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
7382 Anita Blake Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 American English
7384 Lilli The Witch Knister 1989 German German
7397 The Alchemyst Michael Scott 2007 Irish English
7428 Blood Of Elves Andrzej Sapkowski 1994 Polish Polish
7432 Sunshine Robin McKinley 2003 American English
7440 We All Love Glenda So Much And Other Tales Julio Cortazar 1980 Argentinian Spanish
7556 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
7558 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
7558 Demon Slayer Koyoharu Gotouge 2016 Japanese Japanese
7558 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 1997 Japanese Japanese
7558 Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto 2018 Japanese Japanese
7558 Tokyo Ghoul Sui Ishida 2011 Japanese Japanese
7558 Gobbolino The Witch's Cat Ursula Williams 1942 British English
7558 Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James 2022 Jamaican English
7737 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
7739 The Magicians Lev Grossman 2009 American English
7751 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins 2009 American English
7768 Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer 2008 American English
7786 The Tale Of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 2003 American English
7809 The Indian In The Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks 1980 British English
7835 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 American English
7836 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
7846 Inkspell Cornelia Funke 2005 German German
7849 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
7869 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
7869 A Wind In The Door Madeleine L'Engle 1973 American English
7869 Many Waters Madeleine L'Engle 1986 American English
7869 Moreta Anne McCaffrey 1983 American English
7869 Nerilka's Story Anne McCaffrey 1986 Irish English
7869 Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey 1988 American English
7869 Renegades Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1989 American English
7869 All The Weyrs Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1991 American English
7869 The Chronicles Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1993 Irish English
7869 Searching For Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1991 American English
7869 Calling On Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1993 American English
7869 Talking To Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1985 American English
7869 Castle In The Air Diana Wynne Jones 1990 British English
7869 House Of Many Ways Diana Wynne Jones 2008 British English
7865 The Sea Of Monsters Rick Riordan 2006 American English
8064 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
8065 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
8072 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
8073 The Atrocity Archives Charles Stross 2004 British English
8074 The Ballad Of Black Tom Victor LaValle 2016 American English
8078 The Devil In America Kai Ashante Wilson 2014 American English
8085 The House With A Clock In Its Walls John Bellairs 1973 American English
8090 The Queen Of The Damned Anne Rice 1988 American English
8096 Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan 2008 Australian English
8098 The Shadow Year Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
8104 Alif The Unseen G. Willow Wilson 2012 American English
8106 Zoo City Lauren Beukes 2010 South African English
8109 The Sudden Appearance Of Hope Claire North 2016 British English
8111 The Chimes Anna Smaill 2015 New Zealand English
8114 Wylding Hall Elizabeth Hand 2015 American English
8116 Mrs. Caliban Rachel Ingalls 1982 American English
8205 When Dreams Travel Githa Hariharan 1999 Indian English
8210 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
8217 The City Of Brass S. A. Chakraborty 2017 Egyptian English
8217 Dragonfly In Amber Diana Gabaldon 1992 American English
8217 In The Hand Of The Goddess Tamora Pierce 1984 American English
8217 The Woman Who Rides Like A Man Tamora Pierce 1986 American English
8217 Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce 1988 American English
8217 The Fiery Cross Diana Gabaldon 2001 American English
8260 The Wise Man's Fear Patrick Rothfuss 2011 American English
8272 The Chronicles Of Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
8278 The Sword Of Truth Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
8280 Conan The Barbarian Robert E. Howard 1932 American English
8281 The Crystal Shard R. A. Salvatore 1988 American English
8283 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
8284 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde 2001 British English
8285 Furies Of Calderon Jim Butcher 2004 American English
8291 The Vintner's Luck Elizabeth Knox 1998 New Zealand English
8291 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
8291 Monstress Vol. 1 Marjorie Liu 2015 American English
8291 A Bride's Story Kaoru Mori 2009 Japanese Japanese
8291 Alice Christina Henry 2015 American English
8291 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
8291 Dactyl Hill Squad Daniel José Older 2018 American English
8291 Worm Loves Worm J.J Austrian 2016 American English
8291 The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson 2018 American English
8291 Drum Dream Girl Margarita Engle 2015 Cuban English
8291 The Cruel Prince Holly Black 2018 American English
8291 Sabriel Garth Nix 1995 Australian English
8291 House Of X Powers Of X Jonathan Hickman 2019 American English
8291 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 Canadian English
8434 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
8436 The Ninth Rain Jen Williams 2017 British English
8437 Some Kind Of Fairy Tale Graham Joyce 2012 British English
8440 The Moon and the Sun Vonda N. McIntyre 1997 American English
8507 Jade War Fonda Lee 2019 Canadian English
8508 City Of Stairs Robert Jackson Bennett 2014 American English
8512 A Darker Shade Of Magic V. E. Schwab 2015 American English
8529 The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin 1972 American English
8534 The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie 2006 British English
8538 Under Heaven Guy Gavriel Kay 2010 Canadian English
8539 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
8553 Sailing To Sarantium Guy Gavriel Kay 1998 Canadian English
8559 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
8562 The Black Company Glen Cook 1984 American English
8564 Life, The Universe And Everything Douglas Adams 1982 British English
8569 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
8572 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
8575 Prince Of Thorns Mark Lawrence 2011 British English
8588 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay 2019 Canadian English
8594 The Raven Tower Ann Leckie 2019 American English
8596 The 10,000 Doors Of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 American English
8598 Perelandra C. S. Lewis 1943 British English
8608 Duncton Wood William Horwood 1980 British English
8621 Palimpsest Catherynne M. Valente 2009 American English
8631 Anno Dracula Kim Newman 1992 British English
8640 The Gods Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1913 American English
8643 The Killing Moon N. K. Jemisin 2012 American English
8655 The White Mountains John Christopher 1967 British English
8667 The Many Coloured Land Julian May 1981 American English
8669 Blackwing Ed McDonald 2017 British English
8671 Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 American English
8672 The Real Story Stephen R. Donaldson 1991 American English
8678 Middlegame Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
8685 A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark 2021 American English
8685 Hothouse Brian Aldiss 1962 British English