Dark and tense books
Books whose reading profiles include both a dark tone and tension or suspense.
578 book guides · Showing 193–240
Leviathan Wakes
James S. A. Corey
Effort 43/100
Brisingr
Christopher Paolini
Effort 65/100
The Island of Dr Moreau
H. G. Wells
Effort 35/100
The Scorch Trials
James Dashner
Effort 31/100
Babel
R. F. Kuang
Effort 60/100
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Edgar Allan Poe
Effort 46/100
The Great Hunt
Robert Jordan
Effort 62/100
Fearless
Lauren Roberts
Effort 48/100
House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas
Effort 55/100
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
Effort 30/100
You
Caroline Kepnes
Effort 35/100
Shōgun
James Clavell
Effort 57/100
The Subtle Knife
Philip Pullman
Effort 54/100
Wizard and Glass
Stephen King
Effort 65/100
Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi
Effort 20/100
The Tunnel
Ernesto Sabato
Effort 37/100
Horus Rising
Dan Abnett
Effort 44/100
Nightfall
Shannon Messenger
Effort 58/100
King of Envy
Ana Huang
Effort 30/100
After the Funeral
Agatha Christie
Effort 35/100
Elantris
Brandon Sanderson
Effort 41/100
The Firm
John Grisham
Effort 27/100
Jaws
Peter Benchley
Effort 26/100
A Touch of Darkness
Scarlett St. Clair
Effort 24/100
The Plot Against America
Philip Roth
Effort 50/100
Once You're Mine
Morgan Bridges
Effort 22/100
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
Effort 63/100
No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy
Effort 39/100
Just After Sunset
Stephen King
Effort 40/100
Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi
Effort 37/100
A Long Walk to Water
Linda Sue Park
Effort 19/100
Children of Dune
Frank Herbert
Effort 79/100
The Inmate
Freida McFadden
Effort 20/100
Bound by Honor
Cora Reilly
Effort 24/100
Monday's Not Coming
Tiffany D. Jackson
Effort 43/100
Five Survive
Holly Jackson
Effort 21/100
Neon Gods
Katee Robert
Effort 24/100
Unwind
Neal Shusterman
Effort 36/100
Consider Phlebas
Iain M. Banks
Effort 52/100
King Lear
William Shakespeare
Effort 69/100
The Testaments
Margaret Atwood
Effort 45/100
Homeland
R. A. Salvatore
Effort 43/100
Dreamcatcher
Stephen King
Effort 53/100
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
Effort 66/100
The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
Effort 29/100
The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie
Effort 40/100
The Passage
Justin Cronin
Effort 55/100
Flashback
Shannon Messenger
Effort 52/100
