Got $50 to B&N burning a hole in my pocket & I love to hate a protagonist. Leaving this intentionally very open-ended 🙂 Ottessa Moshfegh books (maybe all of them?) come to mind first for me. by Melodic-Mess-7052 Related: Looking for more “adult kid’s books” about science Red storm rising New audible listener. Sanderson? Paolini? Martin? Where do I start my epic fantasy journey? Stories on Casablanca
IntroductionOk8023 on November 3, 2025 6:08 pm The Guest by Emma Cline- super cringey main character, bad decision making etc
Weylane on November 3, 2025 6:08 pm Frankenstein – Mary Shelley The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde Mr B Gone – Clive Barker (We have always lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson — maybe?)
Capt_morgan72 on November 3, 2025 6:08 pm Most of the cast from a song of ice and fire would fit that description. And funny enough the other example I That comes to mind is also by GRMM it’s called Sandkings. Just a short novella.
evilnoodle84 on November 3, 2025 6:12 pm Boy Parts – Eliza Clark Yellowface – RF Kuang Hermit – Chris McQueer
Tiny_Syllabub8654 on November 3, 2025 6:22 pm In shard of the Cretaceous you get to see the MC’S get ate by dinosaurs XD
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The Guest by Emma Cline- super cringey main character, bad decision making etc
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
Mr B Gone – Clive Barker
(We have always lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson — maybe?)
Most of the cast from a song of ice and fire would fit that description.
And funny enough the other example I
That comes to mind is also by GRMM it’s called Sandkings. Just a short novella.
Boy Parts – Eliza Clark
Yellowface – RF Kuang
Hermit – Chris McQueer
In shard of the Cretaceous you get to see the MC’S get ate by dinosaurs XD
The secret history. Wuthering heights.