Manic Antihero Books | Summaries & Audio

Hench

by Natalie Zina Walschots • 2020

After a hero shatters her leg, a temp worker weaponizes the hidden cost of saving the world.

4.00

27k+

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🦸 Superhero Satire 🌑 Villain Origin Story

Hench 88%

After a hero shatters her leg, a temp worker weaponizes the hidden cost of saving the world.

by Natalie Zina Walschots 2020

4.00

27k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🦸 Superhero Satire 🌑 Villain Origin Story

Batman

by Alan Moore • 1988

The Joker paralyzes Batgirl and kidnaps her father to prove one cruel day breaks anyone.

4.36

238k+

🦇 Dark Superhero 🤡 Joker Origin ⚔️ Arch Nemesis

Batman 88%

The Joker paralyzes Batgirl and kidnaps her father to prove one cruel day breaks anyone.

by Alan Moore 1988

4.36

238k+ ratings

🦇 Dark Superhero 🤡 Joker Origin ⚔️ Arch Nemesis

Florida Roadkill

by Tim Dorsey • 1999

A manic Floridian and his stoned sidekick tear south with stolen millions and guns blazing.

3.66

11k+

🏝️ Florida Crime Fiction 🦩 Florida Weirdness 💋 Femme Fatale

Florida Roadkill 87%

A manic Floridian and his stoned sidekick tear south with stolen millions and guns blazing.

by Tim Dorsey 1999

3.66

11k+ ratings

🏝️ Florida Crime Fiction 🦩 Florida Weirdness 💋 Femme Fatale

Critical Role

by Madeleine Roux • 2022

A gutter tiefling steals a journal leading to a sentient city hungry for a new vessel.

4.01

3k+

🦹 Villain Origin Story 💜 Found Family 🌀 Descent Into Madness

Critical Role 87%

A gutter tiefling steals a journal leading to a sentient city hungry for a new vessel.

by Madeleine Roux 2022

4.01

3k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Origin Story 💜 Found Family 🌀 Descent Into Madness

The Dice Man

by Luke Rhinehart • 1971

A bored psychiatrist surrenders his will to a die. His cure for emptiness becomes his addiction.

3.54

22k+

💥 Transgressive Fiction 🎲 Surrender To Chance 🎭 Identity Dissolution

The Dice Man 86%

A bored psychiatrist surrenders his will to a die. His cure for emptiness becomes his addiction.

by Luke Rhinehart 1971

3.54

22k+ ratings

💥 Transgressive Fiction 🎲 Surrender To Chance 🎭 Identity Dissolution

Sex Criminals, Vol. 1

by Matt Fraction • 2014

Suzie's orgasms stop time. So do Jon's. Their plan: rob a bank, save a library.

3.90

41k+

🍆 Raunchy Humor 🎭 Meta Fiction 💰 Partners In Crime

Sex Criminals, Vol. 1 86%

Suzie's orgasms stop time. So do Jon's. Their plan: rob a bank, save a library.

by Matt Fraction 2014

3.90

41k+ ratings

🍆 Raunchy Humor 🎭 Meta Fiction 💰 Partners In Crime

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

by Anonymous

An Irish ad man who emotionally destroyed women meets a New York artist determined to destroy him.

2.69

511

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 📓 Confessional Narrative ☣️ Toxic Protagonist

Diary of an Oxygen Thief 86%

An Irish ad man who emotionally destroyed women meets a New York artist determined to destroy him.

by Anonymous

2.69

511 ratings

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 📓 Confessional Narrative ☣️ Toxic Protagonist

Batman and Psychology

by Travis Langley • 2012

Batman as clinical case study: trauma, resilience, and why his rogues gallery is really a mirror.

4.05

3k+

🧠 Pop Psychology 📚 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Fictional Case Studies

Batman and Psychology 86%

Batman as clinical case study: trauma, resilience, and why his rogues gallery is really a mirror.

by Travis Langley 2012

4.05

3k+ ratings

🧠 Pop Psychology 📚 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Fictional Case Studies

Yellow

by Aron Beauregard • 2021

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

3.77

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Yellow 86%

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

by Aron Beauregard 2021

3.77

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

by Maria Bamford • 2023

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

3.71

25k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult 86%

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

by Maria Bamford 2023

3.71

25k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir

Choke

by Chuck Palahniuk • 2001

A sex addict fakes choking in restaurants to pay for his dying mother's care.

