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Villains Books
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Vicious (Villains, #1)
by (shelved 137 times as villains)
avg rating 4.18 — 333,666 ratings — published 2013
Fairest of All (Villains, #1)
by (shelved 108 times as villains)
avg rating 3.81 — 55,299 ratings — published 2009
Vengeful (Villains, #2)
by (shelved 96 times as villains)
avg rating 4.11 — 134,587 ratings — published 2018
The Beast Within (Villains, #2)
by (shelved 95 times as villains)
avg rating 3.74 — 43,137 ratings — published 2014
Poor Unfortunate Soul (Villains, #3)
by (shelved 93 times as villains)
avg rating 3.56 — 30,624 ratings — published 2016
Mistress of All Evil (Villains, #4)
by (shelved 91 times as villains)
avg rating 3.97 — 20,479 ratings — published 2017
Mother Knows Best (Villains, #5)
by (shelved 80 times as villains)
avg rating 3.97 — 18,219 ratings — published 2018
The Odd Sisters (Villains, #6)
by (shelved 77 times as villains)
avg rating 4.01 — 13,043 ratings — published 2019
Evil Thing (Villains, #7)
by (shelved 74 times as villains)
avg rating 3.97 — 12,039 ratings — published 2020
Cold Hearted (Villains, #8)
by (shelved 73 times as villains)
avg rating 4.03 — 10,201 ratings — published 2021
Fire & Fate (Villains, #10)
by (shelved 63 times as villains)
avg rating 3.83 — 6,650 ratings — published 2023
Never, Never (Villains, #9)
by (shelved 63 times as villains)
avg rating 4.00 — 8,309 ratings — published 2022
Kill the Beast (Villains, #11)
by (shelved 42 times as villains)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,070 ratings — published 2024
Victorious (Villains, #3)
by (shelved 26 times as villains)
avg rating 4.41 — 271 ratings — published 2026
Heartbroken (Villains, #12)
by (shelved 25 times as villains)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,133 ratings — published 2025
Warm Up (Villains, #0.5)
by (shelved 22 times as villains)
avg rating 3.74 — 11,667 ratings — published 2013
Renegades (Renegades, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as villains)
avg rating 4.11 — 168,269 ratings — published 2017
Starter Villain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as villains)
avg rating 4.11 — 102,305 ratings — published 2023
Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as villains)
avg rating 3.93 — 372,661 ratings — published 2023
Hench (Hench, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as villains)
avg rating 4.00 — 27,655 ratings — published 2020
ExtraOrdinary (Villains, #1.5)
by (shelved 17 times as villains)
avg rating 3.71 — 6,369 ratings — published 2021
Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as villains)
avg rating 3.84 — 21,200 ratings — published 2024
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as villains)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,184,071 ratings — published 2015
The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as villains)
avg rating 3.86 — 143,947 ratings — published 2014
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as villains)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,802,773 ratings — published 2018
The Shadows Between Us (The Stathos Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as villains)
avg rating 3.81 — 221,732 ratings — published 2020
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as villains)
avg rating 4.56 — 789,128 ratings — published 2016
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as villains)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,130,444 ratings — published 2012
Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5)
by (shelved 12 times as villains)
avg rating 3.94 — 157,226 ratings — published 2015
Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as villains)
avg rating 4.09 — 199,639 ratings — published 2024
All of Us Villains (All of Us Villains, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as villains)
avg rating 3.84 — 45,359 ratings — published 2021
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 11 times as villains)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,246,497 ratings — published 2020
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as villains)
avg rating 4.08 — 269,266 ratings — published 2016
Hooked (Never After, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as villains)
avg rating 3.77 — 526,653 ratings — published 2021
Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as villains)
avg rating 4.13 — 16,351 ratings — published 2018
The Isle of the Lost (Descendants, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as villains)
avg rating 3.80 — 28,142 ratings — published 2015
Archenemies (Renegades, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as villains)
avg rating 4.24 — 104,108 ratings — published 2018
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns (Rise of the Empress, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as villains)
avg rating 3.70 — 10,467 ratings — published 2017
Desperate Measures (Wicked Villains, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as villains)
avg rating 3.53 — 61,559 ratings — published 2019
And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as villains)
avg rating 3.81 — 53,453 ratings — published 2016
Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as villains)
avg rating 4.14 — 198,127 ratings — published 2013
H.I.V.E. Higher Institute of Villainous Education (H.I.V.E., #1)
by (shelved 8 times as villains)
avg rating 4.07 — 15,385 ratings — published 2006
Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villains)
avg rating 4.01 — 112,451 ratings — published 2021
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villains)
avg rating 4.16 — 519,134 ratings — published 2018
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villains)
avg rating 3.82 — 125,121 ratings — published 2011
The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as villains)
avg rating 4.01 — 69,988 ratings — published 2015
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villains)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,197,435 ratings — published 2015
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as villains)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,269,725 ratings — published 2011
Not All Himbos Wear Capes (Villainous Things, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as villains)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,956 ratings — published 2022
“But these words people threw around - humans, monsters, heroes, villains - to Victor it was all just a matter of semantics. Someone could call themselves a hero and still walk around killing dozens. Someone else could be labeled a villain for trying to stop them. Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.”
― Vicious
― Vicious
“What do you see when you see me?' She asked him, burying her own face in his bosom.
'Do you want the truth?'
She nodded.
'The firing squad.'
'That's not the whole truth. Try again.'
'Insatiability,' he said with some bitterness.
'That's oblique but altogether too simple. Once more,' she insisted. 'One more time.'
He was silent for several minutes.
'The map of a country in which I only exist by virtue of the extravagance of my metaphors.'
'Now you're being too sophisticated. And, besides, what metaphors do we have in common?”
― Heroes and Villains
'Do you want the truth?'
She nodded.
'The firing squad.'
'That's not the whole truth. Try again.'
'Insatiability,' he said with some bitterness.
'That's oblique but altogether too simple. Once more,' she insisted. 'One more time.'
He was silent for several minutes.
'The map of a country in which I only exist by virtue of the extravagance of my metaphors.'
'Now you're being too sophisticated. And, besides, what metaphors do we have in common?”
― Heroes and Villains













