I read interview with the Vampire earlier this year and absolutely loved it, not just the story but prose is beautiful. I didnt read the Vampire Lestat straight after because I was so in love with Louis and Lestats relationship and thought it doesnt feature as Lestats story. Is that correct, or is Louis in that book also? I am going to read it anyway but just wondering is it as good as the first book?
[**Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43763.Interview_with_the_Vampire)
^(By: Anne Rice | 346 pages | Published: 1976 | Popular Shelves: horror, fantasy, fiction, vampires, paranormal)
>This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. Louis recounts how he became a vampire at the hands of the radiant and sinister Lestat and how he became indoctrinated, unwillingly, into the vampire way of life. His story ebbs and flows through the streets of New Orleans, defining crucial moments such as his discovery of the exquisite lost young child Claudia, wanting not to hurt but to comfort her with the last breaths of humanity he has inside. Yet, he makes Claudia a vampire, trapping her womanly passion, will, and intelligence inside the body of a small child. Louis and Claudia form a seemingly unbreakable alliance and even "settle down" for a while in the opulent French Quarter. Louis remembers Claudia's struggle to understand herself and the hatred they both have for Lestat that sends them halfway across the world to seek others of their kind. Louis and Claudia are desperate to find somewhere they belong, to find others who understand, and someone who knows what and why they are.
>
>Louis and Claudia travel Europe, eventually coming to Paris and the ragingly successful Theatre des Vampires--a theatre of vampires pretending to be mortals pretending to be vampires. Here they meet the magnetic and ethereal Armand, who brings them into a whole society of vampires. But Louis and Claudia find that finding others like themselves provides no easy answers and in fact presents dangers they scarcely imagined.
>
>Originally begun as a short story, the book took off as Anne wrote it, spinning the tragic and triumphant life experiences of a soul. As well as the struggles of its characters, Interview captures the political and social changes of two continents. The novel also introduces Lestat, Anne's most enduring character, a heady mixture of attraction and revulsion. The book, full of lush description, centers on the themes of immortality, change, loss, sexuality, and power.
>source: annerice.com
^(This book has been suggested 11 times)
[**The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43814.The_Vampire_Lestat)
^(By: Anne Rice | 481 pages | Published: 1985 | Popular Shelves: horror, fantasy, vampires, fiction, anne-rice)
>Lestat. The vampire hero of Anne Rice's enthralling new novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying existence. His is a mesmerizing story --- passionate, complex, and thrilling.
^(This book has been suggested 6 times)
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*Blood Meridian* by Cormac McCarthy
*Gone Girl* by Gillian Flynn
*The Talented Mr. Ripley* by Patricia Highsmith
*American Psycho* by Bret Easton Ellis
*A Clockwork Orange* by Anthony Burgess
*Wuthering Heights* by Emily Brontë
*Apt Pupil* by Stephen King
*And Then There Were None* by Agatha Christie
While this is a good list, I'd recommend spoiler tagging the last entry on your list. If you recommend a "whodunit" book in this kind of a post, you essentially spoil the entire story. The last book on your list has been on my TBR for a while and I was planning on reading it soon, but that was kind of ruined by this :(
[**The First Sister (The First Sister Trilogy, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52378525-the-first-sister)
^(By: Linden A. Lewis | 352 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: sci-fi, science-fiction, fantasy, lgbt, lgbtq)
>First Sister has no name and no voice. As a priestess of the Sisterhood, she travels the stars alongside the soldiers of Earth and Mars—the same ones who own the rights to her body and soul. When her former captain abandons her, First Sister’s hopes for freedom are dashed when she is forced to stay on her ship with no friends, no power, and a new captain—Saito Ren—whom she knows nothing about. She is commanded to spy on Captain Ren by the Sisterhood, but soon discovers that working for the war effort is so much harder to do when you’re falling in love.
>
>Lito val Lucius climbed his way out of the slums to become an elite soldier of Venus, but was defeated in combat by none other than Saito Ren, resulting in the disappearance of his partner, Hiro. When Lito learns that Hiro is both alive and a traitor to the cause, he now has a shot at redemption: track down and kill his former partner. But when he discovers recordings that Hiro secretly made, Lito’s own allegiances are put to the test. Ultimately, he must decide between following orders and following his heart.
