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Greatest Literary Villains

A list of 50 books with some of the most fascinating, compelling, cruel, terrifying villains in literature! (in no particular order)
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Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
1
William Shakespeare
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
2
John Milton
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
3
John Steinbeck
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
4
Cormac McCarthy
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
5
Bram Stoker
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
6
Arundhati Roy
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
7
Stephen King
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
8
Mark Twain
Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
Deathly Hallows
9
J.K. Rowling
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
10
William Shakespeare
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
11
Ken Kesey
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
12
Robert Louis Stevenson
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
13
William Shakespeare
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
14
Joseph Conrad
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
15
Flannery O'Connor
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
16
Herman Melville
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
17
Stephen King
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
18
Robert Louis Stevenson
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
19
Gillian Flynn
The Bad Beginning (Lemony Snicket)
The Bad Beginning
20
Lemony Snicket
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
21
Cormac McCarthy
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
22
William Shakespeare
The Mysterious Stranger
The Mysterious Stranger
23
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
24
George Orwell
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
25
Vladimir Nabokov
A Storm of Swords (George R.R. Martin)
A Storm of Swords
26
George R.R. Martin
It (Stephen King)
It
27
Stephen King
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
28
George Orwell
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
29
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
30
Bret Easton Ellis
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
31
Daphne Du Maurier
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
32
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
33
Thomas Harris
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
34
Ray Bradbury
Henry IV, Part I (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part I
35
William Shakespeare
Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Order of the Phoenix
36
J.K. Rowling
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Arundhati Roy)
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
37
Arundhati Roy
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
38
C.S. Lewis
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
39
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
40
Robert Bloch
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