Dark and tense books
Books whose reading profiles include both a dark tone and tension or suspense.
578 book guides · Showing 49–96
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Effort 45/100
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Effort 62/100
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
Effort 52/100
Unravel Me
Tahereh Mafi
Effort 41/100
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson
Effort 38/100
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Suzanne Collins
Effort 40/100
Credence
Penelope Douglas
Effort 30/100
Ignite Me
Tahereh Mafi
Effort 37/100
Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
Effort 37/100
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Effort 52/100
The Two Towers
J.R.R. Tolkien
Effort 56/100
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
Effort 40/100
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
Effort 31/100
The Gunslinger
Stephen King
Effort 45/100
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
Effort 54/100
After
Anna Todd
Effort 26/100
Flowers in the Attic
V.C. Andrews
Effort 27/100
Lights Out
Navessa Allen
Effort 21/100
The Sweetest Oblivion
Danielle Lori
Effort 27/100
Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
Effort 33/100
The Wrong Bride
Catharina Maura
Effort 27/100
Caraval
Stephanie Garber
Effort 26/100
As Good as Dead
Holly Jackson
Effort 38/100
Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher
Effort 33/100
Does It Hurt?
H. D. Carlton
Effort 25/100
A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas
Effort 51/100
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
Effort 43/100
City of Bones
Cassandra Clare
Effort 31/100
The House of Hades
Rick Riordan
Effort 41/100
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
Effort 53/100
Destroy Me
Tahereh Mafi
Effort 35/100
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Effort 76/100
Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros
Effort 51/100
Hopeless
Colleen Hoover
Effort 34/100
Insomnia
Stephen King
Effort 60/100
The Coldest Winter Ever
Sister Souljah
Effort 28/100
The Godfather
Mario Puzo
Effort 33/100
The Maddest Obsession
Danielle Lori
Effort 31/100
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick
Effort 46/100
Neuromancer
William Gibson
Effort 53/100
Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo
Effort 24/100
Onyx Storm
Rebecca Yarros
Effort 49/100
Red Rising
Pierce Brown
Effort 26/100
Corrupt
Penelope Douglas
Effort 31/100
Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer
Effort 42/100
Fifty Shades Darker
E. L. James
Effort 37/100
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Effort 25/100
A Clash of Kings
George R. R. Martin
Effort 67/100