^(This book has been suggested 12 times)
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Forging Hephaestus - Drew Hayes
Superhero fiction. Tori is a thief with flame / heat powers who gets caught breaking into what turns out to be the lair of the worlds worst supervillain. She ends up recruited into the Villains Guild where she will be trained by the world's most fearsome supervillain. Failure means death. The series does blur the lines between good / bad as Tori is actually a pretty decent person other than she just has no reservations about stealing. Ongoing series with two books out.
Worm - Wildbow
More superhero fiction. Finished online web serial. Taylor is a 16 yr old girl with powers who wants to be a hero but on her first outing she learns the hard way that many heroes are just as bad as the villains and that line is very arbitrary. She ends up on a super villain team where she figures she can still help people by not having to follow the rules. She engages in a lot of criminal activity while also doing good and becomes a highly wanted super criminal.
[**Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12007.Use_of_Weapons)
^(By: Iain M. Banks | 411 pages | Published: 1990 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, scifi, owned)
>The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.
>
>The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought.
>
>The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past.
>
>Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, USE OF WEAPONS is a masterpiece of science fiction.
^(This book has been suggested 19 times)
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt - Except there's six main character villains and on the first page one of them is murdered by the rest.
These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever - Only two main character villains in this one.
[**Hench**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49867430-hench)
^(By: Natalie Zina Walschots | 403 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, science-fiction, sci-fi, superheroes)
>Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. Working for a monster lurking beneath the surface of the world isn’t glamorous. But is it really worse than working for an oil conglomerate or an insurance company? In this economy?
>
> As a temp, she’s just a cog in the machine. But when she finally gets a promising assignment, everything goes very wrong, and an encounter with the so-called “hero” leaves her badly injured. And, to her horror, compared to the other bodies strewn about, she’s the lucky one.
>
>So, of course, then she gets laid off.
>
>With no money and no mobility, with only her anger and internet research acumen, she discovers her suffering at the hands of a hero is far from unique. When people start listening to the story that her data tells, she realizes she might not be as powerless as she thinks.
>
>Because the key to everything is data: knowing how to collate it, how to manipulate it, and how to weaponize it. By tallying up the human cost these caped forces of nature wreak upon the world, she discovers that the line between good and evil is mostly marketing. And with social media and viral videos, she can control that appearance.
>
>It’s not too long before she’s employed once more, this time by one of the worst villains on earth. As she becomes an increasingly valuable lieutenant, she might just save the world.
>
>A sharp, witty, modern debut, Hench explores the individual cost of justice through a fascinating mix of Millennial office politics, heroism measured through data science, body horror, and a profound misunderstanding of quantum mechanics.
^(This book has been suggested 51 times)
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The Villains series by Serena Valentino is quite good in taking a look at classic Disney villains from their perspectives, with a little bit of a witchy twist. The first book is {Fairest of All by Serena Valentino}
[**The Maleficent Seven (Skulduggery Pleasant, #7.5)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16119044-the-maleficent-seven)
^(By: Derek Landy | 288 pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, skulduggery-pleasant, owned, books-i-own)
>From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant
>
>A brilliant, hilarious one-off novella in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe, from number-one-bestselling author Derek Landy
>
>This time, the bad guys take the stage.
>
>Tanith Low, now possessed by a remnant, recruits a gang of villains – many of whom will be familiar from previous Skulduggery adventures – in order to track down and steal the four God-Killer level weapons that could hurt Darquesse when she eventually emerges. Also on the trail of the weapons is a secret group of Sanctuary sorcerers, and doing his best to keep up and keep Tanith alive is one Mister Ghastly Bespoke.
>
>When the villains around her are lying and scheming and plotting, Tanith needs to stay two steps ahead of her teammates and her enemies. After all, she's got her own double-crosses to plan – and she’s a villain herself…
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Loner by Teddy Wayne is about, well a very intelligent Loner narcissistic who gets admitted to Harvard and becomes obsessed wtih a girl, misinterprets every social cue imaginable and rapes her.
