1. Introduction to schadenfreude Wilco W. van Dijk and Jaap W. Ouwerkerk; Part I. Schadenfreude as a Justice-Based Emotion: 2. Morality and schadenfreude John Portmann; 3. Deservingness and schadenfreude N. T. Feather; 4. Hypocrisy and schadenfreude Caitlin A. J. Powell; Part II. Schadenfreude as a Comparison-Based Emotion: 5. The personal comparative concern in schadenfreude Aaron Ben-Ze'ev; 6. Empirical challenges to understanding the role of envy in schadenfreude Richard H. Smith, Stephen M. Thielke and Caitlin A. J. Powell; 7. Malicious envy and schadenfreude Niels van de Ven; 8. Schadenfreude and consumer behaviour Jill M. Sundie; 9. Striving for positive self-evaluation as a motive for schadenfreude Wilco W. van Dijk and Jaap W. Ouwerkerk; Part III. Schadenfreude as an Intergroup Phenomenon: 10. Stereotypes and schadenfreude Mina Cikara and Susan T. Fiske; 11. Schadenfreude in sports and politics: a social identity perspective D. Ryan Schurtz, David Combs, Charles Hoogland and Richard H. Smith; 12. Intergroup rivalry and schadenfreude Jaap W. Ouwerkerk and Wilco W. van Dijk; 13. Situating schadenfreude in social relations Colin Wayne Leach, Russell Spears and Anthony S. R. Manstead; Part IV. Schadenfreude and Related Phenomena: 14. Schadenfreude and laughter F. H. Buckley; 15. Schadenfreude and the desire for vengeance Elise C. Seip, Mark Rotteveel, Lotte F. van Dillen and Wilco W. van Dijk; 16. Schadenfreude and pouting John Portmann; Part V. Schadenfreude in Society, Language, and Literature: 17. Schadenfreude and social life: a comparative perspective on the expression and regulation of mirth at the expense of others Giselinde Kuipers; 18. Tracing down schadenfreude in spontaneous interaction: evidence from corpus linguistics Kurt Feyaerts and Bert Oben; 19. 'Smile not, however, I venture to repeat': schadenfreude in nineteenth-century American literature Diederik Oostdijk; 20. Schadenfreude, concluding notes Agneta H. Fischer.