I love stories where you slowly realize the MC is what caused things to go wrong or otherwise the bad guy. Not so much in a "oh this had consequences you didn't realize so it caused the problems'" but rather they acted intentionally and were just a shitty person
Horrors/thrillers like that are my fave, but I'm open to other genres. I like weird stuff and abstract stuff particularly, so don't worry about "difficult" reads. Real mind melters would be great lol
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Have you heard of the Vicious series by V.E. Schwab? Your post reminds me of it, I just finished the two books she’s done in that series so far. Basically, two pre-med students have to write their thesis, and one of them chooses how to get superpowers. And the only way you can get superpowers is by doing something…dangerous. I don’t want to spoil it lol
The Bible by Jesus Christ
*The Debt to Pleasure* by John Lanchester
>!Never Lie!< by Frieda McFadden. Narrator seems like a damsel in distress at first. 1st person POV. >!at the end you find out she’s a manipulative murderer!<
I Am Legend
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever. I won’t say much more, but this book is truly a masterclass in writing character devolution/regression, and the prose is absolutely beautiful as well. Reading it was genuinely a visceral experience.