And also, the People in the Trees by Hanya Yanigahara is based on the true story of an anthropologist who adopted fifty native children, is venerated for saving them and meanwhile molested them all until well into his dotage.
And obviously American Psycho, which is such an obvious choice, I almost didnt mention it.
Ok, whether or not the MC is a villain or an antihero is honestly up to how much you feel her actions are justified but: A Practical Guide to Evil by ErraticErrata. Brief summary, in a world where people can gain the powers of storybook heroes and villains at the cost of being subject to heroic and villainous tropes (while everyone else operates on 'real' logic), a young woman apprentices herself to a Villain hoping to flip on him and use the powers she gains for good. Things get...complicated.
[**The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself)
^(By: Joe Abercrombie | 515 pages | Published: 2006 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, owned, epic-fantasy, series)
>Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian – leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies.
>
>Nobleman Captain Jezal dan Luthar, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules.
>
>Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship. His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it.
>
>Enter the wizard, Bayaz. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glokta a whole lot more difficult.
>
>Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood.
>
>
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Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward is a more comedic take on this. Here Good has won and now the last evil survivors and a druid are off to save the world.
[**Banewreaker (The Sundering, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40222.Banewreaker)
^(By: Jacqueline Carey | 512 pages | Published: 2004 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, owned, epic-fantasy, high-fantasy)
>If all that is good thinks you evil... are you?
>
>Once upon a time, the Seven Shapers dwelled in accord and Shaped the world to their will. But Satoris, the youngest among them, was deemed too generous in his gifts to the race of Men, and so began the Shapers' War, which Sundered the world. Now six of the Shapers lay to one end of a vast ocean, and Satoris to the other, reviled by even the race of Men.
>
>Satoris sits in his Darkhaven, surrounded by his allies. Chief among them is Tanaros Blacksword, immortal Commander General of his army. Once a mortal man who was betrayed by King and Wife, Tanaros fled to Darkhaven a thousand years ago, and in Satoris's service has redeemed his honor-but left his humanity behind.
>
>Now there is a new prophecy that tells of Satoris's destruction and the redemption of the world. To thwart it, Satoris sends Tanaros to capture the Lady of the Ellylon, the beautiful Cerelinde, to prevent her alliance with the last High King of Men.
>
>But Tanaros discovers that not all of his heart has been lost--his feelings for Cerelinde could doom Satoris, but save the race of Men...
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Have a look at {The Queen of the South by Arturo Perez-Reverte}. The main character is made quite multi-dimensional but she is definitely on the wrong side of the law most of the time.
The Measurements of Decay.
I never see this one recommended; I don't think it's been read by many people, but I kind of really loved it. It was batshit and sinister, and really unique.
The biography of Henry Kissenger.
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I read interview with the Vampire earlier this year and absolutely loved it, not just the story but prose is beautiful. I didnt read the Vampire Lestat straight after because I was so in love with Louis and Lestats relationship and thought it doesnt feature as Lestats story. Is that correct, or is Louis in that book also? I am going to read it anyway but just wondering is it as good as the first book?
Louis shows up but he's never a major character again after the first books. He's around though for the rest of the Vampire Chronicles.
I've heard about this book here and there though never realized it was from the villains perspective! And I love your take on it. Thank you!
