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
Feral Wolf
An Alpha Wolf in a fae prison rallies her mates, a cursed guard, and an Incubus to escape.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Fae
Feral Wolf
An Alpha Wolf in a fae prison rallies her mates, a cursed guard, and an Incubus to escape.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Fae
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
A solitary Petersburg dreamer meets a woman by the canal and gambles everything on love.
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Russia
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
A solitary Petersburg dreamer meets a woman by the canal and gambles everything on love.
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Russia
Lilac
A guitarist replaces a fallen rock star and discovers all three surviving bandmates want her.
Romance
Reverse Harem
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Dark
Lilac
A guitarist replaces a fallen rock star and discovers all three surviving bandmates want her.
Romance
Reverse Harem
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Dark
Blood Bonds
Five men, one bond, and a monster thirsting for blood: Oli is the weapon everyone wants.
Romance
Fantasy
Paranormal Romance
Reverse Harem
Paranormal
Blood Bonds
Five men, one bond, and a monster thirsting for blood: Oli is the weapon everyone wants.
Romance
Fantasy
Paranormal Romance
Reverse Harem
Paranormal
UnWholly
Connor's sanctuary splinters when a vengeful rebel demands war and the state prepares to strike.
Young Adult
Dystopian
Science Fiction
Horror
Thriller
UnWholly
Connor's sanctuary splinters when a vengeful rebel demands war and the state prepares to strike.
Young Adult
Dystopian
Science Fiction
Horror
Thriller
The Yellow Wall-Paper
Forbidden to write or think, a mother stares at the yellow wallpaper until a woman stares back.
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
Feminism
Gothic
The Yellow Wall-Paper
Forbidden to write or think, a mother stares at the yellow wallpaper until a woman stares back.
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
Feminism
Gothic
The Black Witch
A dark sorceress's powerless heir enters a university full of the people her family conquered.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Witches
Fantasy Romance
The Black Witch
A dark sorceress's powerless heir enters a university full of the people her family conquered.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Witches
Fantasy Romance
Bourbon & Proof
To inherit his bourbon legacy, a stoic heir marries the town pariah. Paper arrangements burn.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Suspense
Dark
Bourbon & Proof
To inherit his bourbon legacy, a stoic heir marries the town pariah. Paper arrangements burn.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Suspense
Dark
This Book Will Bury Me
Grieving her father, a student joins online sleuths to catch a serial killer in small-town Idaho.
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Adult
Suspense
This Book Will Bury Me
Grieving her father, a student joins online sleuths to catch a serial killer in small-town Idaho.
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Adult
Suspense
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
A retired official in a Petersburg cellar explains why his intelligence has made him spiteful.
Classics
Russia
Philosophy
Literature
Literary Fiction
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
A retired official in a Petersburg cellar explains why his intelligence has made him spiteful.
Classics
Russia
Philosophy
Literature
Literary Fiction
Attack on Titan, Vol. 1
Man-eating Titans breach the wall. Eren Yeager joins the military with one vow: extermination.
Manga
Fantasy
Horror
Dystopia
Graphic Novels
Attack on Titan, Vol. 1
Man-eating Titans breach the wall. Eren Yeager joins the military with one vow: extermination.
Manga
Fantasy
Horror
Dystopia
Graphic Novels
Kings of Lockdown
Quarantined at an elite academy, a fugitive's daughter becomes the obsession of three brutal rulers.
Reverse Harem
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
High School
Kings of Lockdown
Quarantined at an elite academy, a fugitive's daughter becomes the obsession of three brutal rulers.
Reverse Harem
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
High School
Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler
Two penniless rogues claw through golden-age Spain, trading masters and morals for the next meal.
Classics
Literary Fiction
Literature
Historical Fiction
Spain
Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler
Two penniless rogues claw through golden-age Spain, trading masters and morals for the next meal.
Classics
Literary Fiction
Literature
Historical Fiction
Spain
The Silver Eyes
A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.
Horror
Young Adult
Paranormal
Supernatural
Mystery
The Silver Eyes
A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.
Horror
Young Adult
Paranormal
Supernatural
Mystery
Honeysuckles
A hybrid monster stalks a waitress, and his twisted protection becomes her darkest desire.
Romance
Dark
Paranormal Romance
Dark Fantasy
Fantasy
Honeysuckles
A hybrid monster stalks a waitress, and his twisted protection becomes her darkest desire.
