Dark and tense books
Books whose reading profiles include both a dark tone and tension or suspense.
578 book guides · Showing 481–528
The Frontiersmen
Allan W. Eckert
Effort 52/100
Confessor
Terry Goodkind
Effort 61/100
Dead Beat
Jim Butcher
Effort 34/100
City of Heavenly Fire
Cassandra Clare
Effort 58/100
The Breathing Method
Stephen King
Effort 39/100
Butcher's Crossing
John Williams
Effort 38/100
The Pillars of Creation
Terry Goodkind
Effort 54/100
The Round House
Louise Erdrich
Effort 51/100
Cold Days
Jim Butcher
Effort 46/100
Apt Pupil
Stephen King
Effort 25/100
The Indifferent Stars Above
Daniel James Brown
Effort 42/100
A Man for All Seasons
Robert Bolt
Effort 43/100
Starless Night: Dungeons & Dragons
R. A. Salvatore
Effort 43/100
The Boy Who Dared
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Effort 38/100
The Killer Inside Me
Jim Thompson
Effort 31/100
Temple of the Winds
Terry Goodkind
Effort 55/100
Chainfire
Terry Goodkind
Effort 59/100
The Last Guardian
Eoin Colfer
Effort 35/100
Battle Ground
Jim Butcher
Effort 50/100
Skin Game
Jim Butcher
Effort 50/100
Passage to Dawn
R. A. Salvatore
Effort 44/100
Summer of Night
Dan Simmons
Effort 45/100
The Chocolate War
Robert Cormier
Effort 31/100
American Kingpin
Nick Bilton
Effort 43/100
Blood Communion
Anne Rice
Effort 49/100
Naked Empire
Terry Goodkind
Effort 57/100
Phantom
Terry Goodkind
Effort 63/100
Peace Talks
Jim Butcher
Effort 54/100
A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James
Effort 78/100
The River of Doubt
Candice Millard
Effort 40/100
The Silent Blade
R. A. Salvatore
Effort 44/100
Homicide
David Simon
Effort 52/100
Amsterdam
Ian McEwan
Effort 30/100
Billy Budd, Sailor
Herman Melville
Effort 60/100
A Thousand Acres
Jane Smiley
Effort 45/100
All My Sons
Arthur Miller
Effort 39/100
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
George V. Higgins
Effort 30/100
Nuclear War
Annie Jacobsen
Effort 46/100
The Sisters Brothers
Patrick deWitt
Effort 28/100
The House Next Door
Anne Rivers Siddons
Effort 39/100
Streets of Laredo
Larry McMurtry
Effort 48/100
You Like It Darker
Stephen King
Effort 34/100
Ripley Under Ground
Patricia Highsmith
Effort 32/100
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King
Effort 22/100
True History of the Kelly Gang
Peter Carey
Effort 57/100
Comanche Moon
Larry McMurtry
Effort 58/100
Schindler's List
Thomas Keneally
Effort 50/100
The Girl Who Lived Twice
David Lagercrantz
Effort 45/100
