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Books With Notable Anti-Heroes

Some of the most interesting stories don't have a central character you necessarily root for or would want to meet in real life.
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
2
Vladimir Nabokov
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
3
Emily Brontë
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
4
Bret Easton Ellis
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
5
Stephen King
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
6
Mario Puzo
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
7
Robert Louis Stevenson
Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl
8
Eoin Colfer
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
9
Alexander Dumas
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
10
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
11
Euripides
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
12
William Shakespeare
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
13
John Updike
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
14
Mary Shelley
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
15
Patrick Suskind
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
16
William Shakespeare
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
17
Oscar Wilde
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
18
Gustave Flaubert
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
19
Patricia Highsmith
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
20
Anthony Burgess
Dexter: An Omnibus (Jeff Lindsay)
Dexter: An Omnibus
21
Jeff Lindsay
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch)
The Lies of Locke Lamora
22
Scott Lynch
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
23
Frederick Forsyth
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
24
Edgar Allan Poe
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
25
William Shakespeare
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
26
Screwtape Letters (Lewis, C.S.)
Screwtape Letters
27
Lewis, C.S.
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
28
Herman Melville
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
29
Bram Stoker
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
30
Thomas Mann
Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief
Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief
31
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
32
William Makepeace Thackeray
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
33
John Kennedy Toole
A Rebours (Joris-Karl Huysmans)
A Rebours
34
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
35
Cormac McCarthy
Zombie
Zombie
36
Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'urbervilles
Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'urbervilles
37
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
38
Gillian Flynn
The Prague Cemetery (Umberto Eco)
The Prague Cemetery
39
Umberto Eco
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
40
Chuck Palahniuk
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