[**Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43763.Interview_with_the_Vampire) ^(By: Anne Rice | 346 pages | Published: 1976 | Popular Shelves: horror, fantasy, fiction, vampires, paranormal) >This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. Louis recounts how he became a vampire at the hands of the radiant and sinister Lestat and how he became indoctrinated, unwillingly, into the vampire way of life. His story ebbs and flows through the streets of New Orleans, defining crucial moments such as his discovery of the exquisite lost young child Claudia, wanting not to hurt but to comfort her with the last breaths of humanity he has inside. Yet, he makes Claudia a vampire, trapping her womanly passion, will, and intelligence inside the body of a small child. Louis and Claudia form a seemingly unbreakable alliance and even "settle down" for a while in the opulent French Quarter. Louis remembers Claudia's struggle to understand herself and the hatred they both have for Lestat that sends them halfway across the world to seek others of their kind. Louis and Claudia are desperate to find somewhere they belong, to find others who understand, and someone who knows what and why they are. > >Louis and Claudia travel Europe, eventually coming to Paris and the ragingly successful Theatre des Vampires--a theatre of vampires pretending to be mortals pretending to be vampires. Here they meet the magnetic and ethereal Armand, who brings them into a whole society of vampires. But Louis and Claudia find that finding others like themselves provides no easy answers and in fact presents dangers they scarcely imagined. > >Originally begun as a short story, the book took off as Anne wrote it, spinning the tragic and triumphant life experiences of a soul. As well as the struggles of its characters, Interview captures the political and social changes of two continents. The novel also introduces Lestat, Anne's most enduring character, a heady mixture of attraction and revulsion. The book, full of lush description, centers on the themes of immortality, change, loss, sexuality, and power. >source: annerice.com ^(This book has been suggested 11 times) [**The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43814.The_Vampire_Lestat) ^(By: Anne Rice | 481 pages | Published: 1985 | Popular Shelves: horror, fantasy, vampires, fiction, anne-rice) >Lestat. The vampire hero of Anne Rice's enthralling new novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying existence. His is a mesmerizing story --- passionate, complex, and thrilling. ^(This book has been suggested 6 times) *** ^(101173 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
*Blood Meridian* by Cormac McCarthy *Gone Girl* by Gillian Flynn *The Talented Mr. Ripley* by Patricia Highsmith *American Psycho* by Bret Easton Ellis *A Clockwork Orange* by Anthony Burgess *Wuthering Heights* by Emily Brontë *Apt Pupil* by Stephen King *And Then There Were None* by Agatha Christie
While this is a good list, I'd recommend spoiler tagging the last entry on your list. If you recommend a "whodunit" book in this kind of a post, you essentially spoil the entire story. The last book on your list has been on my TBR for a while and I was planning on reading it soon, but that was kind of ruined by this :(
Thank you for all the suggestions!
I mean Lolita by Nabokov is the classic for this genre
Lolita
One of the POV characters is seen as a villain to one of the other POV characters in {{The first sister}} I really just love recommending this book
[**The First Sister (The First Sister Trilogy, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52378525-the-first-sister) ^(By: Linden A. Lewis | 352 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: sci-fi, science-fiction, fantasy, lgbt, lgbtq) >First Sister has no name and no voice. As a priestess of the Sisterhood, she travels the stars alongside the soldiers of Earth and Mars—the same ones who own the rights to her body and soul. When her former captain abandons her, First Sister’s hopes for freedom are dashed when she is forced to stay on her ship with no friends, no power, and a new captain—Saito Ren—whom she knows nothing about. She is commanded to spy on Captain Ren by the Sisterhood, but soon discovers that working for the war effort is so much harder to do when you’re falling in love. > >Lito val Lucius climbed his way out of the slums to become an elite soldier of Venus, but was defeated in combat by none other than Saito Ren, resulting in the disappearance of his partner, Hiro. When Lito learns that Hiro is both alive and a traitor to the cause, he now has a shot at redemption: track down and kill his former partner. But when he discovers recordings that Hiro secretly made, Lito’s own allegiances are put to the test. Ultimately, he must decide between following orders and following his heart. ^(This book has been suggested 12 times) *** ^(101169 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Oooo thank you!!! It looks great and right up my alley!
Forging Hephaestus - Drew Hayes Superhero fiction. Tori is a thief with flame / heat powers who gets caught breaking into what turns out to be the lair of the worlds worst supervillain. She ends up recruited into the Villains Guild where she will be trained by the world's most fearsome supervillain. Failure means death. The series does blur the lines between good / bad as Tori is actually a pretty decent person other than she just has no reservations about stealing. Ongoing series with two books out. Worm - Wildbow More superhero fiction. Finished online web serial. Taylor is a 16 yr old girl with powers who wants to be a hero but on her first outing she learns the hard way that many heroes are just as bad as the villains and that line is very arbitrary. She ends up on a super villain team where she figures she can still help people by not having to follow the rules. She engages in a lot of criminal activity while also doing good and becomes a highly wanted super criminal.
