The Greatest Non-Western Fantasy Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
46 One Thousand and One Nights Unknown 800 Multiple Arabic
367 Journey to the West Wu Cheng'en 1592 Chinese Chinese
864 Reynard the Fox Unknown 1479 Multiple Middle dutch
1805 A Hero Born Jin Yong 1957 Chinese Chinese
2006 The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Unknown 900 Japanese Japanese
3168 The Travels Of Sir John Mandeville John Mandeville 1357 Unknown French
3425 Cinderella Unknown 23 Multiple French
3860 Forest of A Thousand Daemons Daniel O. Fagunwa 1938 Nigerian Yoruba
3927 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
4079 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
4935 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
5582 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5688 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
6198 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 1997 Japanese Japanese
6330 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish
6917 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin, Janet Song 2009 Chinese English
6954 We All Love Glenda So Much And Other Tales Julio Cortazar 1980 Argentinian Spanish
7111 The Fantastic Imagination Robert H. Boyer 1977 Unknown English
7141 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
7188 The Village Beyond The Mist Sachiko Kashiwaba, Miho Satake, Avery Fischer Udagawa 1975 Japanese Japanese
7216 Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio Pu Songling 1740 Chinese Classical chinese
7569 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
7637 Angels' Blood Nalini Singh 2009 New Zealander English
7761 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
7762 Butterfly Swords Jeannie Lin 2010 Unknown English
8318 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8707 What We Can Know Ian McEwan 2025 Unknown English
8868 Death Of The Author Nnedi Okorafor 2025 Unknown English
8916 O Picapau Amarelo Monteiro Lobato 1939 Brazilian Portuguese
8985 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
8988 Sunrise On The Reaping Suzanne Collins 2025 Unknown English
9081 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9086 The Dream Hotel Laila Lalami 2025 Unknown English
9094 River God Wilbur Smith 1993 South African English
9096 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9377 The Abbot Of Montserrat William Child Green 1826 Unknown Unknown
9571 The Land Aleron Kong 2015 Unknown English
9702 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
9784 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English
9983 This Inevitable Ruin Matt Dinniman 2024 Unknown English
9986 Greenmantle Charles de Lint 1916 Unknown English
10031 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
10113 The Man Who Spoke Snakish Andrus Kivirähk 2007 Estonian Estonian
10178 The Antidote Karen Russell 2025 Unknown English
10195 Katabasis R. F. Kuang 2025 Unknown English
10405 An Oral History Of Atlantis Ed Park 2025 Unknown English
10652 Prophet Helen MacDonald, Sin Blaché 2023 Unknown English
10673 The Hounding Xenobe Purvis 2025 Unknown English
10687 The Bewitching Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025 Mexican English
10718 Cursed Daughters Oyinkan Braithwaite 2025 Nigerian English
10959 The City Of Brass S. A. Chakraborty 2017 Egyptian English
11017 Gergő és Az álomfogók Gyula Böszörményi 2007 Hungarian Hungarian
11429 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
11498 Ultramarine Mariette Navarro, Eve Hill-Agnus 2021 Unknown French
11837 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
11927 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
12075 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown English
12106 Dwelling Emily Hunt Kivel 2025 Unknown English
12111 North Sun Ethan Rutherford 2025 Unknown English
12127 The Pelican Child Joy Williams 2025 Unknown English
12134 A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna 2025 Unknown English
12166 Running Close To The Wind Alexandra Rowland 2024 Unknown English
12405 The Great Work Sheldon Costa 2025 Unknown English
12412 Daller Gut Dream Department Store Miye Lee Unknown Unknown
12437 Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros 2025 Unknown English
12445 Hungerstone Kat Dunn 2025 Unknown English
12446 When The Moon Hits Your Eye John Scalzi 2025 Unknown English
12453 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12454 My Name Is Emilia Del Valle Isabel Allende 2025 Unknown English
12467 Immaculate Conception Ling Ling Huang 2025 Unknown English
12474 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
12475 The Experiment Rebecca Stead 2025 Unknown English
12476 I, Medusa Ayana Gray 2025 Unknown English
12478 The Manor Of Dreams Christina Li 2025 Unknown English
12479 The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz 2024 Unknown English
12489 When The Wolf Comes Home Nat Cassidy 2025 Unknown English
12490 The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson 2025 Unknown English
12491 They Bloom At Night Trang Thanh Tran 2025 Unknown English
12493 Black Woods Blue Sky Eowyn Ivey 2025 Unknown English
12494 Old Soul Susan Barker 2025 Unknown English
12575 When They Burned The Butterfly Wen-yi Lee 2025 Taiwanese English
12625 The Island Of Last Things Emma Sloley 2025 Unknown English
12681 Audition For The Fox Martin Cahill 2025 Unknown English
12710 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
12711 Beasts Of Carnaval Rosália Rodrigo 2025 Unknown English
12720 A Feast For The Eyes Alex Crespo 2025 Unknown English
12758 Crumble Meredith McClaren, Andrea Bell 2025 Unknown English
12771 Blood On Her Tongue Johanna van Veen 2025 Unknown English
12772 The Burial Tide Neil Sharpson 2025 Unknown English
12776 The Confessional Paige Hender 2025 Unknown English
12780 Drome Jesse Lonergan 2025 Unknown English
12824 The Starving Saints Caitlin Starling 2025 Unknown English
12825 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 2025 Unknown English
12828 King Sorrow Joe Hill 2025 Unknown English
12829 Silver Elite Dani Francis 2025 Unknown English
12830 Bat Eater And Other Names For Cora Zeng Kylie Lee Baker 2025 Unknown English
12831 Harriet Tubman Bob the Drag Queen 2025 Unknown English
12832 Of Monsters And Mainframes Barbara Truelove 2025 Unknown English
12979 Lessons In Magic And Disaster Charlie Jane Anders 2025 Unknown Unknown
13006 Thus Were Their Faces Silvina Ocampo 1988 Argentinian Spanish
13056 Engines Of War R.S. Ford 2025 Unknown English
13059 Female Fantasy Iman Hariri-Kia 2025 Iranian English
13065 The Blackfire Blade James Logan 2025 Unknown English
13068 Aunt Tigress Emily Yu-Xuan Qin 2025 Unknown English
13192 Blob Maggie Su 2025 Unknown English
13193 These Memories Do Not Belong To Us Yiming Ma 2025 Unknown English
13204 Awakened A.E. Osworth 2025 Unknown English
13114 The Conjuring Of America Lindsey Stewart 2025 Unknown English
13172 Deep Dark Zohra Nabi 2025 Unknown English
13188 The Witch's Egg Donya Todd 2025 Unknown English
13297 Legend Of The Swordsmen Of The Mountains Of Shu Huanzhulouzhu 1932 Chinese Chinese
13596 The Bride With White Hair Liang Yusheng 1957 Chinese Chinese
13767 The Serpent And The Wings Of Night Carissa Broadbent 2022 Unknown English
13932 The Deer And The Cauldron Jin Yong 1969 Chinese Chinese
13992 Chu Liuxiang Gu Long 1967 Chinese Chinese
14025 The True Queen Zen Cho 2019 Malaysian English
14073 狂风 Sima Zhongyuan 1974 Chinese Unknown
14196 The Mabinogion Unknown 1400 Multiple Middle welsh
14232 Zoo City Lauren Beukes 2010 South African English
14232 One Dark Window Rachel Gillig 2022 Unknown English