3.71

222k+

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 😈 Dark Satire 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist

Choke 86%

A sex addict fakes choking in restaurants to pay for his dying mother's care.

by Chuck Palahniuk 2001

3.71

222k+ ratings

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 😈 Dark Satire 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist

What Is Madness?

by Darian Leader • 2011

Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.

4.14

531

🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🌪️ Psychosis 💭 Delusion

What Is Madness? 86%

Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.

by Darian Leader 2011

4.14

531 ratings

🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🌪️ Psychosis 💭 Delusion

Fight Club

by Chuck Palahniuk • 1996

An insomniac and a soap salesman start an underground fight club that spirals into anarchy.

4.18

649k+

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity

Fight Club 86%

An insomniac and a soap salesman start an underground fight club that spirals into anarchy.

by Chuck Palahniuk 1996

4.18

649k+ ratings

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity

Nimona

by N.D. Stevenson • 2015

A chaotic shapeshifter forces her way into a villain's life to expose the hero institution's lies.

4.18

189k+

🦎 Shapeshifter Fantasy 🦸‍♂️ Hero Deconstruction 🏛️ Corrupt Institutions

Nimona 86%

A chaotic shapeshifter forces her way into a villain's life to expose the hero institution's lies.

by N.D. Stevenson 2015

4.18

189k+ ratings

🦎 Shapeshifter Fantasy 🦸‍♂️ Hero Deconstruction 🏛️ Corrupt Institutions

Dexter in the Dark

by Jeff Lindsay • 2006

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

3.57

41k+

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship

Dexter in the Dark 86%

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

by Jeff Lindsay 2006

3.57

41k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship

Tik-Tok

by John Sladek • 1983

A domestic robot discovers his moral circuits never worked, and art, murder, and politics follow.

3.70

774

🦾 Robot Antihero 🧠 Sociopathic Narrator 😈 Dark Comedy

Tik-Tok 86%

A domestic robot discovers his moral circuits never worked, and art, murder, and politics follow.

by John Sladek 1983

3.70

774 ratings

🦾 Robot Antihero 🧠 Sociopathic Narrator 😈 Dark Comedy

Catwoman

by Sarah J. Maas • 2018

Batwing hunts Catwoman. Catwoman hunts a cure. And the assassins who made her hunt her.

4.06

27k+

🐈‍⬛ Supervillain Origin Story 🗡️ Assassin Training ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

Catwoman 86%

Batwing hunts Catwoman. Catwoman hunts a cure. And the assassins who made her hunt her.

by Sarah J. Maas 2018

4.06

27k+ ratings

🐈‍⬛ Supervillain Origin Story 🗡️ Assassin Training ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

Asshole No More

by Xavier Crement • 1990

Definitive field guide to assholism: a social disease with types, stages, and a recovery program.

2.73

5k+

🎭 Social Satire 🧱 Difficult People ☣️ Toxic Behavior

Asshole No More 86%

Definitive field guide to assholism: a social disease with types, stages, and a recovery program.

by Xavier Crement 1990

2.73

5k+ ratings

🎭 Social Satire 🧱 Difficult People ☣️ Toxic Behavior

Batman

by John Jackson Miller • 2025

When an overlooked genius turns, Gotham's bicentennial becomes his stage for a reckoning.

4.18

922

🦇 Superhero Origin Story 🏙️ Gothic Urban Setting 🎭 Dual Identities

Batman 86%

When an overlooked genius turns, Gotham's bicentennial becomes his stage for a reckoning.

by John Jackson Miller 2025

4.18

922 ratings

🦇 Superhero Origin Story 🏙️ Gothic Urban Setting 🎭 Dual Identities

Too Old for This

by Samantha Downing • 2025

A true-crime producer wants to clear a serial killer's name. The killer would rather she didn't.

