Kurt Vonnegut has Killgore Trout, who is basically Kurt as a bitter curmudgeon who writes sci-fi schlock that only a dozen people read. Hilariously those people tend to be the most powerful people on Earth, but it still never leads to any success in his life.
No Longer Human. So much of what was written down felt like thoughts that had been ripped right out of my head. It was so relatable it was actually terrifying.
I’m crazy about the Zoey Ashe series. Very great mix of dark comedy, cyberpunk and social commentary about how women are treated in online spaces, among other things. Will Blackwater is one of my all-time favorite characters.
I’m sure it never will, but Tiger Moody’s Induction of The Sycophant is a great look at morality and bias, and how we are all blind to our own biases and bigotries and how it makes the good we want to do fall flat.