Recs if you like Dr. Faustus...

ANTI: fascism, ai, nfts, Big Tech, billionaires, surveillance states, optimization, algorithms, bot farms, technofeudalism, enshittification, exploitation, extractionism, planned obsolescence PRO: organized labor, punk, analog, solidarity, free speech, friction, degrowth, experimentation, right to privacy, right to repair, diy, material process, mutual aid, ecological living, the human hand, the human mind

*Short stories welcome. Looking for nonfiction? Check out The Big Bad Luddite List.

Your pre-1900 British & Irish lit starter pack from a bonafide English PhD

inspired by me watching youtube videos about literary analysis of villains, here is a list full of books in which i believe their villains to be absolutely ghastly and horrifying; bloody and abusive, terrorizing and killing. if you have any to recommend, please put them in the comments! i'd love to make this list large!

Much like books to movies but solely focused on animated movies/series! Suggestions welcome!

None of the characters in these books do themselves any favors in being the heroes of their own stories. Some may be more likable than others, but they all are students in the art of self sabotage. Featuring hubris, obsession, greed, apathy, vanity, addiction, power & fame, or just plain old psychopathy. Some are humorous and some are decidedly not and some have a happy endings and some are tragic through and through. Either way, you’re in for a fascinating ride. Recommendations encouraged!

deals with the devil throughout literature (in short, faust is everywhere)

Books relating to the Faust legend or Faustian Bargains. Morally ambiguous characters. Getting what you asked for, but at what price?

Very niche category but if there are any English Literature students wondering what they will be studying for a little bit this might be useful.

added as i read the book

Books for all Myers-Briggs certified planners, schemers, and overthinkers. Standard morality is entirely optional.

These are all the books I had to read for my English Literature course for uni, hope this might help some people get a general idea/starting point if they are interested in this subject!!! (And also a way to keep track of my class-related readings:))