The year’s best fiction and nonfiction, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

Joker is Batman's nemesis, but the hero has a large troupe of complex and deadly villains, from Scarecrow to KGBeast, that ...

Over five decades, Stephen King has created some of the most terrifying villains in literature, which inspired classic movies ...

DC's "Absolute Batman" comic book series not only offers readers a new take on Bruce Wayne, but also several famous members ...

Man's nemesis, but he's become tiresome, especially compared to villains like Mysterio and Prowler, who are far more engaging ...

The early 1940s saw DC Comics lay the foundation of the superhero genre, with costumed heroes like Superman, Batman, and ...

Spider-Man may have some of the greatest villains in the history of comics, but they can't all be winners. For every Green ...

The 2020s have been an exceptional decade for Marvel Comics so far, and these ten books showcase the very best art the ...

What is this, a crossover episode? Here are some of the very best dream team-ups audiences craved but never actually expected ...

Ted Danson’s “A Man on the Inside” returning to Netflix for its second season and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo belting out ...

From buzzy sequels to highly anticipated debuts, these are the new YA books we'll all be reading this November.

Avengers assemble alongside other cinematic heroes on Disney Cruise Line’s seventh vessel, but Damon Smith discovers baddies ...