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How to Grow Up and Rule the World, by Vordak the Incomprehensible

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Dark Lord: The Early Years

Jamie Thomson

Evil Dark Lord tries to recover his dignity, his power, and his lands when an arch-foe transports him to a small town, into the body of a thirteen-year-old boy.

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The Rules of Supervillainy

C.T. Phipps · 242 pages

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Harley Quinn, Vol. 3: Kiss Kiss Bang Stab

Jimmy Palmiotti · 176 pages

"Harley was certain she could have it all: She could be the world's best landlord, protect Coney Island from the scum of the Earth, woo Mason Macabre, work her day job as a psychiatrist, volunteer at the puppy shelter...but that's a whole lot of spinning plates, and eventually they're bound to start breaking! What happens when a psychopath cracks up? Is it possible for Harley to go even more insan

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Soon I Will Be Invincible

Austin Grossman · 287 pages

When Doctor Impossible, an evil genius and ambitious wannabe world dominator, launches a new plot to seize control of the world, Fatale, a woman built by the NSA to be the next generation of weaponry, joins a group of misfit superheroes in their quest to destroy Doctor Impossible.

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Confessions of a D-List Supervillain

Jim Bernheimer · 154 pages

Follows the exploits of Mechani-Cal, a down on his luck armored villain.

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Blackjack Villain

Ben Bequer · 578 pages

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The Twits

Roald Dahl · 96 pages

The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.

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The Cloak Society

Jeramey Kraatz

Alex Knight, a twelve-year-old in training to be a supervillain in the elite Cloak Society, becomes friends with a young superhero and begins to question where his loyalty lies.

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Forging Hephaestus

Drew Hayes · 624 pages

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The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius

Austin Grossman, Alan Dean Foster, Genevieve Valentine, Theodora Goss, Diana Gabaldon, Carrie Vaughn, Laird Barron, Naomi Novik, Mary Robinette Kowal, Marjorie M. Liu, Harry Turtledove, Jeffrey Ford, Grady Hendrix, Ben H. Winters, Seanan McGuire, David D. Levine, Jeremiah Tolbert, Daniel H. Wilson,

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How to Succeed in Evil

Patrick E. McLean · 374 pages

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Dog Man Unleashed

Dav Pilkey · 224 pages

**Petey is up to no good in the second Dog Man book from worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey.** Dog Man is still learning a few tricks of the trade. Petey the Cat is out of the bag, and his criminal curiosity is taking the city by storm. Something fishy is going on! Can Dog Man unleash justice on this ruffian in time to save the city, or will Petey get away with the purr-fect cri

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Villains United

Gail Simone · 144 pages

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Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer · 288 pages

Artemis Fowl is the first of a series of semi-realist novels produced by Eoin Colfer. They document the adventures of a precocious prodigal child of the criminal empire, Artemis Fowl. In this book, accompanied by his huge and loyal bodyguard/sidekick/advisor Butler, Artemis engages in a series of surreal activities; the absence of his missing father and the mental disorder of his mother allow him

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Vicious

V.E. Schwab, Victoria Schwab · 367 pages

**A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers.** Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditi

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Victorious

V.E. Schwab

The third book in the Villains series. Victor Vale and Eli Ever, with teams of allies and rivals, go against each another for a final time.

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The Reptile Room

Lemony Snicket · 196 pages

Book 2 of A Series of Unfortunate Events. The three unluckiest children in the world return for another misfortunate adventure. The Baudelaire children survived their first encounter with the dastardly and scheming Olaf, but the Count doesn't give up easily. Nor does the Baudelaire luck ever seem to improve.

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