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?
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 And Then There Were None
| 4.25 | 1,526 reads | ||
 Misery
| 4.1 | 858 reads | ||
 It
| 4.07 | 1,084 reads | ||
 The Stand
| 4.15 | 1,079 reads | ||
 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
| 4.23 | 592 reads | ||
 The Princess Bride
| 4.19 | 896 reads | ||
 Frankenstein
| 3.85 | 2,110 reads | ||
 Blood Meridian
| 4.09 | 495 reads | ||
 Othello
| 3.81 | 441 reads | ||
 American Psycho
| 3.69 | 494 reads | ||
 Moby Dick
| 3.57 | 674 reads | ||
 Batman: The Killing Joke
| 4.25 | 448 reads | ||
 Dracula
| 3.86 | 1,588 reads | ||
 Wuthering Heights
| 3.64 | 1,195 reads | ||
 Peter Pan
| 3.88 | 322 reads | ||
 1984
| 4.21 | 5,218 reads | ||
 The Shining
| 4.12 | 1,441 reads | ||
 The Lord of the Rings
| 4.54 | 1,414 reads | ||
 Brother
| 3.83 | 87 reads | ||
 Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
| 3.73 | 922 reads | ||
 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
| 3.79 | 505 reads | ||
 2001: A Space Odyssey
| 4.07 | 725 reads | ||
 Watchmen
| 4.42 | 1,220 reads | ||
 Macbeth
| 3.91 | 1,003 reads | ||
 The Master and Margarita
| 4.15 | 593 reads | ||
 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
| 4.38 | 4,404 reads | ||
 Persepolis Rising
| 4.3 | 624 reads | ||
 Dangerous Liaisons
| 3.86 | 62 reads | ||
 His Last Bow
| 4.08 | 107 reads | ||
 Red Dragon
| 3.94 | 349 reads | ||
 Heart of Darkness
| 3.31 | 806 reads | ||
 Three Body Problem Collection
| 3.8 | 32 reads | ||
 The Talented Mr Ripley
| 3.87 | 144 reads | ||
 Hyperion
| 4.26 | 1,036 reads | ||
 Berserk Volume 1
| 4.26 | 188 reads | ||
 A Clockwork Orange
| 3.93 | 879 reads | ||
 The Call of Chtulhu The Call of Chtulhu
| 3.75 | 2 reads | ||
 Casino Royale
| 3.59 | 215 reads | ||
 Wild Seed
| 3.95 | 114 reads | ||
 Ensnared
| 4.37 | 28 reads | ||
 Shadow and Bone
| 3.69 | 1,247 reads | ||
 Pandora Hearts, Vol. 1
| 3.71 | 23 reads | ||
 Hannibal
| 3.49 | 162 reads | ||
 Richard III
| 3.95 | 79 reads | ||
 The Jungle Book
| 3.66 | 148 reads | ||
 Treasure Island
| 3.76 | 648 reads |