The Ultimate Guide to Grimdark Fantasy! | What is it and the best books in the genre!
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Жыл бұрынHello everyone! In today's video, we are diving into fantasy's incredible sub-genre: grimdark! Included in this video, we have:
- What is grimdark fantasy and why is it so awesome?!
- Grimdark recommendations for beginners to the genre
- and Grimdark recommendations for those who want to dive right into its brilliant bloodiness
This is my favourite genre at the moment and has some of my all-time favourite books! I hope you find this helpful and enjoy it!
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@robgau2501 Жыл бұрын
Definitely a fantasy book is better than watching it. You're imagination is much more powerful and it's personal to you.
@Damnedone667 Жыл бұрын
All 10 books in Joe Abercrombie's First Law series are incredible! 10 including Sharp Ends, a collection of short stories
@shegogreen Жыл бұрын
ooooh thank you for the recs, i've been looking for more darker fantasy books and these sound right up my alley!
@BiblioThoughts Жыл бұрын
Ohh I hope you like them! You'll have to let me know which ones you decide to try!
@CliffsDarkGems Жыл бұрын
Great to discover your channel! I love horror and I was thinking of branching out a bit, Grimdark sounds like the perfect fit. Thanks for the recommendations. The Poppy War and Empire of the Vampire sounds right up my alley. Maybe you should dip your toes into some horror! 😀
@danithemoongoddess 9 ай бұрын
Perfect! I am obsessed with this these kind of books! I had know idea what this genre was called but good to know that I’m not alone in my love for this genre 😅
@brap7551 9 ай бұрын
impressed, your delivery is great. Donaldsons covenant... was my first grim dark at a time fantasy was still holiday...today grimdark is a morticians fantasy with bent balls..
@Tinasmovinglibrary 3 ай бұрын
This is a great video, thank you now I have to had a whole bunch of new books to my TBR haha! But already wanted to read the Poppy War trilogy it looks so good! Also, I've read volume 1 of Game of thrones and its absolutely dark as heck
@neko_stardust4127 Жыл бұрын
After reading Juniper & Thorn, i just cant stop thinking about it- and decided to delve on the gothic-fantasy genre. Though, Juniper & Thorn is considered Gothic-Horror, but after seeing the elements of GDF. It checked all the box. Though the world is not apocalyptic but the setting is like the mc's father enslaves his children and has no freedom so thats that. I love also raw scenes here and there. You convinced me to read the poppy war tbh
@seannamei 15 күн бұрын
Definitely checking out the vampire novel.
@MaedBetweenthePages 9 ай бұрын
The Fifth Season is so good! I also have yet to read The Stone Sky but I'm ready to be destroyed :) Locke Lamora is one of my all time favorites! I'd say it almost borders on Grimheart because of the stellar friendship between the two main characters. If you want another suggestion I would HIGHLY recommend Gunmetal Gods by Zamil Akhtar. It's a middle eastern based world in the middle of a holy war. You want morally gray characters? Look no further!
@alexandruteodor3585 Жыл бұрын
If you liked Rin, I think you'll like Jorg :D . I love Abercrombie's books, I think Best Served Cold would be a good introduction to his work if someone does not want to read all three books from The First Law trilogy. My introduction to grimdark fantasy was The Night Angel trilogy, which I also recommend. I am now reading Beyond Redemption and I think it is a next-level grimdark book, I can't hype it enough.
@surpriseitsus9622 11 ай бұрын
Thank you
@GrapplingBook Ай бұрын
Just discovered this channel!
@dr.suezettealoysiaandcarla1664 Жыл бұрын
LK3 Great Upload Kizzi! Happy Bookish Sunday Friends🤩😘
@BiblioThoughts Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Happy Sunday to you too!
@lostsoulslibrary 4 ай бұрын
Maan, Empire of the Vampire sounds and looks awesome 😮😁
@ronxxf Жыл бұрын
Thanx for the info, might have to pick up some of those titles. Not quit the same type of books and not sure you'd like them (I'm surely not a great salesman) but two of my favorite apocalyptic books are - Alas, Babylon - Pat Frank - 1959 (the first or one of the first books written about the aftermath of a nuclear attack) One Second After - William R. Forstchen - 2009 (EMP attack) Will you sign my petition to bring back Duels? Ten steps forward and then BAMMMM
@BiblioThoughts Жыл бұрын
Ohhh thank you for the recommendations! I'll have a look and see what they're about 😆
@warangelthelight2077 11 ай бұрын
"Why do I still live? What more do you want from me? I gave everything I had to you, to them. Look what they've made of our dream. This bloated, rotting carcass of an empire is driven not by reason and hope but by fear, hate and ignorance. Better that we had all burned in the fires of Horus' ambition than live to see this." -Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines, reflecting upon the state of the Imperium of the late 41st Millennium and his devotion to the Emperor of Mankind
@sarnem5330 11 ай бұрын
Prince of Thorns was my intro to grimdark and became one of my favourite series of books. Did tou get round to reading them?
@JonathanRossignol 22 күн бұрын
GRIMDERP!
@jack.6956 6 ай бұрын
First grimdark series I read was the broken empire series (prince, king and empower of thorns) and loved it. Set the bar high though and can't seem to find a series more brutal and dark. I'm on the last of the first law trilogy and am gonna read the eleventh cycle after so maybe those will scratch my itch mark lawrence left lol
@asmaosman119 2 ай бұрын
Check out Beyond Redemption By Michael R. Fletcher (Manifest Delusions Series) I am reading them now and it is good.
@lizardman1303 Жыл бұрын
Scholomance is dark harrypotter . The last kingdom is the same as the Netflix show but good . The rage of dragons is a African story about a servant becoming a champion against nobility and a different tribe with dark magic and dragons .
@BiblioThoughts Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the recommendations!
@SuperCoop13 Жыл бұрын
Red Sister is a trilogy …Holy Sister book 3
@BiblioThoughts Жыл бұрын
Ohhh thank you!! Love a trilogy
@SuperCoop13 Жыл бұрын
@@BiblioThoughts u bet!
@Maco_7075 9 ай бұрын
Big fan of grimdark here! Looove all that Abercrombie touches. The guy is really good at giving motives and building up characters. By the other hand, I didn't like the Prince of Thorns trilogy. I found Jorg a masculine version of your average Mary Sue, very edgy without a good cause, and full of plot armor. The story is crowded with really hollow characters, bad story, and an ending you can see coming a mile away. I personally find Mark Lawrence a mediocre writer, and I don't understand all the hype with his books. If I could give a grimdark recommendation with sci-fi, read the Red Rising double trilogy. It starts very Hunger Games, but it catches up very fast, and by the 5th book, oh oh oh, that's pure bleakness
@durjoymaitra3840 Жыл бұрын
Im a massive Game of Thrones/ASOIAF fan and I cannot recommend these books enough! Biggest stain on its legacy is that it's not finished yet.
@OnMeds1 10 ай бұрын
You're a stain
@zubaerchaudhari8267 Жыл бұрын
Hey there
@BiblioThoughts Жыл бұрын
Hey!!
@jackfearn1704 Жыл бұрын
GrimDark fantasy but you neglected to mention The Black Company series let alone Glen Cook. Are you even reading the right books?
@BiblioThoughts Жыл бұрын
Grim dark is a huge genre with lots of great authors! Let's try not to judge someone just because they haven't had the opportunity to read one author 👍
@surpriseitsus9622 11 ай бұрын
That's a bit harsh don't you think?
@matheussales4892 2 ай бұрын
Man, The Poppy War was The darkest book she ever read 😅 you expect a good list after hearing that?
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