Romance
Dark
Paranormal Romance
Dark Fantasy
Fantasy
Forget Me Not
Her mother's accident forces a journalist home, where her sister's disappearance proves one of many.
Mystery
Thriller
Suspense
Crime
Contemporary
Forget Me Not
Her mother's accident forces a journalist home, where her sister's disappearance proves one of many.
Mystery
Thriller
Suspense
Crime
Contemporary
The Sisters Brothers
Two hired-gun brothers ride to California to kill a man who can make gold glow.
Western
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Adventure
Dark
The Sisters Brothers
Two hired-gun brothers ride to California to kill a man who can make gold glow.
Western
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Adventure
Dark
Under the Surface
Lost in the Paris catacombs, a teen YouTuber and her friends become prey for a masked cult.
Thriller
Young Adult
Horror
Mystery
Suspense
Under the Surface
Lost in the Paris catacombs, a teen YouTuber and her friends become prey for a masked cult.
Thriller
Young Adult
Horror
Mystery
Suspense
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Adult
Women
Book Club
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Adult
Women
Book Club
Bones
A mafia enforcer saves his best friend's sister from auction, then becomes her captor instead.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Adult
Romantic Suspense
Bones
A mafia enforcer saves his best friend's sister from auction, then becomes her captor instead.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Adult
Romantic Suspense
The Tower of the Swallow
A scarred fugitive tells her brutal story from a swamp as bounty hunters close in.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Adventure
Dark
The Tower of the Swallow
A scarred fugitive tells her brutal story from a swamp as bounty hunters close in.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Adventure
Dark
You're Next
Her stepbrother commits her to a psych ward. The doctors insist her four lovers never existed.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Suspense
Romantic Suspense
You're Next
Her stepbrother commits her to a psych ward. The doctors insist her four lovers never existed.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Suspense
Romantic Suspense
I Am Legend and Other Stories
Every night, the last human alive bars his door against a vampire horde, his sanity fraying.
Horror
Science Fiction
Vampires
Post Apocalyptic
Dystopian
I Am Legend and Other Stories
Every night, the last human alive bars his door against a vampire horde, his sanity fraying.
Horror
Science Fiction
Vampires
Post Apocalyptic
Dystopian
Starlight Mates
She broke five fated bonds to protect them. Now her rejected mates are her captors.
Fantasy
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
Reverse Harem
Starlight Mates
She broke five fated bonds to protect them. Now her rejected mates are her captors.
Fantasy
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
Reverse Harem
Love In The Dark
Exiled to a Swiss academy, a disgraced heir craves the one student he's forbidden to touch.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
College
Love In The Dark
Exiled to a Swiss academy, a disgraced heir craves the one student he's forbidden to touch.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
College
You Shouldn't Have Come Here
A New Yorker's remote ranch retreat turns sinister when she learns the last guest never left.
Thriller
Suspense
Mystery
Contemporary
Adult
You Shouldn't Have Come Here
A New Yorker's remote ranch retreat turns sinister when she learns the last guest never left.
Thriller
Suspense
Mystery
Contemporary
Adult
The Drawing of the Three
Dying on a beach, a gunslinger opens doors into strangers' minds to draw them into his world.
Fantasy
Horror
Dark
Adventure
Thriller
The Drawing of the Three
Dying on a beach, a gunslinger opens doors into strangers' minds to draw them into his world.
Fantasy
Horror
Dark
Adventure
Thriller
The Witch Haven
Her hidden magic kills a predator. Sent to a witch academy, she hunts for her brother's murderer.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Witches
Historical Fiction
Fantasy Romance
The Witch Haven
Her hidden magic kills a predator. Sent to a witch academy, she hunts for her brother's murderer.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Witches
Historical Fiction
Fantasy Romance
Ghost Story
Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.
Urban Fantasy
Paranormal
Fantasy
Mystery
Ghosts
Ghost Story
Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.
Urban Fantasy
Paranormal
Fantasy
Mystery
Ghosts
The Things Gods Break
Trapped in Tartarus, a cursed queen must free the Titans before her god burns the world.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Mythology
Greek Mythology
The Things Gods Break
Trapped in Tartarus, a cursed queen must free the Titans before her god burns the world.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Mythology
Greek Mythology
