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What books had the best villain of all time?Answer

A good antagonist can mean a lot of things. It can be anything from realistic and relatable to pure evil. Some of the best villains are the ones that stick with us (and sometimes haunt our dreams). What villains do you remember as being true villains?

Casino Royale

#1 of 15 in James Bond (Original Series)

Casino Royale
ByIan Fleming

1953 • 292 Readers • 144 pages 3.6

The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game

#1 of 5 in Ripley

1985 • 400 Readers • 906 pages 3.8

Wuthering Heights

Continuum Contemporaries

Wuthering Heights
ByEmily Brontë

1847 • 2,083 Readers • 376 pages 3.6

Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons
ByPierre Choderlos de Laclos,Ernest Dowson(Translator)

1782 • 166 Readers • 418 pages 3.8

Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness
ByJoseph Conrad

1899 • 1,198 Readers • 132 pages 3.3

1984

1984
ByGeorge Orwell

1949 • 7,064 Readers • 328 pages 4.2

Othello

Othello
ByWilliam Shakespeare

1603 • 606 Readers • 226 pages 3.8

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

#1 of 14 in Oz

101 • 661 Readers • 61 pages 3.8

Moby-Dick: or, The Whale

Moby-Dick: or, The Whale
ByHerman Melville

1851 • 1,338 Readers • 822 pages 3.5

The Jungle Book

#1 of 2 in The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book
ByRudyard Kipling

1847 • 242 Readers • 303 pages 3.7

Peter Pan

31 Peter Pan

Peter Pan
ByJ.M. Barrie

1911 • 487 Readers • 164 pages 3.9

Macbeth

2 Shakespeare Retellings

Macbeth
ByWilliam Shakespeare

1606 • 1,222 Readers • 160 pages 3.9

His Last Bow

#8 of 39 in Sherlock Holmes

His Last Bow
ByArthur Conan Doyle

1892 • 163 Readers • 256 pages 4.1

Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

2 Bullseye Chillers

1875 • 1,364 Readers • 141 pages 3.7

The Call of Chtulhu
ByH. P. Lovecraft

5 Readers 3.8

Dracula

Dracula
ByBram Stoker

24 • 2,588 Readers • 440 pages 3.9

The Lord of the Rings

#1-3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1954 • 1,914 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

Treasure Island

3 Les Classiques illustrés

Treasure Island
ByRobert Louis Stevenson

1847 • 932 Readers • 191 pages 3.7

Richard III

#8 of 8 in Wars of the Roses

Richard III
ByWilliam Shakespeare

1593 • 118 Readers • 209 pages 3.9