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Standalone Grimdark recommendations (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by Tiuku@sopuli.xyz to c/books@lemmy.ml

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Looking for some self-contained grimdark books to read. Most of the genre seems to be the form of trilogies or even longer series, but I'm not looking to start a long project right now. Just a single story within one book, and then move on to other stuff (unless I get hooked..)

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[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Christopher Buehlman has some, though idk if they're grimdark or just horror. I've read Those Across The River and Between Two Fires, both standalone stories with no connection between them. Between Two Fires is the better of the two, with just some of the latter half feeling a bit too long (even if the story is still interesting).

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Between Two Fires has such an interesting premise!

[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah! I was looking for something horror or horror adjacent and I was not expecting religious horror to pop up. It's easy to read too, though it does get a bit, uh, what's the word, crude at times. Not in the writing, but what's being portrayed.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Hm, very curious.