Reddit reviews Lullaby

Relevant - Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

I don't tend to do a ton of side project/personal work. I'd prefer to do other things with my off time most of the time. If I'm on something brand new I read or noodle with the tool/technique.

In your not-coding off time, try reading this book. It may explain your lack of motivation, and will entertain you either way.

I was going to suggest the Broken Empire series by Mark Lawrence, but it looks like 2 people already beat me to that. I'll just add that I loved that series. The hero is like Machiavelli's wet dream.

Mark Lawrence's new series -- The Red Queen's War -- also features a hero that's not very heroic.

Fight Club, by Chuck Pahlaniuk also fits. But really, most of Pahlaniuk's work features protagonists so amoral that they're practically nihilistic: Choke, Survivor, Rant: the Oral Biography of Buster Casey, and the (in my opinion) under-rated Lullaby.

I'm also tempted to suggest Home Land, by Sam Lipsyte. But its hero is probably more cynical than amoral. It's about a guy whose high school nickname was Teabag (for probably obvious reasons). His high school reunion is coming up, and he's sending letters to the alumni newsletter. According to his updates -- which for some reason aren't getting published in the newsletter along with everyone's anniversary and birth announcements and stuff -- he's not doing well. The book is hilarious. But it also ends with some form of redemption, so it might not be what you're looking for.

Edit -- I should have also suggested I, Lucifer, by Glen Duncan. I mean, the protagonist is the Devil. He's not really completely amoral, but I think it fits, since he's telling his side of the story.

Lullaby

Read 1984 for the dystopian aspect, for sci-fi pick up Isaac Asimov as mentioned by the_thinker.. And if you want a good, fun and captivating read, pick up Chuck Palahniuk's works, I'm a big fan of those. Try Survivor, Lullaby, Choke, any of those are amazing

Try something different, here are a few suggestions:

• Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
  
• Redshirts by John Scalzi
  
• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
  
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
  
• Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk