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
5207 Practical Magic Alice Hoffman 1995 American English
5309 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
5330 Going Postal Terry Pratchett 2004 British English
5349 Reynard the Fox Unknown 1479 Multiple Middle dutch
5404 George's Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl 1981 British English
5420 Български народни приказки Angel Karaliichev 1961 Bulgarian Bulgarian
5450 Telephone Tales Gianni Rodari 1962 Italian Italian
5492 The Claw Of The Conciliator Gene Wolfe 1981 American English
5499 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
5577 The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe 1982 American English
5596 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
5615 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
5731 Mort Terry Pratchett 1987 British English
5740 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
5802 A Wind In The Door Madeleine L'Engle 1973 American English
5840 L'enchanteur René Barjavel 1984 French French
5852 Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett 1988 British English
5859 We All Love Glenda So Much And Other Tales Julio Cortazar 1980 Argentinian Spanish
5861 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
5868 Bold As Love Gwyneth Jones 2001 British English
5870 The Citadel of the Autarch Gene Wolfe 1983 American English
5871 Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett 1989 British English
5897 A Dance With Dragons George R. R. Martin 2011 American English
5899 The House With A Clock In Its Walls John Bellairs 1973 American English
5924 The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll 1876 British English
5975 The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson 2002 American English
5993 Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin 1985 American English
6023 Reaper Man Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
6036 Witches Abroad Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
6075 The Well At The World's End William Morris 1896 British English
6153 The Indian In The Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks 1980 British English
6157 Wild Seed Octavia E. Butler 1980 American English
6160 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
6190 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
6196 Men At Arms Terry Pratchett 1993 British English
6198 River God Wilbur Smith 1993 South African English
6208 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
6232 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
6246 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
6248 Soul Music Terry Pratchett 1994 British English
6265 Gobbolino The Witch's Cat Ursula Williams 1942 British English
6349 The Snow Queen Joan D. Vinge 1980 American English
6353 Wizard And Glass Stephen King 1997 American English
6363 Moreta Anne McCaffrey 1983 American English
6368 The Scar China Miéville 2002 British English
6381 The Belgariad David Eddings 1982 American English
6384 The Ancient Future Trilogy Traci Harding 1996 Australian English
6388 Lilli The Witch Knister 1989 German German
6408 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
6410 The Chronicles Of Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
6411 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
6414 Among Others Jo Walton 2011 British English
6421 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
6426 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
6431 Conan The Barbarian Robert E. Howard 1932 American English
6436 Talking To Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1985 American English
6443 The Vampire Diaries L. J. Smith 1991 American English
6476 Many Waters Madeleine L'Engle 1986 American English
6476 Nerilka's Story Anne McCaffrey 1986 Irish English
6482 Gardens Of The Moon Steven Erikson 1999 Canadian English
6496 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin, Janet Song 2009 Chinese English
6507 Lord Brocktree Brian Jacques 2000 British English
6539 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
6563 Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey 1988 American English
6565 Anita Blake Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 American English
6568 Yvain Chrétien de Troyes 1177 French Old french
6568 Orlando Innamorato Matteo Maria Boiardo 1483 Italian Italian
6568 Complete Works Lewis Carroll 1939 British English
6568 Early Romances William Morris 1890 British English
6568 The Poems Of William Morris William Morris 1868 British English
6568 Lilith George MacDonald 1895 Scottish English
6568 At The Back Of The North Wind George MacDonald 1871 Scottish English
6568 The Ring Of The Nibelung Richard Wagner 1876 German German
6568 Poems Of Bejamin Péret Bejamin Péret 1925 French French
6568 Puck Of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1906 British English
6568 Collected Poems Walter de la Mare 1920 British English
7202 Outside Over There Maurice Sendak 1981 American English
7204 The Fifth Elephant Terry Pratchett 1999 British English
7206 Deltora Quest Series Emily Rodda 2000 Australian English
7233 Renegades Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1989 American English
7241 Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey 2001 American English
7285 The Queen Of The Damned Anne Rice 1988 American English
7290 Castle In The Air Diana Wynne Jones 1990 British English
7293 Blood Of Elves Andrzej Sapkowski 1994 Polish Polish
7316 A Stranger In Olondria Sofia Samatar 2013 American English
7336 The Darkness That Comes Before R. Scott Bakker 2003 Canadian English
7348 All The Weyrs Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1991 American English
7348 Searching For Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1991 American English
7354 The Worm Ouroboros E. R. Eddison 1922 British English
7358 In The Hand Of The Goddess Tamora Pierce 1984 American English
7365 Thief Of Time Terry Pratchett 2001 British English
7368 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
7404 City Alessandro Baricco 1999 Italian Italian
7434 The Looking Glass Wars Frank Beddor 2004 American English
7461 The Woman Who Rides Like A Man Tamora Pierce 1986 American English
7464 The Chronicles Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1993 Irish English
7464 Calling On Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1993 American English
7517 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
7609 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
7636 Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce 1988 American English
7640 Gergő és Az álomfogók Gyula Böszörményi 2007 Hungarian Hungarian
7644 Harsh Cry Of The Heron Lian Hearn 2006 Japanese English
7721 Marked (House Of Night) Unknown 2007 American English
7725 Fledgling Octavia E. Butler 2005 American English
7739 The Crystal Shard R. A. Salvatore 1988 American English
7754 Such Christine Brooke-Rose 1966 British English
7754 Monsieur, Or The Prince Of Darkness Lawrence Durrell 1974 British English
7797 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
7811 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
7818 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
7852 La Horde Du Contrevent Alain Damasio 2004 French French
7866 Arthur And The Invisibles Luc Besson 2002 French French
7876 Dragonfly In Amber Diana Gabaldon 1992 American English
7880 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
7895 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English
7916 The Golem and the Jinni Helene Wecker 2013 American English
7948 Mrs. Caliban Rachel Ingalls 1982 American English
7949 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
7958 The Book Of Three Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
7958 Two Sought Adventure Fritz Leiber 1957 American English