Dark and tense books
Books whose reading profiles include both a dark tone and tension or suspense.
578 book guides · Showing 337–384
Sabriel
Garth Nix
Effort 38/100
Master of the Game
Sidney Sheldon
Effort 31/100
This Is Where It Ends
Marieke Nijkamp
Effort 25/100
Violets Are Blue
James Patterson
Effort 21/100
After We Fell
Anna Todd
Effort 41/100
One Shot
Lee Child
Effort 33/100
The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin
Effort 69/100
Papillon
Henri Charrière
Effort 28/100
The Dark Half
Stephen King
Effort 42/100
Vicious
V. E. Schwab
Effort 39/100
Dark Lover
J. R. Ward
Effort 30/100
Siege and Storm
Leigh Bardugo
Effort 36/100
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Stieg Larsson
Effort 54/100
Renegades
Marissa Meyer
Effort 36/100
Running Blind
Lee Child
Effort 31/100
Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz
Effort 26/100
Whitney, My Love
Judith McNaught
Effort 34/100
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes
Effort 65/100
Native Son
Richard Wright
Effort 50/100
Identical
Ellen Hopkins
Effort 46/100
Billy Summers
Stephen King
Effort 40/100
The Reptile Room
Lemony Snicket
Effort 20/100
Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton
Effort 40/100
King's Cage
Victoria Aveyard
Effort 50/100
The Big Bad Wolf
James Patterson
Effort 22/100
God of Ruin
Rina Kent
Effort 27/100
Hiroshima
John Hersey
Effort 46/100
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
Effort 58/100
The Wide Window
Lemony Snicket
Effort 20/100
Caliban's War
James S. A. Corey
Effort 40/100
Fever 1793
Laurie Halse Anderson
Effort 21/100
Morning Star
Pierce Brown
Effort 55/100
Cat & Mouse
James Patterson
Effort 28/100
The Dark Tower
Stephen King
Effort 76/100
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson
Effort 61/100
Hollow City
Ransom Riggs
Effort 34/100
Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys
Effort 40/100
The Kill Order
James Dashner
Effort 31/100
Shadows of Self
Brandon Sanderson
Effort 44/100
Steelheart
Brandon Sanderson
Effort 22/100
Nimona
ND Stevenson
Effort 28/100
If It Bleeds
Stephen King
Effort 28/100
Parable of the Talents
Octavia E. Butler
Effort 58/100
The Terror
Dan Simmons
Effort 68/100
The Miserable Mill
Lemony Snicket
Effort 20/100
War Storm
Victoria Aveyard
Effort 58/100
Cross
James Patterson
Effort 16/100
Warriors Don't Cry
Melba Pattillo Beals
Effort 36/100
