What are some novels about evil people? I want to read a story from the perspective of someone who legitimately enjoys hurting people and causing others misery, without going through existential russian crisis afterwards
inb4 no I'm not edgy, just curious for something different
The Marquis de Sade inspired the term sadism, try 120 Days of Sodom.
For something along those lines but a little more nuanced, Native Son is about a black kid who accidentally murders a white woman and in the ensuing chaos decides to own the murder, and later does even more terrible shit.
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not exactly novels but check out Peter Sotos.
Marquis de Sade is also a good rec.
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Blood Meridian. The Judge is the embodiment of pure evil.
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>>9129310
I haven't read it but I've heard that Moravagine is like this.
A truly FUN book I've come across recently is Emperor Mollusk and the Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez. A mad scientist supervillan from Neptune has enslaved Earth and deals with petty problems with SCIENCE. The Audible version has an excellent performance,too.
Also on a supervillan vibe,I recommend the D-list Supervillan series, and Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman.
Not really explorations of unapologetic Evil,but Fun.
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Great book.
Tampa is pretty great too, not just because she fucks boys, but because she is insane.
American Psycho