Grimdark Reader's Guide
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Publicado 2021-01-06
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World of War
The Black Company series
Grimheart
The Greatcoats series
The Gentleman Bastard series
Chasing Graves trilogy
Articles of Faith duology
Fast Paced, First Person POV
War of the Rose Throne series
Low town series
The Obsidian Path series
The Broken Empire trilogy
Morally Grey Characters
Red Queens War trilogy
The First Law trilogy
the Manifest Delusions series
The Deep End
A Land Fit For Heroes trilogy
The Prince of Nothing trilogy
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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I searched for the best dark fantasy and this came up first. I clicked on it and I'm satisfied.
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Me accident clicking on this video: “who is this guy?! How did I even get here?” Me 15 minutes in with a piece of paper:” Thank God I found this page. Is it destiny?.”
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"In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war."
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You aren't helping in my decision to cut out some fantasy for more sci-fi this year.
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I actually got into grimdark from reading the manga Berserk. It was so shocking, mature and philosophically rich compared to any other fantasy I’ve ever read that I fell in love with the genre. After reading Berserk, I moved onto Conan, Elric and Kane. Then Mistborn, Prince of Thorns, Black Company and Night Angel. Now I’m reading The Poppy War, Second Apocalypse, Steel Remains and First Law. I’m forever grateful to Berserk for showing me how dark and deep fantasy can be.
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Shoutout to the Black Company. This is what got me started like 14 years ago and is still at the top of my list.
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Scott Bakker is for me a visceral grimdark genre. The guy writings piece flesh, bone and soul.
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What a fantastic fucking list man. Somebody who really understands the genre and includes lesser known works as well as options for people around the edges of the genre. Tons of gold here cant wait to dig in. Will probably start with Traitors Blade and go darker from there. Prince of Thornes is one of the greatest books there is imo and Mark Lawrence is so talented its not even funny.
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A few of these already grace my shelves, and others I will absolutely have to give a try. Thanks for the sub-genre breakdown.
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Brilliantly done video. Messes up my TBR but that's what I'm here for
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thank you for this video! i literally found everything that i needed in just 20 minutes. it is really helping.
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Thanks for this man im part way through the first law world and this helped me realize the book im working on is in the grimheart category, real nice to get into the best works that aimed for the same kinda tone before me
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Mannnnn! Now I have to move the Prince of Nothing higher up on the list. haha. I did notice you replaced the Broken Empire books on your shelf with The Prince of Nothing trilogy so I had a feeling it must be good. Fantastic recommendations Mark, I will be checking out a few of these this year.
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Hell yeah this is awesome! I’ve been wanting to read more grimdark material. I’m currently working my way through Last Argument of Kings and the First Law trilogy as a whole is top notch.
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New Grim Dark reader fresh off the First Law Trilogy. I appreciate the list, and look forward to delving deeper into this genre 🤟.
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You had me at "Michael Moorcock on steroids." 😂For real, though, I'm sharing this video with my mom, who introduced my to Michael Moorcock when I was either a teenager or maybe it was my early 20's. She influenced by reading a LOT, introducing me to Tolkien, Lovecraft, Moorcock, Dan Simmons, C.S. Friedman, and many others. Pretty sure she's gonna get a kick out of your suggestions. Also, I just found you this evening and am subscribing now! Can't wait to watch more of your videos.
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Just found your channel and glad I did. Glen Cook's Black Company is, I believe, way underrated. You can see the influence he has had on grim dark that follows. Thanks for the video, although I'm a bit late to it.
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Thank you for your recs man. I'm currently creating a fantasy world of myself with lots of dark themes about constant war and tons of dark themes, but do want to compliment it with what you call Grimheart.
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Thanks for this video! I’m so excited to add a couple of these books to my TBR for 2021. Currently working my way through Broken Empire then sounds like I’ll jump into some Morgan and Baker now after your recommendations in this video.
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This was so informative! I liked how you explained some of the sub genres and the style of the authors! Great video 👍
