Dark, Dashing and Dangerous: Our Favorite Book Villains 

Be careful what you wish for — on the verge of death, this romantasy lover gets a second chance at life in between the pages of her favorite books. Loving this villain is a not-so-guilty pleasure you’ll want to tell all your friends about.

This book ticks many boxes — humor, horror, fantasy, romance. And it manages to fully embrace all of its elements, delivering a compelling narrative oozing with hilarious personality and with no lack of emotional resonance. It’s great for fans of Legends & Lattes and The House in the Cerulean Sea.

Evie advances to “accomplice to an evil villain” in the eagerly anticipated third installment of the hilarious series that took romantasy lovers by storm.

Cozy fantasy fans, gather your blankets, candles and tea: we have the perfect next read for you. This is a delightful new world from an author you’ll want to keep on your #TBR.

The novel that sparked the inimitable Broadway show is a fractured fairytale (with a ton of heart) where the world of Oz is flipped on its head.

Read more from Gregory Maguire in his exclusive B&N Reads guest post, here.

A hiss-terical story about the (un)luckiest nepo-baby of all time, Starter Villain follows an everyman who inherits his uncle’s supervillain empire.

Fully illustrated in staggering detail, this is the start of Rin’s epic story. In a grim world of gods, monsters, opium and war, there can be no heroes — only villains.

It’s no surprise that the Prince of Gluttony can’t temper his indulgences — until it comes to resisting the person he should hate the most…