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 • 1,596 Readers • 116 pages 4.2

The Stand

1978 • 1,314 Readers • 1,553 pages 4.1

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

1926 • 557 Readers • 288 pages 4.2

The Princess Bride

1973 • 1,131 Readers • 465 pages 4.2

Misery

1776 • 982 Readers • 324 pages 4.1

It

1980 • 1,173 Readers • 1,168 pages 4.1

Frankenstein

181 • 2,180 Readers • 353 pages 3.9

Blood Meridian

1985 • 855 Readers • 368 pages 4.1

Moby-Dick or, the Whale

1851 • 831 Readers • 1,484 pages 3.6

The Shining

1974 • 1,500 Readers • 539 pages 4.1

Dracula

1897 • 1,809 Readers • 410 pages 3.8

1984

1949 • 4,819 Readers • 352 pages 4.2

American Psycho

1991 • 770 Readers • 462 pages 3.6

Othello

1603 • 439 Readers • 226 pages 3.8

Il Maestro e Margherita

1966 • 855 Readers • 305 pages 4.2

Treasure Island

1847 • 654 Readers • 191 pages 3.7

Red Dragon

399 Readers 3.9

Macbeth

1606 • 895 Readers • 160 pages 3.9

Wuthering Heights

197 • 1,439 Readers • 376 pages 3.7

Hyperion

1989 • 1,489 Readers • 481 pages 4.3

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2005 • 3,133 Readers • 672 pages 4.4

The Ersatz Elevator

2001 • 245 Readers • 259 pages 3.9

Persepolis Rising

2017 • 526 Readers • 560 pages 4.3

Batman: The Killing Joke

1988 • 365 Readers • 50 pages 4.3

Wild Seed

1980 • 187 Readers • 248 pages 4

Ensnared

2015 • 41 Readers • 404 pages 4.5

Dangerous Liaisons

1782 • 106 Readers • 418 pages 3.9

Berserk Volume 1

1990 • 167 Readers • 224 pages 4.3

PandoraHearts, Vol. 1

2014 • 3 Readers • 188 pages 3.5

Watchmen

1987 • 1,125 Readers • 415 pages 4.4

Heart of Darkness

1899 • 832 Readers • 132 pages 3.3

Casino Royale

1953 • 218 Readers • 144 pages 3.6

A Clockwork Orange

1962 • 1,213 Readers • 149 pages 3.9

His Last Bow

1892 • 122 Readers • 256 pages 4

Brother

2015 • 166 Readers • 336 pages 4

The Jungle Book

1847 • 165 Readers • 303 pages 3.7

Richard III

1593 • 81 Readers • 369 pages 3.9

Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

1875 • 952 Readers • 141 pages 3.7

Peter Pan

1911 • 341 Readers • 164 pages 3.9

Wizard of Oz.

1900 • 404 Readers • 160 pages 3.8

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968 • 885 Readers • 251 pages 4

The Lord of the Rings

1954 • 1,335 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

Hannibal

179 Readers 3.4