I’m hoping to read a book about a well-known villain that gets to be the star of the show now. In the Hunger Games series, the author released the fourth published book called “the ballad of songbirds and snakes” as book #0 where the villain in the rest of the series gets his come-up story and shares context about why he is the way he is.
I’m looking for more books like this. I’m not picky about if the villain has some happy-ending or moving transformation. I’d prefer it to be about an established villain, as opposed to an unknown main character who is villainous. But I’m open to your suggestions! Thank you!
by heybiggirl96
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Blue_(book)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Blue_(book))
I only have unknown main characters that are villainous
Lolita by Nabokov
Property by Martin (from the pov of a slave owner)
And in children’s books Artemis Fowl by Colfer
_Wicked_
_Grendel_, by John Gardner
_Richard III_ (Shakespeare)
Perfect Days by Raphael Montes
Tampa by Alicia Nutting
You by Caroline Kepnes
The Good Samaritan by John Marrs
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Day Ever by Kaira Rouda
Prince of Thorns.
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
_The Art of the Deal_