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
2164 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
2165 Momo Michael Ende 1973 German German
2277 A Princess Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
2281 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
2297 The Brothers Lionheart Astrid Lindgren 1973 Swedish Swedish
2302 Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 1995 American English
2306 The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Selma Lagerlöf 1906 Swedish Swedish
2312 The Adventures Of Cipollino Gianni Rodari 1951 Italian Italian
2315 Ronia, The Robber's Daughter Astrid Lindgren 1981 Swedish Swedish
2316 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
2350 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 1996 British English
2352 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
2353 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
2356 The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
2383 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2410 Perdido Street Station China Miéville 2000 British English
2413 The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton 1943 British English
2423 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman 1997 British English
2424 The Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1516 Italian Italian
2424 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
2463 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
2471 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
2514 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
2516 The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
2517 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
2523 Venus in Furs Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch 1870 Austrian German
2558 Alanna Tamora Pierce 1983 American English
2567 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English
2577 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
2582 A Clash Of Kings George R. R. Martin 1998 American English
2581 A Feast For Crows George R. R. Martin 2005 American English
2583 A Dance With Dragons George R. R. Martin 2011 American English
2623 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
2641 Tirant Lo Blanc Joanot Martorell 1490 Spanish Catalan
2641 Amadis of Gaul Garci R. de Montalvo 1508 Spanish Spanish
2641 Heinrich of Ofterdingen Novalis 1802 German German
2641 The Lion of Flanders Hendrik Conscience 1838 Belgian Dutch
2641 The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby Charles Kingsley 1863 British English
2641 The 13 Clocks James Thurber 1950 American English
2923 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
2926 The Tombs Of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin 1971 American English
2928 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
2929 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
2939 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
2958 Going Postal Terry Pratchett 2004 British English
2962 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
2969 The Stress of Her Regard Tim Powers 1989 American English
2969 Waking the Moon Elizabeth Hand, Elisabeth Hand 1994 American English
3014 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
3017 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
3076 Mio, My Son Astrid Lindgren 1954 Swedish Swedish
3076 The Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater 1944 British English
3113 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
3115 Dune Messiah Frank Herbert 1969 American English
3116 Children Of Dune Frank Herbert 1976 American English
3166 The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis 1954 British English
3167 Prince Caspian C. S. Lewis 1951 British English
3168 The Silver Chair C. S. Lewis 1953 British English
3179 Jerusalem Commands Michael Moorcock 1992 British English
3216 Shadow & Claw Gene Wolfe 1994 American English
3227 The Blazing World Margaret Cavendish 1666 British English
3228 Practical Magic Alice Hoffman 1995 American English
3231 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
3232 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English
3232 A Stranger In Olondria Sofia Samatar 2013 American English
3267 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
3267 King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 1953 British English
3267 Nine Unlikely Tales E. Nesbit 1901 British English
3267 Jurgen James Branch Cabell 1919 American English
3267 Rats And Gargoyles Mary Gentle 1990 British English
3431 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
3436 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
3436 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
3436 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
3436 The Summer Tree Guy Gavriel Kay 1984 Canadian English
3436 The Well Of The Unicorn Fletcher Pratt 1948 American English
3456 Red Moon and Black Mountain Joy Chant 1970 British English
3456 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin, Janet Song 2009 Chinese English
3456 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
3456 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
3456 Gloriana Michael Moorcock 1978 British English
3456 Nifft The Lean Michael Shea 1982 American English
3518 The Golem and the Jinni Helene Wecker 2013 American English
3532 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
3565 Rivers Of London Ben Aaronovitch 2011 British English
3582 The Sword in the Stone T. H. White 1938 British English
3582 The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson 2002 American English
3582 Bold As Love Gwyneth Jones 2001 British English
3582 Dragonquest Anne McCaffrey 1971 American English
3582 The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey 1978 American English
3836 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
3842 Copper Crown Lane Von Herzen 1986 American English
3842 The Dragon And The George Gordon R. Dickson 1976 American English
4324 Moominland Midwinter Tove Jansson 1957 Finnish Swedish
4341 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
4341 Nine Princes In Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
4373 Comet In Moominland Tove Jansson 1946 Finnish Swedish
4376 Finn Family Moomintroll Tove Jansson 1948 Finnish Swedish
4386 The Demon Mikhail Lermontov 1829 Russian Russian
4404 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
4408 The Moomins And The Great Flood Tove Jansson 1945 Finnish Swedish
4415 The Mouse And His Child Russell Hoban 1967 American English
4430 The Goblin Emperor Katherine Addison 2014 American English
4439 Forest of A Thousand Daemons Daniel O. Fagunwa 1938 Nigerian Yoruba
4439 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
4439 Out Of Space And Time Clark Ashton Smith 1942 American English
4439 The Compleat Werewolf And Other Stories Of Fantasy And Science Fiction Anthony Boucher 1969 American English
4439 Ozma Of Oz L. Frank Baum 1907 American English
4439 A Hero Born Jin Yong 1957 Chinese Chinese
4439 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish
4439 Redwall Brian Jacques 1986 British English
4439 Swordspoint Ellen Kushner 1987 American English
4439 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
4439 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
4439 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
4439 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
4439 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
4439 The Grace Of Kings Ken Liu 2015 American English
4439 Shadowshaper Daniel José Older 2015 American English
4439 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English