Quest: Don't Need No Hero

Storygazer Quest

People are complex and so are some of the most interesting book characters. Antiheroes come in all shapes and forms and they can be heroes to some and villains to many. Their motives and means are certainly questionable, but looking past their less than impeccable morals, deep down there might be something we can learn from them. Let's read their stories, though you are rightfully allowed to ask some questions.

Add books you've read where the main character is an antihero.

5 occurrences

Mistborn: The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: The Original Trilogy #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

647 PagesJuly 2006

Read by 64 people

5 occurrences

1984

by George Orwell

DystopiaLiterary Fiction

292 PagesJune 1949

Read by 60 people

4 occurrences

The Lies of Locke Lamora

by Scott Lynch

Gentleman Bastard #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventureMystery

548 PagesJune 2006

Read by 25 people

4 occurrences

Six of Crows

by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventureRomantic Fantasy

496 PagesSeptember 2015

Read by 42 people

4 occurrences

Prince of Thorns

by Mark Lawrence

The Broken Empire #1

High/Epic FantasyApocalypticDark Fantasy

324 PagesJanuary 2011

Read by 16 people

3 occurrences

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

Science FictionGothic

166 PagesJanuary 1818

Read by 36 people

3 occurrences

King of Thorns

by Mark Lawrence

The Broken Empire #2

High/Epic FantasyApocalypticDark Fantasy

419 PagesAugust 2012

Read by 7 people

3 occurrences

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

Millennium #1

Contemporary FictionSuspenseThriller

August 2005

Read by 21 people

3 occurrences

The Tragedy of Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

PoetryPlaysDrama

106 PagesJanuary 1606

Read by 25 people

3 occurrences

The Blade Itself

by Joe Abercrombie

First Law World #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventureDark Fantasy

422 PagesMay 2006

Read by 26 people

3 occurrences

Crooked Kingdom

by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows #2

High/Epic FantasyAdventureRomantic Fantasy

546 PagesSeptember 2016

Read by 33 people

3 occurrences

Red Seas Under Red Skies

by Scott Lynch

Gentleman Bastard #2

High/Epic FantasyAdventureMystery

578 PagesJune 2007

Read by 13 people

3 occurrences

Emperor of Thorns

by Mark Lawrence

The Broken Empire #3

High/Epic FantasyApocalypticPost-Apocalyptic

592 PagesAugust 2013

Read by 5 people

2 occurrences

Before They Are Hanged

by Joe Abercrombie

First Law World #2

High/Epic FantasyAdventureDark Fantasy

608 PagesMarch 2007

Read by 19 people

2 occurrences

Gone Girl

by Gillian Flynn

Contemporary FictionSuspenseThriller

496 PagesMay 2012

Read by 33 people

2 occurrences

The Poppy War

by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War #1

High/Epic FantasyHistorical Fiction

527 PagesMay 2018

Read by 34 people

2 occurrences

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

Tragedy

122 PagesJanuary 1603

Read by 22 people

2 occurrences

The Republic of Thieves

by Scott Lynch

Gentleman Bastard #3

High/Epic FantasyAdventureMystery

690 PagesOctober 2013

Read by 9 people

2 occurrences

Vicious

by V.E. Schwab

Villains #1

Urban FantasyParanormalScience Fiction

September 2013

Read by 18 people

2 occurrences

The Blacktongue Thief

by Christopher Buehlman

Blacktongue #1

High/Epic FantasyDark FantasyAdventure

416 PagesMay 2021

Read by 13 people

2 occurrences

A Game of Thrones

by George R.R. Martin

A Song of Ice and Fire #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

694 PagesAugust 1996

Read by 56 people

2 occurrences

Heir Of Fire

by Sarah J. Maas

Throne of Glass #3

High/Epic FantasyRomanceAdventure

592 PagesSeptember 2014

Read by 30 people

2 occurrences

The Girl Who Played With Fire

by Stieg Larsson

Millennium Split-Volume Edition

Contemporary FictionSuspenseThriller

630 PagesMay 2006

Read by 11 people

2 occurrences

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

ApocalypticPost-ApocalypticDystopia

307 PagesApril 2006

Read by 12 people

2 occurrences

Last Argument of Kings

by Joe Abercrombie

First Law World #3

High/Epic FantasyAdventureDark Fantasy

March 2008

Read by 15 people

1 occurrence

The Lessons Never Learned

by Rob J. Hayes

The War Eternal #2

High/Epic FantasyDark Fantasy

528 PagesApril 2020

Read by 8 people

1 occurrence

The Sun Also Rises (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

by Ernest Hemingway

Historical FictionLiterary Fiction

224 PagesOctober 1926

Read by 5 people

1 occurrence

The Mask of Mirrors

by M.A. Carrick

Rook & Rose #1

High/Epic Fantasy

January 2021

Read by 7 people

1 occurrence

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

MysteryGothicThriller

152 PagesSeptember 1962

Read by 9 people

1 occurrence

The Night House

by Jo Nesbø

HorrorParanormal Thriller

256 PagesSeptember 2023

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Shadow & Claw

by Gene Wolfe

Solar Cycle

ApocalypticAlternate HistoryPost-Apocalyptic

608 PagesOctober 1994

100

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

Dark River Inn

by J.R. Erickson

MysteryParanormalFantasy

250 Pages

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Insecure Mind of Sergei Kraev

by Eric Silberstein

ScienceAlternate HistorySuspense

392 PagesAugust 2021

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Monstrilio

by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Magical RealismHorrorFantasy

336 PagesMarch 2023

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Redemption Ark

by Alastair Reynolds

Revelation Space #2

Alternate HistorySpace OperaFantasy

January 2002

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

Compound Fracture

by Andrew Joseph White

HorrorThriller

384 PagesSeptember 2024

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

MADK, Vol. 1

by Ryo Suzuri

MADK #1

HorrorFantasy

178 PagesMay 2018

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Of Killers and Kings

by Will Wight

The Elder Empire: Shadow #3

High/Epic FantasyScience Fiction

360 PagesApril 2020

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Anansi Boys

by Neil Gaiman

American Gods #2

Urban FantasyMythologyComedic Fiction

368 PagesSeptember 2005

Read by 16 people

1 occurrence

Of Darkness and Dawn

by Will Wight

The Elder Empire: Shadow #2

High/Epic FantasyHorrorAdventure

364 PagesAugust 2015

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

Catch-22 #1

Historical FictionComedic Fiction

544 PagesNovember 1961

100

Read by 5 people

1 occurrence

White Shroud

by Antanas Škėma

Fiction

212 PagesJanuary 1958

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Werewolf's 15 Minutes

by Jonathan Maberry

Urban FantasyParanormal

October 2021

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Diaboli Sanguis

by Aronas Smolenskas

Thriller

107 PagesDecember 2017

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Fifth Season

by N.K. Jemisin

The Broken Earth #1

ApocalypticPost-ApocalypticDystopia

468 PagesAugust 2015

Read by 33 people

1 occurrence

Cursebreakers

by Madeleine Nakamura

The Cursebreakers #1

Dark Fantasy

284 PagesSeptember 2023

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Terrifying Tales

by Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Geoffrey Chaucer

51m October 2000

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

If We Were Villains

by M.L. Rio

MysteryContemporary FictionThriller

354 PagesApril 2017

Read by 14 people

1 occurrence

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1

by Tatsuki Fujimoto

チェンソーマン [Chainsaw Man] #1

ParanormalFantasy

192 PagesMarch 2019

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

The Iliad

by Homer

PoetryMythologyHistorical Fiction

648 Pages8th century BCE

Read by 9 people