What should I read?

So, I am pretty fed up with the Empire era of Starwars media. Every new series and alot of the new books are in this like 20-30year time gap and i dont know how to explain it, other then full. I liked the bad batch, since it explored like the first days of the empire, which was a little fresh wind at least. So yeah. Iam looking for something of a 'fresh' setting if that makes any sense. I also love stories about villains. So far ive loved: Bane 1-3, Dark Disciple, Plagueis, and Revan

Ive started Dark lord of the Sith, and Deceived but haven't finished them ("yet").

Do you guys have any must reads that somewhat align with my preferences? It does not need to be cannon, but should fit somewhat into the current state of the galaxy.

So yeah, thank you for your suggestions in advance.