What Sequels To The Bad Guy Novel Should I Read Next?

2025-10-21 07:34:13 305

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Finn
Finn
2025-10-22 23:39:52
If you crave sequels that don’t just repeat the first book but complicate the villain’s world, here are a few paths I recommend taking in a slightly organized route. Start with the immediate follow-up to whichever book hooked you: sequels tend to invest in the protagonist’s worldview, so 'Son of a Witch' (after 'Wicked') or 'Hidden Bodies' (after 'You') are natural next steps. After enjoying one follow-up, branch out to thematic cousins: Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels After You finish one Ripley book, or 'Vengeful' after 'Vicious' if you liked morally ambiguous superpowers.

I like to alternate tone as I read: a heavy psychological sequel, then something lighter like the 'The Bad Guys' series, and then a darker literary continuation. That mix keeps me from burning out on villain energy and lets me savor different flavors of mischief and menace. Honestly, the best sequels deepen the protagonist rather than excuse them, and that’s what keeps me turning the pages.
Kendrick
Kendrick
2025-10-24 17:49:32
For folks who enjoy long-running series where the so-called villain becomes the center of everything, light novels and serials deliver. 'Overlord' by Kugane Maruyama is a great example: it follows a protagonist who’s basically ruling from the villain seat and the series has many volumes that expand his empire, politics, and weird loyalties. It reads like a slow-burn study of power and its weird comforts.

If you prefer English-language novels, circle back to Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley books after a single Ripley novel — they’re a cascade that explores consequence and identity. Or, if the tone was sardonic and fast, the sequels to 'The Bad Guys' graphic novels keep things breezy and fun. Personally, I love how sequels let you live a little longer inside a mind you weren’t supposed to like; it’s dangerously fun.
Quinn
Quinn
2025-10-25 07:31:47
I’ve got a quick stack for anyone who wants more mischief from that villainous perspective. If the tone was satirical or comic, Aaron Blabey’s 'The Bad Guys' graphic novels have dozens of follow-ups that keep the heist energy and family-vibe antics going; they’re light, clever, and great for a fun binge.

If it was darker and more literary, try continuing with Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley series — each book peels back another layer of his moral decay. For a modern stalker-turned-narrator vibe, Caroline Kepnes’ 'Hidden Bodies' follows 'You' and continues to pull you into a Nightmare you can’t look away from. I loved how each sequel felt inevitable yet surprising.
Ryder
Ryder
2025-10-27 05:51:35
Late-night thrill-reader me gets unreasonably excited recommending sequels where the protagonist is gloriously rotten. If 'the bad guy novel' you mean leaned toward psychological suspense, Caroline Kepnes’ follow-ups to 'You' are perfect: read 'hidden bodies' next and then 'you love me' — they broaden Joe’s obsessions and show how his warped logic evolves. They’re bingeable, unsettling, and often laugh-out-loud dark.

For a different shade of villainy, V.E. Schwab’s 'vicious' has a direct sequel called 'vengeful'. It keeps the morally ambiguous superpowered duels and adds new betrayals, new alliances, and a bitter, witty voice that made me underline passages like crazy. If the original hooked you with charisma and menace, those sequels keep the momentum and deepen the consequences in satisfying ways.
Natalie
Natalie
2025-10-27 20:50:55
If you loved being inside a villain’s head and want to keep that deliciously uncomfortable feeling going, I have a handful of sequels and follow-ups that scratched the same itch for me.

Start with Gregory Maguire’s quartet: after 'Wicked' comes 'Son of a Witch', then 'A Lion Among Men', and finally 'Out of Oz'. These books expand the political and moral landscape of his alternate Oz, and reading them felt like peeling back more layers of Elphaba’s world — more shades of gray, a lot more history, and some genuinely surprising moral compromises.

If you liked a charmingly dangerous antihero instead, dive into Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley books: 'Ripley Under Ground', 'Ripley’s Game', 'The Boy Who Followed Ripley', and 'Ripley Under Water'. They keep escalating his amorality and the tension around how long he can keep his schemes together. I found the slow, creeping sense of dread in those sequels addictive — like watching someone you root for sabotage themselves, and secretly cheering along.
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