The Greatest 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
20 The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1959 English English
21 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865 British English
55 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
68 One Thousand and One Nights Unknown 800 Multiple Arabic
197 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
198 His Dark Materials Philip Pullman 1995 British English
208 Watership Down Richard Adams 1972 British English
224 A Wrinkle In Time Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
225 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
231 Fairy Tales and Stories Hans Christian Andersen 1835 Danish Danish
241 A Wizard Of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 American English
249 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban J. K. Rowling 1999 British English
261 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
284 The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
288 The Once and Future King T. H. White 1958 British English
324 Household Tales Brothers Grimm 1812 German German
334 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling 2005 British English
336 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling 2003 British English
341 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets J. K. Rowling 1998 British English
350 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 1900 American English
352 The Tempest William Shakespeare 1623 British English
366 A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin 1996 American English
375 Le Morte d'Arthur Thomas Malory 1485 British Middle english
380 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
393 The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
428 Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll 1871 British English
436 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
476 Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak 1963 American English
478 The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster 1961 American English
499 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 1983 British English
523 Journey to the West Wu Cheng'en 1592 Chinese Chinese
533 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl 1964 British English
537 The BFG Roald Dahl 1982 British English
539 The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley 1983 American English
564 Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
577 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2001 British English
586 Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne 1864 French French
599 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 1995 British English
661 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare 1595 British English
664 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
673 Outlander Diana Gabaldon 1991 American English
747 The Princess Bride William Goldman 1973 American English
826 Sandman Neil Gaiman 1989 British English
827 The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1894 British English
850 The Name Of The Wind Patrick Rothfuss 2007 American English
877 The Witches Roald Dahl 1983 British English
891 James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl 1961 British English
907 The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
913 Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones 1986 British English
932 King Solomon's Mines H. Rider Haggard 1885 British English
962 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2001 Irish English
980 The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle 1968 American English
1015 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One Rick Riordan 2005 American English
1033 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
1040 Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie 1990 British English
1057 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
1088 The Neverending Story Michael Ende 1979 German German
1124 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
1129 Magician Raymond E. Feist 1982 American English
1136 Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt 1975 American English
1139 The House at Pooh Corner A. A. Milne 1928 British English
1145 Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey 1968 American English
1147 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
1153 Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 British English
1156 Mistborn Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
1164 The Last Battle C. S. Lewis 1956 British English
1183 Mary Poppins P. L. Travers 1934 British English
1185 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
1193 The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Charles Perrault 1697 French French
1206 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
1223 Vathek William Beckford 1786 British French
1233 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
1251 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 1983 American English
1289 Winter's Tale Mark Helprin 1983 American English
1308 The Eye Of The World Robert Jordan 1990 American English
1321 Eragon Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
1339 Swan Song Robert R. McCammon 1987 American English
1362 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 2000 British English
1399 The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern 2011 American English
1444 The Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan 1990 American English
1450 The Gunslinger Stephen King 1982 American English
1451 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage 2007 British Middle english
1453 The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
1487 She H. Rider Haggard 1887 British English
1501 Parzival Wolfram Eschenbach 1200 German Middle high german
1514 Legend David Gemmell 1984 British English
1515 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1889 American English
1519 Coraline Neil Gaiman 2002 British English
1520 A Voyage To Arcturus David Lindsay 1920 Scottish English
1530 A Swiftly Tilting Planet Madeleine L'Engle 1978 American English
1545 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
1551 Peter And Wendy J. M. Barrie 1911 Scottish English
1566 Tom's Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce 1958 British English
1593 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
1597 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
1647 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
1656 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
1712 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
1754 The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Unknown 900 Japanese Japanese
1788 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis 1952 British English
1789 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
1810 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
1824 Small Gods Terry Pratchett 1992 British English
1841 The Swords Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
1885 The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis 1955 British English
1888 Lud-in-the-Mist Hope Mirrlees 1926 British English
1906 The Broken Earth Trilogy N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
2000 The Owl Service Alan Garner 1967 British English
2001 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
2029 Grendel John Gardner 1971 American English
2029 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine 1997 American English
2029 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
2029 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
2053 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
2101 The Dying Earth Jack Vance 1950 American English
2108 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
2123 The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson 1999 British English
2131 The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams 1922 British English
2133 Five Children And It Edith Nesbit 1902 British English
2162 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English