If you're like me, you're not always in the mood for a happy book. Sometimes you want to lose yourself in something dark, twisted, or surreal.
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If you're drawn to grim and unsettling stories, we have some dark book recommendations for you.
Many readers are big fans of dark books, which are unique to their premises. In this article, we give our ten favorite dark-themed books.
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Deadly Intentions
Books with dark pages
Literarily speaking, we worship at the dark altar of Gillian Flynn. But what's a murky mystery-loving girl to do when she's already powered through all three of Flynn's novels—Gone Girl, Dark Places, and Sharp Objects—and still has a ways to go till the awesome movie versions come out? Read the scary books that actually give Flynn the heebie-jeebies, of course. So we went straight to the source. "I've always had a fondness for the Gothic," Flynn said. "That's what kind of stories attract me: Why do people do bad things?" Speaking of people doing bad things: Flynn is clearly thrilled about which actors will bring the ones she created to life. We spoke before Gone Girl finalized its castings, but Dark Places had already signed up Charlize Theron as Libby and Chloe Moretz as Diondra. "Charlize is such a brilliant actress and about as far away physically from Libby as described in the book as you can get," Flynn said. "I can't wait to see her get down and dirty." And Moretz taking on the role of teenage mega-manipulator made total sense—especially considering a random observation Flynn's husband made years ago. "When Chloe was on 30 Rock, my husband turned
Two glow in the dark books! DREAM RECIPES by Isol & THE GAME IN THE DARK by Herve Tullet.
Ranging from grounded literary fiction to gothic murder mysteries and magic-soaked fantasy tales, these are your essential dark academia books.
Books aesthetic | Oscar Wilde, Donna Tartt, Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
divine rivals, Piranesi, the secret history, if we were villains, the secret life of Addie LaRue, the ten thousand doors of January, Babel, the starless sea
(Dark) romance books
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