3.78

56k+

🔪 Serial Killer Pov 👵 Geriatric Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Too Old for This 86%

A true-crime producer wants to clear a serial killer's name. The killer would rather she didn't.

by Samantha Downing 2025

3.78

56k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Pov 👵 Geriatric Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse

God Hates Us All

by Hank Moody • 2009

A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.

3.46

5k+

🗽 Bohemian New York 💔 Toxic Love 😈 Dark Comedy

God Hates Us All 86%

A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.

by Hank Moody 2009

3.46

5k+ ratings

🗽 Bohemian New York 💔 Toxic Love 😈 Dark Comedy

Desperate Remedies

by Andrew Scull • 2022

For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.

4.09

448

🏥 History Of Psychiatry 🏛️ Institutional Critique 💉 Medical Hubris

Desperate Remedies 86%

For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.

by Andrew Scull 2022

4.09

448 ratings

🏥 History Of Psychiatry 🏛️ Institutional Critique 💉 Medical Hubris

Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her

by Malaclypse the Younger • 1965

A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.

4.25

6k+

🃏 Parody Religion 🤹 Absurdist Satire ✌️ Counterculture Mindset

Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Summary

Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her 86%

A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.

by Malaclypse the Younger 1965

4.25

6k+ ratings

🃏 Parody Religion 🤹 Absurdist Satire ✌️ Counterculture Mindset

The Bane of the Black Sword

by Michael Moorcock • 1987

Doomed sorcerer Elric wields a soul-stealing sword; his quest for peace may destroy his only hope.

4.01

8k+

⚔️ Sword And Sorcery 🗡️ Cursed Blade ⛓️ Tragic Antihero

The Bane of the Black Sword 86%

Doomed sorcerer Elric wields a soul-stealing sword; his quest for peace may destroy his only hope.

by Michael Moorcock 1987

4.01

8k+ ratings

⚔️ Sword And Sorcery 🗡️ Cursed Blade ⛓️ Tragic Antihero

John Dies at the End

by David Wong • 2007

A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.

3.86

85k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🩸 Comedy Horror 🤝 Buddy Comedy

John Dies at the End 86%

A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.

by David Wong 2007

3.86

85k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🩸 Comedy Horror 🤝 Buddy Comedy

Los superhéroes y la filosofía

by Tom Morris • 2001

What Batman's vigilantism and Spider-Man's guilt reveal about the age-old question: Why be moral?

3.84

965

🧠 Pop Philosophy 📖 Comic Book Studies ⚖️ Applied Ethics

Los superhéroes y la filosofía 86%

What Batman's vigilantism and Spider-Man's guilt reveal about the age-old question: Why be moral?

by Tom Morris 2001

3.84

965 ratings

🧠 Pop Philosophy 📖 Comic Book Studies ⚖️ Applied Ethics

The Rabbit Factor

by Antti Tuomainen • 2020

An actuary inherits his brother's failing adventure park and the criminals who own its debts.

3.78

6k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🎪 Absurdist Crime 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

The Rabbit Factor 86%

An actuary inherits his brother's failing adventure park and the criminals who own its debts.

by Antti Tuomainen 2020

3.78

6k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🎪 Absurdist Crime 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

Doctor Strange and Philosophy

by Mark D. White • 2018

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

4.27

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics

Doctor Strange and Philosophy 86%

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

by Mark D. White 2018

4.27

44 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics

Batman and Philosophy

by Mark D. White • 2008

Batman doesn't have superpowers, but his moral dilemmas are a crash course in Western philosophy.

3.76

2k+

📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 💥 Comic Book Analysis

Batman and Philosophy 86%

Batman doesn't have superpowers, but his moral dilemmas are a crash course in Western philosophy.

by Mark D. White 2008

3.76

2k+ ratings

📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 💥 Comic Book Analysis

The Book of Bill

by Alex Hirsch • 2024

A demon's post-defeat memoir: the apocalypse that failed and the twins who ruined it.

