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More Great Literary Villains

A while back, I posted a list of fifty books with perfect antagonists, titled "Greatest Literary Villains." So, here's 50 more, in no particular order
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
1
Anthony Burgess
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2
L. Frank Baum
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
3
Celeste Ng
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
4
J.R.R.Tolkien
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
5
William Shakespeare
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
6
Mary Shelley
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
7
Octavia Butler
The Call of Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
8
H.P. Lovecraft
The Mistborn Trilogy (Brandon Sanderson)
The Mistborn Trilogy
9
Brandon Sanderson
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
10
N. K. Jemisin
Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
Gormenghast
11
Mervyn Peake
Tess of the D'ubervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'ubervilles
12
Thomas Hardy
Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
13
Sheridan Le Fanu
The Jew of Malta
The Jew of Malta
14
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
15
Oscar Wilde
Elantris (Brandon Sanderson)
Elantris
16
Brandon Sanderson
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
17
Margaret Atwood
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
18
Leo Tolstoy
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
19
William Shakespeare
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
20
Roald Dahl
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
21
Dan Simmons
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
22
Barbara Kingsolver
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
23
J.M. Barrie
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
24
Philip K. Dick
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
25
Alan Moore
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
26
John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
27
Victor Hugo
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
28
Agatha Christie
Batman: The Killing Joke (Alan Moore)
Batman: The Killing Joke
29
Alan Moore
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies
30
Liane Moriarty
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Jeff Lindsay)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
31
Jeff Lindsay
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
32
William Shakespeare
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
33
Mikhail Bulgakov
Prince of Thorns (Mark Lawrence)
Prince of Thorns
34
Mark Lawrence
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
35
Anonymous
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
36
Ray Bradbury
Zorro (Isabel Allende)
Zorro
37
Isabel Allende
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
38
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Feast for Crows (George R.R. Martin)
A Feast for Crows
39
George R.R. Martin
Trilby (George Du Maurier)
Trilby
40
George Du Maurier
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