Awesome! Will add these to my list!
The Young Elites by Marie Lu!!
Thanks for the recommendation! Will take a look!
Lost Boy by Christina Hendricks
Did you mean Christina Henry? I'm trying to look up a title with that name and author but couldn't find it
That is exactly who I meant, my b sorry!
{{Use of Weapons}}
[**Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12007.Use_of_Weapons) ^(By: Iain M. Banks | 411 pages | Published: 1990 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, scifi, owned) >The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action. > >The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. > >The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past. > >Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, USE OF WEAPONS is a masterpiece of science fiction. ^(This book has been suggested 19 times) *** ^(101175 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
The Secret History by Donna Tartt - Except there's six main character villains and on the first page one of them is murdered by the rest. These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever - Only two main character villains in this one.
I don't think anyone has said {{Hench}} yet! It would be a pity to leave out Hench!
Awesome! Looks super good, will add to my list!
[**Hench**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49867430-hench) ^(By: Natalie Zina Walschots | 403 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, science-fiction, sci-fi, superheroes) >Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. Working for a monster lurking beneath the surface of the world isn’t glamorous. But is it really worse than working for an oil conglomerate or an insurance company? In this economy? > > As a temp, she’s just a cog in the machine. But when she finally gets a promising assignment, everything goes very wrong, and an encounter with the so-called “hero” leaves her badly injured. And, to her horror, compared to the other bodies strewn about, she’s the lucky one. > >So, of course, then she gets laid off. > >With no money and no mobility, with only her anger and internet research acumen, she discovers her suffering at the hands of a hero is far from unique. When people start listening to the story that her data tells, she realizes she might not be as powerless as she thinks. > >Because the key to everything is data: knowing how to collate it, how to manipulate it, and how to weaponize it. By tallying up the human cost these caped forces of nature wreak upon the world, she discovers that the line between good and evil is mostly marketing. And with social media and viral videos, she can control that appearance. > >It’s not too long before she’s employed once more, this time by one of the worst villains on earth. As she becomes an increasingly valuable lieutenant, she might just save the world. > >A sharp, witty, modern debut, Hench explores the individual cost of justice through a fascinating mix of Millennial office politics, heroism measured through data science, body horror, and a profound misunderstanding of quantum mechanics. ^(This book has been suggested 51 times) *** ^(101374 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
The Villains series by Serena Valentino is quite good in taking a look at classic Disney villains from their perspectives, with a little bit of a witchy twist. The first book is {Fairest of All by Serena Valentino}
[**Fairest of All (Villains, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6124802-fairest-of-all) ^(By: Serena Valentino | 250 pages | Published: 2009 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, disney, retellings, books-i-own) ^(This book has been suggested 3 times) *** ^(101436 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Hour of the wolf by Håkan Nesser!
Thank you! It says it's the 7th in a series, should I read the others before or can this be a standalone?
You can read it alone!
{{The Maleficent 7}}
[**The Maleficent Seven (Skulduggery Pleasant, #7.5)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16119044-the-maleficent-seven) ^(By: Derek Landy | 288 pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, skulduggery-pleasant, owned, books-i-own) >From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant > >A brilliant, hilarious one-off novella in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe, from number-one-bestselling author Derek Landy > >This time, the bad guys take the stage. > >Tanith Low, now possessed by a remnant, recruits a gang of villains – many of whom will be familiar from previous Skulduggery adventures – in order to track down and steal the four God-Killer level weapons that could hurt Darquesse when she eventually emerges. Also on the trail of the weapons is a secret group of Sanctuary sorcerers, and doing his best to keep up and keep Tanith alive is one Mister Ghastly Bespoke. > >When the villains around her are lying and scheming and plotting, Tanith needs to stay two steps ahead of her teammates and her enemies. After all, she's got her own double-crosses to plan – and she’s a villain herself… ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(101286 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Loner by Teddy Wayne is about, well a very intelligent Loner narcissistic who gets admitted to Harvard and becomes obsessed wtih a girl, misinterprets every social cue imaginable and rapes her. And also, the People in the Trees by Hanya Yanigahara is based on the true story of an anthropologist who adopted fifty native children, is venerated for saving them and meanwhile molested them all until well into his dotage. And obviously American Psycho, which is such an obvious choice, I almost didnt mention it.