4.53

12k+

🦹 Demon Antagonist 🤝 Deal With A Demon 👯 Twin Siblings

The Book of Bill 86%

A demon's post-defeat memoir: the apocalypse that failed and the twins who ruined it.

by Alex Hirsch 2024

4.53

12k+ ratings

🦹 Demon Antagonist 🤝 Deal With A Demon 👯 Twin Siblings

Suddenly Super

by Jen Calonita • 2023

Her powers betray her. Her parents vanish. A stranger offers rescue, hiding a bitter betrayal.

3.86

1k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Of Supers 😰 Anxious Superhero 💥 Powers Tied To Emotion

Suddenly Super 86%

Her powers betray her. Her parents vanish. A stranger offers rescue, hiding a bitter betrayal.

by Jen Calonita 2023

3.86

1k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Of Supers 😰 Anxious Superhero 💥 Powers Tied To Emotion

Prince of Thorns

by Mark Lawrence • 2011

A young prince returns from the wasteland with killers, aiming for his father's crown.

3.83

124k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy 😈 Antihero Protagonist

Prince of Thorns 86%

A young prince returns from the wasteland with killers, aiming for his father's crown.

by Mark Lawrence 2011

3.83

124k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy 😈 Antihero Protagonist

An Unquiet Mind

by Kay Redfield Jamison • 1995

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

4.06

87k+

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert

An Unquiet Mind 86%

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

by Kay Redfield Jamison 1995

4.06

87k+ ratings

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

by David Wong • 2015

A barista inherits a crime empire and becomes the star of a live murder show.

3.98

24k+

🤖 Cyberpunk Satire 🌆 Near-Future Dystopia 👑 Reluctant Heir

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits Summary

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits 86%

A barista inherits a crime empire and becomes the star of a live murder show.

by David Wong 2015

3.98

24k+ ratings

🤖 Cyberpunk Satire 🌆 Near-Future Dystopia 👑 Reluctant Heir

The Malevolent Eight

by Sebastien de Castell • 2025

Seven outlaw mages wage war on angels and demons to stop a divine apocalypse.

4.14

2k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💰 Heist Fantasy 🖤 Antihero Ensemble

The Malevolent Eight 86%

Seven outlaw mages wage war on angels and demons to stop a divine apocalypse.

by Sebastien de Castell 2025

4.14

2k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💰 Heist Fantasy 🖤 Antihero Ensemble

The Pilo Family Circus

by Will Elliott • 2009

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

3.81

4k+

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity

The Pilo Family Circus 86%

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

by Will Elliott 2009

3.81

4k+ ratings

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity

Batman

by John Jackson Miller • 2024

The Joker is dead, but a shape-shifting victim is being remade to resurrect his reign.

4.05

3k+

🖤 Gothic Superhero 🧪 Mad Scientist 🎭 Shape-Shifter

Batman 85%

The Joker is dead, but a shape-shifting victim is being remade to resurrect his reign.

by John Jackson Miller 2024

4.05

3k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Superhero 🧪 Mad Scientist 🎭 Shape-Shifter

Vengeful

by V.E. Schwab • 2018

Her husband tried to burn her alive. Now her touch destroys, and the city's next.

4.12

132k+

🦹 Dark Superhero Fiction 🖤 Found Family 💀 Trauma-Born Powers

Vengeful 85%

Her husband tried to burn her alive. Now her touch destroys, and the city's next.

by V.E. Schwab 2018

4.12

132k+ ratings

🦹 Dark Superhero Fiction 🖤 Found Family 💀 Trauma-Born Powers

The Blade Itself

by Joe Abercrombie • 2006

A wizard gathers a berserker, a torturer, and a fop. Heroes need not apply.

4.22

320k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Morally Gray 😈 Berserker Alter Ego

The Blade Itself 85%

A wizard gathers a berserker, a torturer, and a fop. Heroes need not apply.

by Joe Abercrombie 2006

4.22

320k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Morally Gray 😈 Berserker Alter Ego

We've Been Too Patient

by L.D. Green • 2019

Psychiatry blames brain chemistry. Survivors argue the model is the wound.

