Prompts

What books had the best villain of all time?

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?

And Then There Were None

1939 • 2,477 Readers • 116 pages 4.2

Misery

1987 • 1,458 Readers • 370 pages 4.1

The Stand

1978 • 1,999 Readers • 1,553 pages 4.1

It

1986 • 1,784 Readers • 1,168 pages 4.1

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

#4 of 47 in Hercule Poirot

197 • 859 Readers • 306 pages 4.2

The Princess Bride

1973 • 1,682 Readers • 399 pages 4.2

Frankenstein

2 Barron's Graphic Classics

-800 • 3,333 Readers • 353 pages 3.8

Blood Meridian

1985 • 1,360 Readers • 368 pages 4.1

Othello

1603 • 633 Readers • 226 pages 3.8

Dracula

24 • 2,752 Readers • 440 pages 3.9

The Shining

#1 of 2 in The Shining

1977 • 2,272 Readers • 539 pages 4.1

Peter Pan

31 Peter Pan

1911 • 510 Readers • 164 pages 3.9

1984

1949 • 7,502 Readers • 328 pages 4.2

American Psycho

1991 • 1,134 Readers • 462 pages 3.7

Wuthering Heights

Continuum Contemporaries

1847 • 2,185 Readers • 376 pages 3.6

Batman: The Killing Joke

#45 of 82 in Batman Post-Crisis

1988 • 542 Readers • 50 pages 4.3

Moby Dick

2 Will Eisner Classics

1851 • 1,515 Readers • 731 pages 3.6

Persepolis Rising

#7 of 10 in The Expanse

2017 • 828 Readers • 549 pages 4.3

2001: A Space Odyssey

#1 of 4 in Space Odyssey

1968 • 1,329 Readers • 221 pages 4.1

Dangerous Liaisons

1782 • 170 Readers • 418 pages 3.9

Brother

2015 • 253 Readers • 336 pages 3.8

Macbeth

2 Shakespeare Retellings

1606 • 1,271 Readers • 160 pages 3.9

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

#1 of 14 in Oz

101 • 692 Readers • 61 pages 3.8

The Lord of the Rings

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

20 • 2,048 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

#6 of 8 in Harry Potter

2005 • 4,759 Readers • 672 pages 4.4

Watchmen

#1 of 12 in Watchmen

1987 • 1,677 Readers • 415 pages 4.4

Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

2 Bullseye Chillers

1818 • 1,425 Readers • 141 pages 3.7

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

1989 • 2,292 Readers • 492 pages 4.3

Wild Seed

#1 of 7 in Patternist

1980 • 286 Readers • 306 pages 4

The Jungle Book

#1 of 2 in The Jungle Book

1847 • 256 Readers • 303 pages 3.7

Richard III

#8 of 8 in Wars of the Roses

1593 • 122 Readers • 209 pages 3.9

Ensnared

#3 of 3 in Splintered

2015 • 59 Readers • 404 pages 4.4

His Last Bow

#8 of 37 in Sherlock Holmes

1892 • 169 Readers • 260 pages 4.1

Shadow and Bone

#1 of 3 in The Shadow and Bone Trilogy

2012 • 2,013 Readers • 307 pages 3.7

Berserk Volume 1

#1 of 42 in Berserk

1990 • 274 Readers • 224 pages 4.3

The Talented Mr Ripley

#1 of 5 in Ripley

1955 • 370 Readers • 275 pages 3.9

A Clockwork Orange

1962 • 1,845 Readers • 72 pages 3.9

Casino Royale

#1 of 15 in James Bond (Original Series)

1953 • 305 Readers • 144 pages 3.6

Hannibal

268 Readers 3.5

Heart of Darkness

1899 • 1,291 Readers • 132 pages 3.3

Treasure Island

2 Barron's Graphic Classics

19 • 987 Readers • 352 pages 3.8

Three Body Problem Collection

Planned book #1-3 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past

77 Readers • 416 pages 3.8

Red Dragon

#1 of 4 in Hannibal Lecter

1981 • 584 Readers • 446 pages 3.9

Pandora Hearts, Vol. 1

#1 of 20 in Pandora Hearts

2006 • 36 Readers • 171 pages 3.7