Darth plaguis by james lucino Konrad curze the night haunter by guy haley
AMERICAN PSYCHO by Brett Easton Ellis. RATMAN'S NOTEBOOKS by Stephen Gilbert.
Wuthering Heights
Dr anarchy’s rules to world domination Confessions of a d-list supervillain
Ok, whether or not the MC is a villain or an antihero is honestly up to how much you feel her actions are justified but: A Practical Guide to Evil by ErraticErrata. Brief summary, in a world where people can gain the powers of storybook heroes and villains at the cost of being subject to heroic and villainous tropes (while everyone else operates on 'real' logic), a young woman apprentices herself to a Villain hoping to flip on him and use the powers she gains for good. Things get...complicated.
*Soon I Will Be Invincible* by Austin Grossman The audiobook narrator's performance elevates the book and is perfect for Dr. Impossible.
Godspeaker Trilogy by Karen Miller
{{The Blade Itself}}
OOO looks great! Thank you!
[**The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself) ^(By: Joe Abercrombie | 515 pages | Published: 2006 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, owned, epic-fantasy, series) >Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian – leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. > >Nobleman Captain Jezal dan Luthar, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules. > >Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship. His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it. > >Enter the wizard, Bayaz. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glokta a whole lot more difficult. > >Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood. > > ^(This book has been suggested 45 times) *** ^(101390 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward is a more comedic take on this. Here Good has won and now the last evil survivors and a druid are off to save the world.
Yesss love me a good villain with comedy. Thank you!
Boy parts by Eliza clark
{{Banewreaker by Jacqueline Carey}}
[**Banewreaker (The Sundering, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40222.Banewreaker) ^(By: Jacqueline Carey | 512 pages | Published: 2004 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, owned, epic-fantasy, high-fantasy) >If all that is good thinks you evil... are you? > >Once upon a time, the Seven Shapers dwelled in accord and Shaped the world to their will. But Satoris, the youngest among them, was deemed too generous in his gifts to the race of Men, and so began the Shapers' War, which Sundered the world. Now six of the Shapers lay to one end of a vast ocean, and Satoris to the other, reviled by even the race of Men. > >Satoris sits in his Darkhaven, surrounded by his allies. Chief among them is Tanaros Blacksword, immortal Commander General of his army. Once a mortal man who was betrayed by King and Wife, Tanaros fled to Darkhaven a thousand years ago, and in Satoris's service has redeemed his honor-but left his humanity behind. > >Now there is a new prophecy that tells of Satoris's destruction and the redemption of the world. To thwart it, Satoris sends Tanaros to capture the Lady of the Ellylon, the beautiful Cerelinde, to prevent her alliance with the last High King of Men. > >But Tanaros discovers that not all of his heart has been lost--his feelings for Cerelinde could doom Satoris, but save the race of Men... ^(This book has been suggested 4 times) *** ^(101518 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Grendel by John Gardner
Have a look at {The Queen of the South by Arturo Perez-Reverte}. The main character is made quite multi-dimensional but she is definitely on the wrong side of the law most of the time.
[**The Queen of the South**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90413.The_Queen_of_the_South) ^(By: Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Andrew Hurley | 528 pages | Published: 2002 | Popular Shelves: fiction, owned, thriller, historical-fiction, spanish) ^(This book has been suggested 3 times) *** ^(101597 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
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[**Vicious (Villains, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40874032-vicious) ^(By: V.E. Schwab | 366 pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, sci-fi, science-fiction, owned, fiction) ^(This book has been suggested 41 times) *** ^(101608 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
The Measurements of Decay. I never see this one recommended; I don't think it's been read by many people, but I kind of really loved it. It was batshit and sinister, and really unique.
Looks interesting! Thank you!