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• How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

  Wexler, Django,

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  Caught in a time loop, Davi has tried to take down the Dark Lord a hundred times and failed. If the Dark Lord always win, maybe she should stop being the hero and set her sights on becoming the Dark Lord herself.

• Long Live Evil

  Brennan, Sarah Rees,

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  Rae gets a second chance at life by making a magical bargain that sends her into her favorite monstrous fantasy series as the villainess. She gathers a troop of fellow villains. Their carnage angers the Emperor and puts their survival at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Assistant to the Villain

  Maehrer, Hannah Nicole,

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  Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer's laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain…and their unexpected romance.

• These Deathless Shores

  Low, P. H.,

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  Gorgeous and devastating, P. H. Low’s debut fantasy is a richly reimagined tale of Captain Hook’s origin, a story of cruelty, magic, lost innocence, and the indelible power of stories.

• Thousand Autumns

  Qian Qiu. 1

  Mengxishi, (Writer on internet),

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  In this historical tale, a Daoist martial artist must begin a journey of healing and self-reflection as he resists the temptations of the powerful leader of a demonic sect.

• Wicked

  the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West : a Novel

  Maguire, Gregory

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  Set in an Oz where a morose Wizard battles suicidal thoughts, the story of the green-skinned Elphaba, otherwise known as the Wicked Witch of the West, profiles her as an animal rights activist striving to avenge her dear sister's death.

• The Hunting Wives

  Cobb, May, 1973-

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  The Hunting Wives share more than target practice, martinis, and bad behavior in this novel of obsession, seduction, and murder.

• American Psycho

  a Novel

  Ellis, Bret Easton

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  In a black satire of the eighties, a decade of naked greed and unparalleled callousness, a successful Wall Street yuppie cannot get enough of anything--including murder.

• Starter Villain

  Scalzi, John, 1969-

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  Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place.

• Yellowface

  a Novel

  Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.),

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  White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American—in this chilling and hilariously…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Picture of Dorian Gray

  Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

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  An exquisitely beautiful young man in Victorian England retains his youthful and innocent appearance over the years while his portrait reflects both his age and evil soul as he pursues a life of decadence and corruption.

• Gone Girl

  a Novel

  Flynn, Gillian, 1971-

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  When a beautiful woman goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary, her diary reveals hidden turmoil in her marriage and a mysterious illness; while her husband, desperate to clear himself of suspicion, realizes that something more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Verity

  Hoover, Colleen,

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  Struggling writer, Lowen, is hired to finish writing injured author, Verity's Crawford's, successful book series. In the process, Lowen discovers Verity's autobiography which is full of dark admissions. Lowen planned to keep them secret,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Silent Patient

  Michaelides, Alex, 1977-

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  The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.

• You

  a Novel

  Kepnes, Caroline, 1976-

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  From debut author Caroline Kepnes comes You, one of Suspense Magazine's Best Books of 2014, and a brilliant and terrifying novel for the social media age.

• Vicious

  Schwab, Victoria

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  Ten years after a thesis experiment designed to tap a human's supernatural abilities goes terribly wrong, Victor breaks out of prison and resolves to track down his former roommate, Eli, who is accompanied by a girl with astonishing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Sister, the Serial Killer

  a Novel

  Braithwaite, Oyinkan,

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  Realizing that her beautiful, beloved younger sister has murdered yet another boyfriend, an embittered Nigerian woman works to direct suspicion away from the family, until a handsome doctor she fancies asks for her sister's number.

• The Talented Mr. Ripley

  Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995,

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  In order to convince his son to come home, Herbert Greenleaf, a rich shipbuilder, sends the suave con man Tom Ripley to Italy, but is unaware of his son's friend's criminal activities.

• The Secret History

  a Novel

  Tartt, Donna

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  Richard Papen, a relatively impoverished student at a New England college, falls in with an exclusive clique of rich, worldly Greek scholars and soon learns the dreadful secret that keeps them together.