Tired of lovey-dovey fantasy tales? The only romance in these books is the marriage of flesh to the pointy end of a sword. In a grimdark world, everyone is horny for only one thing: war. If you’ve got a penchant for pandemonium, I’ve taken the liberty of collecting the darkest, cruelest, and nastiest fantasy novels ever penned for your reading pleasure. Here they are, the 10 best grimdark fantasy books, ranked.
10. The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
(Harper Voyager)Inspired by the bloody and brutal history of 20th-century China, R.F. Kuang’s The Poppy War saga centers around a peasant girl from a backwater village who is accepted into the most prestigious war college in all the land. Unlucky for her, the hardships are just beginning, as her fellow students who come from noble backgrounds are determined to use lethal means to ensure that this young upstart fatally fails. To survive this academic hellscape, Fang Runin turns to every college kid’s solace: drugs. Through the use of hallucinogenics, she awakens shamanistic abilities locked away in her bloodline that will allow her to get the edge on her competition, and then stick that edge between their shoulder blades.
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