know any american books similar to death note / code geass anime? kid in high school gets some supernatural gift and uses it to take over the world

or scifi/horror/mystery from the villain's perspective where the villain wins some. i'm tired of good guys always winning. The ending of "Croak" was completely unexpected and total win.

This post was edited by carteblanche on May 21 2015 07:42pm

The hannibal lector series, red dragon, silence of the lambs etc.

Before i head off to bed i recommend:
A child named it.
Its a novel about an abused child and how he made it through the hell he was raised in, a very good read.

Shannara series = amazing

That was a very scary story to read.

Mistborn series
The remaining series
light bringer series
night angel trilogy
storm light archive
the dog stars
station 11
world war z

This post was edited by Spruce on May 22 2015 09:31am

The wind up girl
the road

This post was edited by Spruce on May 22 2015 09:33am

one piece
rurouni kenshin

I would prefer one novel with a short description than a bunch with none guys!
And no manga -.-