4.15

202

🏛️ Anti-Psychiatry 🏳️ Mad Pride 📚 Mad Studies

We've Been Too Patient 85%

Psychiatry blames brain chemistry. Survivors argue the model is the wound.

by L.D. Green 2019

4.15

202 ratings

🏛️ Anti-Psychiatry 🏳️ Mad Pride 📚 Mad Studies

Despair

by Vladimir Nabokov • 1989

A Russian émigré in Berlin finds his physical double and decides murder is the highest art.

3.9

12k+

🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🎭 Stolen Identity

Despair 85%

A Russian émigré in Berlin finds his physical double and decides murder is the highest art.

by Vladimir Nabokov 1989

3.9

12k+ ratings

🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🎭 Stolen Identity

Survivor

by Chuck Palahniuk • 1999

A cult survivor turned media star hijacks a plane to confess his life before it crashes.

3.93

125k+

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 🔥 Cult Survival 📺 Media Satire

Survivor 85%

A cult survivor turned media star hijacks a plane to confess his life before it crashes.

by Chuck Palahniuk 1999

3.93

125k+ ratings

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 🔥 Cult Survival 📺 Media Satire

Filth

by Irvine Welsh • 1998

A corrupt Edinburgh cop ruins everyone around him while his own body rots from within.

3.82

32k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👮 Corrupt Cop

Filth 85%

A corrupt Edinburgh cop ruins everyone around him while his own body rots from within.

by Irvine Welsh 1998

3.82

32k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👮 Corrupt Cop

Breaking Bad and Philosophy

by David R. Koepsell • 2012

A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.

3.30

274

🎬 Media Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism ⚖️ Applied Ethics

Breaking Bad and Philosophy 85%

A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.

by David R. Koepsell 2012

3.30

274 ratings

🎬 Media Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism ⚖️ Applied Ethics

The Plus

by Greg Gutfeld • 2020

Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.

3.98

1k+

🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Cancel Culture 🧠 Intellectual Humility

The Plus 85%

Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.

by Greg Gutfeld 2020

3.98

1k+ ratings

🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Cancel Culture 🧠 Intellectual Humility

Only a Joke Can Save Us

by Todd McGowan • 2017

When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.

4.32

🎭 Comedy Theory 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📖 Continental Philosophy

Only a Joke Can Save Us 85%

When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.

by Todd McGowan 2017

4.32

37 ratings

🎭 Comedy Theory 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📖 Continental Philosophy

How to Be Miserable

by Randy J. Paterson • 2016

Forty everyday strategies for misery, decoded: see which are yours, then do the opposite.

3.99

3k+

🧠 Behavioral Activation 🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🪤 Wellbeing Traps

How to Be Miserable 85%

Forty everyday strategies for misery, decoded: see which are yours, then do the opposite.

by Randy J. Paterson 2016

3.99

3k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Activation 🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🪤 Wellbeing Traps

Unfu*k Yourself

by Gary John Bishop • 2016

For everyone sick of positive thinking: the manual for action when your brain won't cooperate.

3.83

83k+

💢 Confrontational Self-Help 🏃 Action Over Thinking 🚫 Anti-Positive-Thinking

Unfu*k Yourself 85%

For everyone sick of positive thinking: the manual for action when your brain won't cooperate.

by Gary John Bishop 2016

3.83

83k+ ratings

💢 Confrontational Self-Help 🏃 Action Over Thinking 🚫 Anti-Positive-Thinking

The Vanishing Tower

by Michael Moorcock • 1970

An albino prince and his cursed sword pursue revenge, only to face a war among gods.

3.96

10k+

⚔️ Sword And Sorcery 😔 Tragic Anti-Hero 🌀 Multiverse Quest

The Vanishing Tower 85%

An albino prince and his cursed sword pursue revenge, only to face a war among gods.

by Michael Moorcock 1970

3.96

10k+ ratings

⚔️ Sword And Sorcery 😔 Tragic Anti-Hero 🌀 Multiverse Quest

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2018

She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.

3.60

580k+

👤 Female Misanthrope 🗣️ Toxic Friendship 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

My Year of Rest and Relaxation 85%

She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.

by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018

3.60

580k+ ratings

👤 Female Misanthrope 🗣️ Toxic Friendship 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

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