Dark and tense books
Books whose reading profiles include both a dark tone and tension or suspense.
578 book guides · Showing 241–288

A Time to Kill
John Grisham
Effort 35/100

The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey
Effort 36/100

A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams
Effort 33/100

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John le Carré
Effort 46/100

Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson
Effort 87/100

Petals on the Wind
V.C. Andrews
Effort 33/100

Wizard's First Rule
Terry Goodkind
Effort 33/100

Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Effort 75/100

We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver
Effort 66/100

Empire of Storms
Sarah J. Maas
Effort 60/100

The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson
Effort 58/100

Prisoner B-3087
Alan Gratz
Effort 21/100

Persuader
Lee Child
Effort 25/100

Pretty Girls
Karin Slaughter
Effort 45/100

Among the Hidden
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Effort 9/100

Grey
E. L. James
Effort 34/100

Gardens of the Moon
Steven Erikson
Effort 64/100

Vampire Academy
Richelle Mead
Effort 23/100

The Amber Spyglass
Philip Pullman
Effort 70/100

Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 1
Gege Akutami
Effort 17/100

How to Kill Your Family
Bella Mackie
Effort 28/100

Fairy Tale
Stephen King
Effort 36/100

Blindness
José Saramago
Effort 51/100

God of Pain
Rina Kent
Effort 32/100

Inkheart
Cornelia Funke
Effort 46/100

Clockwork Angel
Cassandra Clare
Effort 32/100

The Housemaid Is Watching
Freida McFadden
Effort 32/100

Kane and Abel
Jeffrey Archer
Effort 29/100

Desperation
Stephen King
Effort 40/100

The Queen of the Damned
Anne Rice
Effort 54/100

Song of Susannah
Stephen King
Effort 60/100

Kingdom of the Wicked
Kerri Maniscalco
Effort 24/100

Darkstalker
Tui T. Sutherland
Effort 34/100

The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch
Effort 56/100

Inheritance
Christopher Paolini
Effort 67/100

Cruel King
Rina Kent
Effort 23/100

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee
Effort 36/100

Storm of the Century
Stephen King
Effort 29/100

Satan's Affair
H. D. Carlton
Effort 17/100

Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo
Effort 54/100

The Enemy
Lee Child
Effort 29/100

Bully
Penelope Douglas
Effort 26/100

Lodestar
Shannon Messenger
Effort 55/100

Crooked House
Agatha Christie
Effort 21/100

Heaven
V.C. Andrews
Effort 28/100

The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
Effort 36/100

The Forever War
Joe Haldeman
Effort 47/100

Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell
Effort 55/100