpie Lord (K.J. Charles)
The Magpie Lord
23
K.J. Charles
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
24
Philip K. Dick
Medea (Christa Wolf)
Medea
25
Christa Wolf
The Memoirs of a Survivor (Doris Lessing)
The Memoirs of a Survivor
26
Doris Lessing
Middlegame (Seanan McGuire)
Middlegame
27
Seanan McGuire
Mistress of the Art of Death (Ariana Franklin)
Mistress of the Art of Death
28
Ariana Franklin
A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness)
A Monster Calls
29
Patrick Ness
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales (Various)
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales
30
Various
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
31
Neil Gaiman
The Palace of Dreams
The Palace of Dreams
32
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
33
Gaston Leroux
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
34
Oscar Wilde
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
35
Susanna Clarke
Sabriel (Garth Nix)
Sabriel
36
Garth Nix
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Stuart Turton)
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
37
Stuart Turton
The Seventh Bride (T. Kingfisher)
The Seventh Bride
38
T. Kingfisher
A Skinful of Shadows (Frances Hardinge)
A Skinful of Shadows
39
Frances Hardinge
Sleeping Giants (Sylvain Neuvel)
Sleeping Giants
40
Sylvain Neuvel
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