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 | 1,408 reads | ||
 Misery
| 4.11 | 808 reads | ||
 The Stand
| 4.17 | 993 reads | ||
 It
| 4.06 | 1,004 reads | ||
 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
| 4.22 | 550 reads | ||
 The Princess Bride
| 4.18 | 843 reads | ||
 Frankenstein
| 3.85 | 1,925 reads | ||
 Blood Meridian
| 4.1 | 435 reads | ||
 Othello
| 3.81 | 413 reads | ||
 Batman: The Killing Joke
| 4.24 | 408 reads | ||
 The Shining
| 4.12 | 1,346 reads | ||
 Moby-Dick: or, The Whale
| 3.53 | 572 reads | ||
 Peter Pan
| 3.88 | 298 reads | ||
 1984
| 4.21 | 4,765 reads | ||
 American Psycho
| 3.67 | 458 reads | ||
 Wuthering Heights
| 3.64 | 1,100 reads | ||
 The Master and Margarita
| 4.17 | 476 reads | ||
 2001: A Space Odyssey
| 4.07 | 679 reads | ||
 Brother
| 3.85 | 82 reads | ||
 Watchmen
| 4.43 | 1,124 reads | ||
 Dracula
| 3.86 | 1,463 reads | ||
 Persepolis Rising
| 4.29 | 565 reads | ||
 Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
| 3.73 | 861 reads | ||
 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
| 4.39 | 4,047 reads | ||
 Dangerous Liaisons
| 3.84 | 59 reads | ||
 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
| 3.81 | 470 reads | ||
 El Dragón Rojo: El primer caso de Hannibal Lecter
| 3.92 | 328 reads | ||
 Heart of Darkness
| 3.32 | 722 reads | ||
 Casino Royale
| 3.6 | 201 reads | ||
 A Clockwork Orange
| 3.93 | 813 reads | ||
 The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game
| 3.78 | 155 reads | ||
 His Last Bow
| 4.03 | 98 reads | ||
 The Jungle Book
| 3.66 | 139 reads | ||
 Richard III
| 3.93 | 73 reads | ||
 Shadow and Bone
| 3.7 | 1,163 reads | ||
 The Lord of the Rings
| 4.54 | 1,283 reads | ||
 Hannibal
| 3.49 | 156 reads | ||
 Treasure Island
| 3.74 | 589 reads | ||
 Macbeth
| 3.9 | 947 reads | ||
 Hyperion
| 4.26 | 944 reads | ||
 The Ersatz Elevator
| 3.91 | 345 reads | ||
 Wild Seed
| 3.93 | 105 reads | ||
 Ensnared
| 4.37 | 28 reads | ||
 Three Body Problem Collection
| 3.68 | 26 reads | ||
 Berserk Volume 1
| 4.26 | 168 reads | ||
 PandoraHearts, Vol. 1
| 3.5 | 3 reads | ||
 The Call of Chtulhu The Call of Chtulhu
| 3.75 | 2 reads |