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
17 The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1959 English English
21 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865 British English
68 One Thousand and One Nights Unknown 800 Multiple Arabic
135 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
177 Watership Down Richard Adams 1972 British English
184 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
201 A Wrinkle In Time Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
206 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
212 A Wizard Of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 American English
215 Fairy Tales and Stories Hans Christian Andersen 1835 Danish Danish
230 The Once and Future King T. H. White 1958 British English
267 The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
293 The Tempest William Shakespeare 1623 British English
326 Household Tales Brothers Grimm 1812 German German
339 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 1900 American English
344 His Dark Materials Philip Pullman 1995 British English
373 Le Morte d'Arthur Thomas Malory 1485 British Middle english
392 Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll 1871 British English
407 The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster 1961 American English
412 Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak 1963 American English
442 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban J. K. Rowling 1999 British English
484 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
490 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl 1964 British English
509 Journey to the West Wu Cheng'en 1592 Chinese Chinese
530 Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
553 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 1983 British English
556 A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin 1996 American English
570 Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne 1864 French French
579 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets J. K. Rowling 1998 British English
595 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare 1595 British English
598 The BFG Roald Dahl 1982 British English
631 The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley 1983 American English
684 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling 2003 British English
703 The Princess Bride William Goldman 1973 American English
711 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling 2005 British English
746 The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1894 British English
840 James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl 1961 British English
854 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
861 King Solomon's Mines H. Rider Haggard 1885 British English
865 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
877 Outlander Diana Gabaldon 1991 American English
889 The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
893 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 1995 British English
895 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
919 The House at Pooh Corner A. A. Milne 1928 British English
928 Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt 1975 American English
933 Peter And Wendy J. M. Barrie 1911 Scottish English
952 The Witches Roald Dahl 1983 British English
954 The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle 1968 American English
1040 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2001 British English
1062 The Last Battle C. S. Lewis 1956 British English
1070 The Neverending Story Michael Ende 1979 German German
1075 Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones 1986 British English
1078 Mary Poppins P. L. Travers 1934 British English
1080 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1889 American English
1085 The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Charles Perrault 1697 French French
1086 Sandman Neil Gaiman 1989 British English
1094 Lud-in-the-Mist Hope Mirrlees 1926 British English
1141 Vathek William Beckford 1786 British French
1184 Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey 1968 American English
1203 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
1225 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
1236 The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
1283 Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 British English
1321 Magician Raymond E. Feist 1982 American English
1357 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 1983 American English
1372 Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie 1990 British English
1415 Winter's Tale Mark Helprin 1983 American English
1432 She H. Rider Haggard 1887 British English
1467 A Swiftly Tilting Planet Madeleine L'Engle 1978 American English
1474 Jurgen James Branch Cabell 1919 American English
1483 Tom's Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce 1958 British English
1492 A Voyage To Arcturus David Lindsay 1920 Scottish English
1581 Swan Song Robert R. McCammon 1987 American English
1583 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2001 Irish English
1591 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis 1952 British English
1599 The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Unknown 900 Japanese Japanese
1624 The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
1637 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
1639 Parzival Wolfram Eschenbach 1200 German Middle high german
1651 The Gunslinger Stephen King 1982 American English
1676 The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis 1955 British English
1688 The Swords Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
1730 The Dying Earth Jack Vance 1950 American English
1750 Legend David Gemmell 1984 British English
1756 The Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan 1990 American English
1794 The Eye Of The World Robert Jordan 1990 American English
1812 The Owl Service Alan Garner 1967 British English
1831 Grendel John Gardner 1971 American English
1843 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
1850 The Name Of The Wind Patrick Rothfuss 2007 American English
1884 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One Rick Riordan 2005 American English
1923 The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams 1922 British English
1926 Five Children And It Edith Nesbit 1902 British English
1944 Momo Michael Ende 1973 German German
1946 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
2046 The Brothers Lionheart Astrid Lindgren 1973 Swedish Swedish
2056 The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Selma Lagerlöf 1906 Swedish Swedish
2060 The Adventures Of Cipollino Gianni Rodari 1951 Italian Italian
2082 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
2084 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
2087 The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
2120 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 2000 British English
2127 The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton 1943 British English
2141 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
2157 Mistborn Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
2183 Small Gods Terry Pratchett 1992 British English
2218 Eragon Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
2249 Ronia, The Robber's Daughter Astrid Lindgren 1981 Swedish Swedish
2262 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
2279 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
2289 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
2308 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
2323 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
2329 A Princess Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
2358 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2398 Coraline Neil Gaiman 2002 British English
2401 Tirant Lo Blanc Joanot Martorell 1490 Spanish Catalan
2401 Amadis of Gaul Garci R. de Montalvo 1508 Spanish Spanish
2401 Heinrich of Ofterdingen Novalis 1802 German German