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
2502 The Swords Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
2506 Ronia, The Robber's Daughter Astrid Lindgren 1981 Swedish Swedish
2520 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2557 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
2573 Venus in Furs Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch 1870 Austrian German
2573 King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 1953 British English
2573 Nine Unlikely Tales E. Nesbit 1901 British English
2616 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
2621 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
2624 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
2641 Alanna Tamora Pierce 1983 American English
2752 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine 1997 American English
2799 The Blazing World Margaret Cavendish 1666 British English
2852 Coraline Neil Gaiman 2002 British English
2872 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
2903 Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 British English
2920 Mio, My Son Astrid Lindgren 1954 Swedish Swedish
3038 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
3048 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 1983 American English
3058 The Broken Earth Trilogy N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
3059 Moominland Midwinter Tove Jansson 1957 Finnish Swedish
3073 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
3097 Small Gods Terry Pratchett 1992 British English
3122 Comet In Moominland Tove Jansson 1946 Finnish Swedish
3124 Finn Family Moomintroll Tove Jansson 1948 Finnish Swedish
3140 The Demon Mikhail Lermontov 1829 Russian Russian
3164 The Moomins And The Great Flood Tove Jansson 1945 Finnish Swedish
3182 The Sword in the Stone T. H. White 1938 British English
3182 Forest of A Thousand Daemons Daniel O. Fagunwa 1938 Nigerian Yoruba
3182 Ozma Of Oz L. Frank Baum 1907 American English
3182 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish
3182 Conan The Conqueror Robert E. Howard 1935 American English
3329 The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern 2011 American English
3357 The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson 1999 British English
3370 Dune Messiah Frank Herbert 1969 American English
3417 Eragon Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
3428 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
3434 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
3442 Grendel John Gardner 1971 American English
3599 Out Of Space And Time Clark Ashton Smith 1942 American English
3609 Children Of Dune Frank Herbert 1976 American English
3619 The Well Of The Unicorn Fletcher Pratt 1948 American English
3657 The Book Of Ptath A. E. van Vogt 1943 American English
3668 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
3670 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
3685 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
3725 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman 1997 British English
3781 The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 1939 British English
3847 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
3876 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
3916 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English
3926 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
3929 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
3982 Silverlock John Myers Myers 1949 American English
3988 That Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis 1945 British English
4040 The Castle Of Iron L. Sprague de Camp 1950 American English
4070 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
4099 Nine Princes In Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
4178 The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen Alan Garner 1960 British English
4188 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
4192 The Iron Giant Ted Hughes 1968 British English
4201 Trilby Charles Lomon 1894 British Unknown
4216 The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
4231 Badjelly The Witch Spike Milligan 1973 New Zealander English
4284 Three Hearts And Three Lions Poul Anderson 1953 American English
4302 A Clash Of Kings George R. R. Martin 1998 American English
4328 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
4333 Redwall Brian Jacques 1986 British English
4333 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson 1954 American English
4347 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
4350 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
4377 Dragonquest Anne McCaffrey 1971 American English
4392 Swordspoint Ellen Kushner 1987 American English
4405 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
4412 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
4426 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 1996 British English
4440 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
4459 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage 2007 British Middle english
4464 Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Edmund Dulac 1916 British English
4565 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
4633 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
4638 The Fellowship Of The Ring J. R. R. Tolkien 1981 British English
4643 Reynard the Fox Unknown 1479 Multiple Middle dutch
4724 Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 1995 American English
4733 The Dreaming City Michael Moorcock 1961 British English
4738 Shadow & Claw Gene Wolfe 1994 American English
4741 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
4816 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
4950 The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey 1978 American English
5021 Out Of The Silent Planet C. S. Lewis 1938 British English
5022 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
5037 The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll 1876 British English
5067 Practical Magic Alice Hoffman 1995 American English
5082 Perdido Street Station China Miéville 2000 British English
5131 Glory Road Robert A. Heinlein 1963 American English
5155 A Feast For Crows George R. R. Martin 2005 American English
5227 Български народни приказки Angel Karaliichev 1961 Bulgarian Bulgarian
5229 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 1982 American English
5235 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Roald Dahl 1977 British English
5241 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
5273 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
5296 Telephone Tales Gianni Rodari 1962 Italian Italian
5333 This Present Darkness Frank Peretti 1986 American English
5366 Gobbolino The Witch's Cat Ursula Williams 1942 British English
5386 The Balcony Jean Genet 1957 French French
5400 Day Of The Minotaur Thomas Burnett Swann 1966 American English
5400 The Eyes Of The Overworld Jack Vance 1966 American English
5432 Red Moon and Black Mountain Joy Chant 1970 British English
5445 A Wind In The Door Madeleine L'Engle 1973 American English
5558 The Well At The World's End William Morris 1896 British English
5565 Going Postal Terry Pratchett 2004 British English
5578 A Spell For Chameleon Piers Anthony 1977 American English
5599 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
5601 Krabat Otfried Preußler 1971 German German
5606 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
5606 Black Easter James Blish 1968 American English
5637 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl 1970 British English
5684 The Compleat Werewolf And Other Stories Of Fantasy And Science Fiction Anthony Boucher 1969 American English
5684 The Phoenix And The Mirror Avram Davidson 1969 American English
5684 A Feast Unknown Philip José Farmer 1969 American English