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
18 The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1959 English English
22 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865 British English
66 One Thousand and One Nights Unknown 800 Multiple Arabic
178 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
184 A Wrinkle In Time Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
186 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
193 Fairy Tales and Stories Hans Christian Andersen 1835 Danish Danish
203 A Wizard Of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 American English
205 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
219 The Once and Future King T. H. White 1958 British English
236 Watership Down Richard Adams 1972 British English
262 The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
293 The Tempest William Shakespeare 1623 British English
301 Household Tales Brothers Grimm 1812 German German
332 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 1900 American English
341 Le Morte d'Arthur Thomas Malory 1485 British Middle english
383 Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll 1871 British English
399 The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster 1961 American English
414 Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak 1963 American English
416 Journey to the West Wu Cheng'en 1592 Chinese Chinese
422 His Dark Materials Philip Pullman 1995 British English
497 Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
546 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl 1964 British English
623 Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne 1864 French French
624 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban J. K. Rowling 1999 British English
633 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare 1595 British English
662 A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin 1996 American English
663 The Princess Bride William Goldman 1973 American English
673 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 1983 British English
678 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
739 James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl 1961 British English
766 The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
772 The BFG Roald Dahl 1982 British English
816 The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1894 British English
828 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets J. K. Rowling 1998 British English
845 The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley 1983 American English
853 King Solomon's Mines H. Rider Haggard 1885 British English
871 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling 2005 British English
884 The House at Pooh Corner A. A. Milne 1928 British English
909 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
929 Peter And Wendy J. M. Barrie 1911 Scottish English
949 Lud-in-the-Mist Hope Mirrlees 1926 British English
972 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1889 American English
987 Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt 1975 American English
1005 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 1995 British English
1024 The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
1025 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling 2003 British English
1052 Mary Poppins P. L. Travers 1934 British English
1063 The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Charles Perrault 1697 French French
1066 Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey 1968 American English
1092 The Last Battle C. S. Lewis 1956 British English
1100 Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones 1986 British English
1101 The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle 1968 American English
1110 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
1111 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
1116 Vathek William Beckford 1786 British French
1136 Sandman Neil Gaiman 1989 British English
1149 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
1159 The Witches Roald Dahl 1983 British English
1167 Outlander Diana Gabaldon 1991 American English
1263 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
1289 The Neverending Story Michael Ende 1979 German German
1292 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2001 British English
1316 The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
1347 She H. Rider Haggard 1887 British English
1390 Tom's Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce 1958 British English
1431 A Voyage To Arcturus David Lindsay 1920 Scottish English
1437 A Swiftly Tilting Planet Madeleine L'Engle 1978 American English
1497 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis 1952 British English
1508 The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Unknown 900 Japanese Japanese
1535 Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie 1990 British English
1557 Parzival Wolfram Eschenbach 1200 German Middle high german
1609 Jurgen James Branch Cabell 1919 American English
1611 Ronia, The Robber's Daughter Astrid Lindgren 1981 Swedish Swedish
1674 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
1686 Winter's Tale Mark Helprin 1983 American English
1692 The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis 1955 British English
1696 The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis 1954 British English
1697 Prince Caspian C. S. Lewis 1951 British English
1698 The Silver Chair C. S. Lewis 1953 British English
1715 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
1776 Magician Raymond E. Feist 1982 American English
1802 A Hero Born Jin Yong 1957 Chinese Chinese
1825 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One Rick Riordan 2005 American English
1866 The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams 1922 British English
1870 Five Children And It Edith Nesbit 1902 British English
1895 The Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan 1990 American English
1911 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
1917 The Name Of The Wind Patrick Rothfuss 2007 American English
1936 The Dying Earth Jack Vance 1950 American English
1960 The Eye Of The World Robert Jordan 1990 American English
2010 The Adventures Of Cipollino Gianni Rodari 1951 Italian Italian
2012 The Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1516 Italian Italian
2033 The Gunslinger Stephen King 1982 American English
2077 The Owl Service Alan Garner 1967 British English
2106 Momo Michael Ende 1973 German German
2116 The Brothers Lionheart Astrid Lindgren 1973 Swedish Swedish
2154 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
2190 The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Selma Lagerlöf 1906 Swedish Swedish
2213 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2001 Irish English
2222 The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton 1943 British English
2223 Legend David Gemmell 1984 British English
2233 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
2238 Tirant Lo Blanc Joanot Martorell 1490 Spanish Catalan
2238 Amadis of Gaul Garci R. de Montalvo 1508 Spanish Spanish
2238 Heinrich of Ofterdingen Novalis 1802 German German
2238 The Lion of Flanders Hendrik Conscience 1838 Belgian Dutch
2238 The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby Charles Kingsley 1863 British English
2238 The 13 Clocks James Thurber 1950 American English
2433 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 2000 British English
2437 Green Mansions W. H. Hudson 1904 British English
2440 The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
2472 Swan Song Robert R. McCammon 1987 American English
2480 Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson 1955 American English
2495 The Tombs Of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin 1971 American English
2514 Mistborn Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
2535 A Princess Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
2548 The Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater 1944 British English
2553 The Swords Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
2570 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English