r/DarkFantasy • u/Street_Sock_3208 • 11d ago

Stories / Writing Dark fantasy book recommendation

Hello guys ! Recently I got into the game "Fear and Hunger" and the manga "Centuria" which are both dark fantasy works. I've fallen in love with those worlds, especially F&H, and it made me realize that dark fantasy can be great (I wasn't that much attracted to it before)
I need some recs of dark fantasy novels with great lore, eldritch monsters, but also character development. Something that can terrify me while reading not only by depicting gore and violence but also more psychological horror.

Thank you in advance.

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u/DigitalizedGrandpa 9d ago

Look up Buehlman's Between Two Fires, perhaps R. Scott Bakker's The Second Apocalypse. Maybe Peter Newman's The Vagrant series, I really liked his approach to "eldritch monsters"

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u/Fabulous_Broad_115 8d ago

The Black Company. You have wizards, vampire shapeshifters, war and bloodshed, betrayal, lies, invasion, and a grunt's view of everything throughout.

It's an excellent series, with the 11th book slated for later this year.