Dark
The shadowy realm of psychological manipulation and covert influence beckons those seeking to understand humanity's hidden depths. Here you'll find revealing guides to dark persuasion techniques alongside gripping tales of power, control, and psychological warfare.
Dark Book Summaries
The Haunting of Hill House
A fragile woman seeks home in a wrong-angled mansion that decides she can never leave.
Horror
Classics
Gothic
Paranormal
Literary Fiction
The Haunting of Hill House
A fragile woman seeks home in a wrong-angled mansion that decides she can never leave.
Horror
Classics
Gothic
Paranormal
Literary Fiction
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
A runaway joins scalp hunters in the desert, where a hairless judge preaches war as the only truth.
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Horror
19th Century
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
A runaway joins scalp hunters in the desert, where a hairless judge preaches war as the only truth.
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Horror
19th Century
The Thrashers
A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.
Young Adult
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Contemporary
The Thrashers
A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.
Young Adult
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Contemporary
The Unwanted Marriage
A childhood engagement forces a billionaire heir and a pianist to marry. She loves another man.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
New Adult
Adult
The Unwanted Marriage
A childhood engagement forces a billionaire heir and a pianist to marry. She loves another man.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
New Adult
Adult
Addicted to You
A fake romance hides her sex addiction and his alcoholism, but their lies are destroying them.
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
University
Addicted to You
A fake romance hides her sex addiction and his alcoholism, but their lies are destroying them.
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
University
Slow Horses
Exiled to a dead-end desk job, failed spies must solve a kidnapping before the blame buries them.
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Suspense
Contemporary
Slow Horses
Exiled to a dead-end desk job, failed spies must solve a kidnapping before the blame buries them.
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Suspense
Contemporary
Scythe & Sparrow
A circus daredevil breaks into his clinic. She hunts abusers; he took an oath to heal.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary
Romantic Suspense
Suspense
Scythe & Sparrow
A circus daredevil breaks into his clinic. She hunts abusers; he took an oath to heal.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary
Romantic Suspense
Suspense
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
In rural Poland, hunters keep dying. An eccentric astrologer insists the animals are fighting back.
Mystery
Literary Fiction
Thriller
Contemporary
Crime
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
In rural Poland, hunters keep dying. An eccentric astrologer insists the animals are fighting back.
Mystery
Literary Fiction
Thriller
Contemporary
Crime
There Are No Saints
To taunt his rival, a serial killer leaves a woman on his doorstep. The rival keeps her.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Adult
There Are No Saints
To taunt his rival, a serial killer leaves a woman on his doorstep. The rival keeps her.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Adult
My Dark Romeo
A scandalous kiss forces a Southern heiress to marry a cold billionaire who only wants vengeance.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Contemporary
Adult
My Dark Romeo
A scandalous kiss forces a Southern heiress to marry a cold billionaire who only wants vengeance.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Contemporary
Adult
Heart of Darkness
A sailor journeys up the Congo to retrieve a brilliant trader lost to the jungle.
Classics
Literature
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Africa
Heart of Darkness
A sailor journeys up the Congo to retrieve a brilliant trader lost to the jungle.
Classics
Literature
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Africa
The Last Time I Lied
Three girls vanished from her cabin at summer camp. Fifteen years later, she returns for answers.
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Adult
Contemporary
The Last Time I Lied
Three girls vanished from her cabin at summer camp. Fifteen years later, she returns for answers.
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Adult
Contemporary
Sovereign
A neglected wife trades her submission for the protection of the powerful rancher who saved her.
Romance
Dark
BDSM
Erotic Romance
Contemporary Romance
Sovereign
A neglected wife trades her submission for the protection of the powerful rancher who saved her.
Romance
Dark
BDSM
Erotic Romance
Contemporary Romance
A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows
Betrothed to a fae prince, she falls for his dangerous half-vampyre brother instead.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Vampires
A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows
Betrothed to a fae prince, she falls for his dangerous half-vampyre brother instead.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Vampires
A Flicker in the Dark
A psychologist realizes her missing patient was killed in a copycat of her father's serial murders.
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Crime
Adult
A Flicker in the Dark
A psychologist realizes her missing patient was killed in a copycat of her father's serial murders.
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Crime
Adult
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
The wizarding world's fairy tales: five stories of kindness, greed, cleverness, and cheating Death.
Fantasy
Short Stories
Young Adult
Magic
Fairy Tales
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
The wizarding world's fairy tales: five stories of kindness, greed, cleverness, and cheating Death.
Fantasy
Short Stories
Young Adult
Magic
Fairy Tales
House of Glass
A house without glass. A child without words. An attorney who must learn what the silence hides.
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Adult Fiction
Crime
House of Glass
A house without glass. A child without words. An attorney who must learn what the silence hides.
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Adult Fiction
Crime
Scandalous
Blackmailed to spy on her father's partner, a teenage thief discovers the real crime: loving him.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Dark
Taboo
Scandalous
Blackmailed to spy on her father's partner, a teenage thief discovers the real crime: loving him.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Dark
Taboo
The Flea Palace
At a decaying Istanbul apartment building, a pest control van unearths the tenants' tangled secrets.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
World Literature
Novels
Urban
The Flea Palace
At a decaying Istanbul apartment building, a pest control van unearths the tenants' tangled secrets.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
World Literature
Novels
Urban
A Spy Alone
A former spy uncovers a Russian network buried inside Oxford. The people protecting it are his own.
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Suspense
Literary Fiction
A Spy Alone
A former spy uncovers a Russian network buried inside Oxford. The people protecting it are his own.
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Suspense
Literary Fiction
Desperation
Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Suspense
Supernatural
Desperation
Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Suspense
Supernatural
A Song of Ice and Fire
The Stark cause hangs by a thread; enemies plot their downfall, dragons stir in the east.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Dragons
High Fantasy
Adventure
A Song of Ice and Fire
The Stark cause hangs by a thread; enemies plot their downfall, dragons stir in the east.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Dragons
High Fantasy
Adventure
Wizard and Glass
Amid a frontier conspiracy, a gunslinger falls for the mayor's promised consort as a witch watches.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Horror
Romance
Wizard and Glass
Amid a frontier conspiracy, a gunslinger falls for the mayor's promised consort as a witch watches.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Horror
Romance
Bull Rush
A paperwork error keeps a rancher married to her paroled ex, who demands ninety days as his wife.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Suspense
Crime
Bull Rush
A paperwork error keeps a rancher married to her paroled ex, who demands ninety days as his wife.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Suspense
Crime
Four Psychos
Four deadly men finally see the ghost who's been watching them, and now hell's trials await.
Paranormal Romance
Reverse Harem
Fantasy
Romance
Demons
Four Psychos
Four deadly men finally see the ghost who's been watching them, and now hell's trials await.
Paranormal Romance
Reverse Harem
Fantasy
Romance
Demons
Curse of Shadows and Thorns
A royal rebel is auctioned for marriage, but her enigmatic negotiator harbors a monstrous secret.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Magic
Curse of Shadows and Thorns
A royal rebel is auctioned for marriage, but her enigmatic negotiator harbors a monstrous secret.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Magic
