Top 100 Fantasy Books

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Fantasy Book Review, 103 Books

Fantasy Book Review lists their Top 100 Fantasy Books of all time, with links to their reviews of each one. Here's what their description says:

The 100 fantasy books that we - and other readers - simply cannot recommend highly enough; books that we've all loved reading. Click on a book title to read the full review.

This list was originally published in 2022 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1289 A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin 1996 American English
1626 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 1983 British English
17 The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1959 English English
1585 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
3398 The Name Of The Wind Patrick Rothfuss 2007 American English
14232 The Lies Of Locke Lamora Scott Lynch 2006 American English
2193 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2001 British English
1117 The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
278 A Wizard Of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 American English
2244 The Tombs Of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin 1971 American English
3617 The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin 1972 American English
8535 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
10089 Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 1995 American English
13229 Gardens Of The Moon Steven Erikson 1999 Canadian English
399 His Dark Materials Philip Pullman 1995 British English
11540 Perdido Street Station China Miéville 2000 British English
3830 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
236 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
7783 The Gunslinger Stephen King 1982 American English
5447 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
381 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
14985 The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie 2006 British English
4451 The Eye Of The World Robert Jordan 1990 American English
2224 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
286 The Once and Future King T. H. White 1958 British English
17162 Under Heaven Guy Gavriel Kay 2010 Canadian English
8425 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
14985 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
4222 The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
12727 Jade War Fonda Lee 2019 Canadian English
3558 Magician Raymond E. Feist 1982 American English
4997 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
1793 The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle 1968 American English
224 Watership Down Richard Adams 1972 British English
10959 The Magicians Lev Grossman 2009 American English
35 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865 British English
676 The Princess Bride William Goldman 1973 American English
13305 Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey 2001 American English
3190 The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern 2011 American English
100 Dune Frank Herbert 1965 American English
14985 Sailing To Sarantium Guy Gavriel Kay 1998 Canadian English
10868 City Of Stairs Robert Jackson Bennett 2014 American English
13941 The Golem and the Jinni Helene Wecker 2013 American English
3086 Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey 1968 American English
7895 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
146 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
14985 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
17162 The Black Company Glen Cook 1984 American English
3305 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
629 Titus Groan Mervyn Peake 1946 British English
9240 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
2652 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
17162 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
5041 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
14232 Rivers Of London Ben Aaronovitch 2011 British English
1444 James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl 1961 British English
17162 Prince Of Thorns Mark Lawrence 2011 British English
1813 Swan Song Robert R. McCammon 1987 American English
274 The Stand Stephen King 1978 American English
7984 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
6091 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
981 It Stephen King 1986 American English
14985 The Ninth Rain Jen Williams 2017 British English
3927 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
14985 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay 2019 Canadian English
6376 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
14985 The Raven Tower Ann Leckie 2019 American English
14985 The 10,000 Doors Of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 American English
13941 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
14985 Some Kind Of Fairy Tale Graham Joyce 2012 British English
10964 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
1085 The Book Thief Markus Zusak 2005 Australian English
3215 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
17162 Duncton Wood William Horwood 1980 British English
2918 Legend David Gemmell 1984 British English
8330 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
3213 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
4460 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
5031 The City & the City China Miéville 2009 British English
14985 Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan 2008 Australian English
17162 Palimpsest Catherynne M. Valente 2009 American English
14985 The Shadow Year Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
4286 Boy's Life Robert R. McCammon 1991 American English
4768 The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon 2007 American English
9722 The Moon and the Sun Vonda N. McIntyre 1997 American English
661 Interview with the Vampire Anne Rice 1976 American English
7804 Anno Dracula Kim Newman 1992 British English
17162 The Silent Land Graham Joyce 2010 British English
3616 11 22 63 Stephen King 2011 American English
17162 The Killing Moon N. K. Jemisin 2012 American English
14985 Alif The Unseen G. Willow Wilson 2012 American English
628 Nights At The Circus Angela Carter 1984 British English
14232 Zoo City Lauren Beukes 2010 South African English
1005 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
3819 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
10767 A Darker Shade Of Magic V. E. Schwab 2015 American English
10579 The Goblin Emperor Katherine Addison 2014 American English
14985 The Sudden Appearance Of Hope Claire North 2016 British English
17162 Blackwing Ed McDonald 2017 British English
14232 Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 American English
14985 The Chimes Anna Smaill 2015 New Zealand English
8940 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
17162 Middlegame Seanan McGuire 2019 American English