A list of stories with main characters who range from selfish and socially awkward to just plain flat-out jerks. Sometimes the author tries to hide it, other times they show off with shoddy justifications.... more>>

Doesn't necessarily make the story bad, though it never makes the story better (unless that's the kind of jerk you need...) <<less

Selfish yes, but somewhat responsible

I am searching for novels. Where mc is Cold, Ruthless, Rational, Pragmatic, Evil- if possible.No Romance, No s*upid MC or SIMP [ a big NO NO ]. No need to help others [ why help? ]. He need to be like human being, greedy selfish and so on [ maybe i just wanna see negative emotions or just people with ambitions as they are compared like that mostly ]. I don't wanna read some romance or lover or harem or anything related story. I want it to be fight, schemes,betrayal, a novel where you can see mc is really smart and is using his brain.... more>>

I DON'T LIKE WHEN MC SHARES HIS POWER OR CHEAT OR SYSTEM OR SYSTEM PROP OR SYSTEM PILLS FOR FREE WITHOUT ANY BENEFIT OR EVEN SHARE HIS DEAREST SECRETS LIKE REBIRTH AND SO ON.

In case you need MTL then head out to: 

https://forum.novelupdates.com/threads/evil-cold-ruthless-mc-with-no-love-or-no-wife-or-no-harem.96646/ <<less

Tear jerker + Regrets + Guilt? Sign me up. Prepare your tissues ladies and gents.

No romance mc has no bottom line ruthless evil and selfish mc

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Characters who have self-serving personalities or tendencies, and may or may not show it in interactions, actions, emotions, intent, and thoughts. Or just that the character has a willingness to do things that aren't compatible with our modern and diverse views regarding morals, ethics, principles, and ideals of good. Of course these books have different tones and also handling of this subject.... more>>

The list was created with much subjectivity, as I won't put protagonists whose good qualities overshadows all their impactful grey actions and evil actions, which is important to me regardless of whether they are truly good or evil. -> Different examples of who I won't include are Song Shuhang (kindness), Klein Moretti (principles and heroic actions), Kim Dokja (altruism), and Chen Ge (goodwill and generosity).

Work in progress. Of course I have read these, I will simply state if I did not. Most are good novels but I will add some non-favorites, which is purely my opinion because I have a personal standard of quality.

UNRANKED

Let me not bother about my face and recommend my list for top quality novels I've enjoyed:  https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/16488/ <<less

More than just being strong, these protagonists drag everyone else around at their pace.
They do things their own way and flaunt their power to... more>> make that happen.
They are certified badasses. <<less

Novels about MC's who only care about themselves. To them, everyone else is a side character who they don't care if they live or die. ... more>>

*Note: Some novels on this list will have the MC care about literally one person, if they care about more than one it's not going to be added* <<less

eu gosto de protagonistas do diabo