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 • 1,800 Readers • 116 pages 4.2

The Stand

1978 • 1,498 Readers • 1,553 pages 4.2

The Princess Bride

1973 • 1,257 Readers • 465 pages 4.2

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

197 • 619 Readers • 288 pages 4.2

Misery

1776 • 1,098 Readers • 324 pages 4.1

It

1980 • 1,309 Readers • 1,168 pages 4.1

Frankenstein

181 • 2,480 Readers • 353 pages 3.8

Blood Meridian

1985 • 970 Readers • 368 pages 4.1

Othello

1603 • 490 Readers • 226 pages 3.8

The Shining

19 • 1,707 Readers • 539 pages 4.1

Moby-Dick

1851 • 1,037 Readers • 24h 50m 3.6

American Psycho

1991 • 859 Readers • 462 pages 3.6

The Master and Margarita

1966 • 944 Readers • 424 pages 4.1

Dangerous Liaisons

1782 • 133 Readers • 418 pages 3.9

Dracula

1897 • 2,055 Readers • 410 pages 3.8

1984

1949 • 5,483 Readers • 352 pages 4.2

Batman: The Killing Joke

1988 • 403 Readers • 50 pages 4.3

Macbeth

1606 • 1,008 Readers • 160 pages 3.9

Wuthering Heights

197 • 1,641 Readers • 376 pages 3.6

Hyperion

1989 • 1,694 Readers • 481 pages 4.3

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

8 • 3,568 Readers • 672 pages 4.4

The Ersatz Elevator

2001 • 276 Readers • 259 pages 3.9

Persepolis Rising

2017 • 589 Readers • 560 pages 4.3

Wild Seed

1980 • 210 Readers • 248 pages 4

Ensnared

2015 • 47 Readers • 404 pages 4.4

Berserk Volume 1

1990 • 194 Readers • 224 pages 4.2

PandoraHearts, Vol. 1

2014 • 3 Readers • 188 pages 3.5

Watchmen

1987 • 1,245 Readers • 415 pages 4.4

Heart of Darkness

1899 • 955 Readers • 132 pages 3.3

Casino Royale

1953 • 242 Readers • 144 pages 3.6

A Clockwork Orange

1962 • 1,360 Readers • 149 pages 3.9

His Last Bow

1892 • 132 Readers • 256 pages 4

Brother

2015 • 190 Readers • 336 pages 4

The Jungle Book

1847 • 190 Readers • 303 pages 3.8

Richard III

1593 • 81 Readers • 369 pages 3.9

Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

1875 • 1,086 Readers • 141 pages 3.7

Peter Pan

1911 • 385 Readers • 164 pages 3.9

Wizard of Oz.

1900 • 467 Readers • 160 pages 3.8

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968 • 1,009 Readers • 251 pages 4

The Lord of the Rings

1954 • 1,495 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

Hannibal

197 Readers 3.5

Treasure Island

1847 • 738 Readers • 191 pages 3.7

Red Dragon

445 Readers 3.9