Top Ten Villains in Literature

The Broke and the Bookish's Weekly Top Ten Tuesday's theme this week is Top Ten Villains!

This was actually a really fun one.  I dove into my Goodreads Read Shelf and revisited some of my favorite villains I've ever encountered in literature.  Some of them are pure evil, some are comical, and some have redeeming qualities but a good villain pushes the plot along and keeps the reader's eyes glued to the page.  These guys?  Yeah, they definitely achieved that.



1. Lord Voldemort - Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

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2. Richard Nixon - All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward

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3. Quentin P. - Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates

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4. Alec D'Urberville - Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

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5. Nils Bjurman - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

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6. Captain Hook - Peter Pan by JM Barrie

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7. Humbert Humbert - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

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8. Prince Humperdinck - The Princess Bride by William Goldman

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9. Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

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10. Commander Fred - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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