Top 10 Antiheroes in Literature

1 Holden Caulfield Holden Caulfield is a fictional character in author J. D. Salinger's 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye.

2 Yossarian

3 Satan (Paradise Lost)

4 Arthur Dent Arthur Philip Dent is a fictional character and the hapless protagonist of the comic science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

5 Patrick Bateman Patrick Bateman, is an American, serial killing, yuppie, villain protagonist, who debuted in the rules of attraction, by Bret Easton Ellis. ...read more.

6 Raskolnikov

7 Billy Pilgrim

8 Steven Stelfox

9 Jay Gatsby

10 Eddie Coffin

The Contenders

11 Heathcliff

12 Elric of Melniboné

13 Alex DeLarge

14 Severus Snape Severus Snape is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. He is characterised as a person of great complexity, whose coldly sarcastic and controlled exterior conceals deep emotions and anguish.