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 • 1,884 Readers • 116 pages 4.2

The Stand

1978 • 1,556 Readers • 1,553 pages 4.2

It

1980 • 1,388 Readers • 1,168 pages 4.1

Misery

1776 • 1,167 Readers • 324 pages 4.1

The Princess Bride

1973 • 1,317 Readers • 465 pages 4.2

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

#4 of 47 in Hercule Poirot

197 • 641 Readers • 288 pages 4.2

Frankenstein

181 • 2,605 Readers • 353 pages 3.8

Othello

1603 • 509 Readers • 226 pages 3.8

Blood Meridian

1985 • 1,012 Readers • 368 pages 4.1

Moby-Dick

1851 • 1,092 Readers • 24h 50m 3.6

American Psycho

1991 • 905 Readers • 462 pages 3.6

Batman: The Killing Joke

Batman: One-Shots

1988 • 414 Readers • 50 pages 4.3

The Shining

#1 of 2 in The Shining

19 • 1,794 Readers • 539 pages 4.1

Watchmen

#1 of 12 in Watchmen

1987 • 1,305 Readers • 415 pages 4.4

Brother

2015 • 202 Readers • 336 pages 3.9

The Master and Margarita

1966 • 987 Readers • 424 pages 4.1

Dracula

1897 • 2,151 Readers • 410 pages 3.9

Persepolis Rising

#7 of 9 in The Expanse

2017 • 625 Readers • 560 pages 4.3

Dangerous Liaisons

1782 • 133 Readers • 418 pages 3.9

1984

1949 • 5,782 Readers • 328 pages 4.2

The Ersatz Elevator

#6 of 13 in A Series of Unfortunate Events

1999 • 292 Readers • 259 pages 3.9

Wild Seed

#1 of 4 in Patternmaster

1980 • 217 Readers • 248 pages 4

Ensnared

#3 of 3 in Splintered

2015 • 47 Readers • 404 pages 4.4

Berserk Volume 1

#1 of 42 in Berserk

1990 • 202 Readers • 224 pages 4.2

PandoraHearts, Vol. 1

#1 of 24 in Pandora Hearts

2014 • 3 Readers • 188 pages 3.5

Heart of Darkness

1899 • 998 Readers • 132 pages 3.3

Casino Royale

#1 of 14 in James Bond (Original Series)

1953 • 249 Readers • 144 pages 3.6

A Clockwork Orange

1962 • 1,422 Readers • 149 pages 3.9

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

#1 of 5 in Ripley

1985 • 324 Readers • 906 pages 3.8

His Last Bow

#8 of 10 in Sherlock Holmes

1892 • 132 Readers • 256 pages 4

The Jungle Book

#1 of 2 in The Jungle Book

1847 • 194 Readers • 303 pages 3.7

Richard III

#8 of 8 in Wars of the Roses

1593 • 100 Readers • 369 pages 3.9

Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Bullseye Chillers

1875 • 1,139 Readers • 141 pages 3.7

Peter Pan

5 Peter Pan

1911 • 400 Readers • 164 pages 3.9

Wizard of Oz.

#1 of 14 in Oz

1900 • 499 Readers • 160 pages 3.8

2001: A Space Odyssey

#1 of 4 in Space Odyssey

1968 • 1,054 Readers • 236 pages 4

The Lord of the Rings

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

1954 • 1,570 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

Hannibal

208 Readers 3.5

Treasure Island

Les Classiques illustrés

1847 • 778 Readers • 191 pages 3.7

Red Dragon

469 Readers 3.9

Macbeth

Coles Notes

1606 • 1,052 Readers • 160 pages 3.9

Wuthering Heights

197 • 1,717 Readers • 376 pages 3.6

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

1989 • 1,774 Readers • 481 pages 4.3

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

#6 of 8 in Harry Potter

8 • 3,745 Readers • 672 pages 4.4