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
2575 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2599 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
2616 Venus in Furs Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch 1870 Austrian German
2634 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
2641 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
2645 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
2666 Alanna Tamora Pierce 1983 American English
2675 The Mouse And His Child Russell Hoban 1967 American English
2686 Yvain Chrétien de Troyes 1177 French Old french
2695 Stormbringer Michael Moorcock 1965 British English
2756 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
2775 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine 1997 American English
2820 The Blazing World Margaret Cavendish 1666 British English
2833 King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 1953 British English
2833 Nine Unlikely Tales E. Nesbit 1901 British English
2897 Coraline Neil Gaiman 2002 British English
2913 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
2938 Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 British English
2955 Mio, My Son Astrid Lindgren 1954 Swedish Swedish
3076 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
3082 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 1983 American English
3094 Moominland Midwinter Tove Jansson 1957 Finnish Swedish
3109 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
3142 Small Gods Terry Pratchett 1992 British English
3168 Comet In Moominland Tove Jansson 1946 Finnish Swedish
3171 Finn Family Moomintroll Tove Jansson 1948 Finnish Swedish
3186 The Demon Mikhail Lermontov 1829 Russian Russian
3212 The Moomins And The Great Flood Tove Jansson 1945 Finnish Swedish
3235 The Broken Earth Trilogy N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
3239 Forest of A Thousand Daemons Daniel O. Fagunwa 1938 Nigerian Yoruba
3239 Ozma Of Oz L. Frank Baum 1907 American English
3239 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish
3239 Conan The Conqueror Robert E. Howard 1935 American English
3371 The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern 2011 American English
3402 The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson 1999 British English
3411 Dune Messiah Frank Herbert 1969 American English
3469 Eragon Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
3478 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
3488 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
3500 Grendel John Gardner 1971 American English
3561 Out Of Space And Time Clark Ashton Smith 1942 American English
3574 Children Of Dune Frank Herbert 1976 American English
3585 The Well Of The Unicorn Fletcher Pratt 1948 American English
3607 The Book Of Ptath A. E. van Vogt 1943 American English
3618 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
3621 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
3637 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
3674 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman 1997 British English
3733 The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 1939 British English
3733 The Sword in the Stone T. H. White 1938 British English
3784 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
3810 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
3850 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English
3861 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
3916 Silverlock John Myers Myers 1949 American English
4060 Gardens Of The Moon Steven Erikson 1999 Canadian English
4066 The Castle Of Iron L. Sprague de Camp 1950 American English
4110 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
4141 Nine Princes In Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
4207 The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen Alan Garner 1960 British English
4224 The Iron Giant Ted Hughes 1968 British English
4234 Trilby Charles Lomon 1894 British Unknown
4249 The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
4256 The Princess And The Goblin George MacDonald 1872 British English
4266 Badjelly The Witch Spike Milligan 1973 New Zealander English
4264 The Enchanted Castle Edith Nesbit 1907 British English
4346 Three Hearts And Three Lions Poul Anderson 1953 American English
4375 A Clash Of Kings George R. R. Martin 1998 American English
4400 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
4408 Redwall Brian Jacques 1986 British English
4408 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson 1954 American English
4420 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
4422 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
4456 Dragonquest Anne McCaffrey 1971 American English
4473 Swordspoint Ellen Kushner 1987 American English
4489 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
4497 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
4499 狂风 Sima Zhongyuan 1974 Chinese Unknown
4514 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 1996 British English
4515 Legend Of The Swordsmen Of The Mountains Of Shu Huanzhulouzhu 1932 Chinese Chinese
4528 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
4557 That Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis 1945 British English
4641 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
4655 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
4701 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage 2007 British Middle english
4709 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
4716 The Fellowship Of The Ring J. R. R. Tolkien 1981 British English
4729 Reynard the Fox Unknown 1479 Multiple Middle dutch
4821 Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 1995 American English
4833 The Dreaming City Michael Moorcock 1961 British English
4840 Shadow & Claw Gene Wolfe 1994 American English
4842 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
4925 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
5047 The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey 1978 American English
5124 Out Of The Silent Planet C. S. Lewis 1938 British English
5126 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
5142 The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll 1876 British English
5169 The Bride With White Hair Liang Yusheng 1957 Chinese Chinese
5173 Practical Magic Alice Hoffman 1995 American English
5187 Perdido Street Station China Miéville 2000 British English
5265 Glory Road Robert A. Heinlein 1963 American English
5287 A Feast For Crows George R. R. Martin 2005 American English
5351 The Fallen Knight Alights Elias al-Diri Lebanese Unknown
5355 Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Edmund Dulac 1916 British English
5405 Български народни приказки Angel Karaliichev 1961 Bulgarian Bulgarian
5406 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 1982 American English
5411 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Roald Dahl 1977 British English
5418 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
5452 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
5475 Telephone Tales Gianni Rodari 1962 Italian Italian
5514 This Present Darkness Frank Peretti 1986 American English
5534 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
5546 Gobbolino The Witch's Cat Ursula Williams 1942 British English
5561 The Balcony Jean Genet 1957 French French
5573 Day Of The Minotaur Thomas Burnett Swann 1966 American English
5573 The Eyes Of The Overworld Jack Vance 1966 American English
5607 Red Moon and Black Mountain Joy Chant 1970 British English
5619 A Wind In The Door Madeleine L'Engle 1973 American English
5645 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
5734 The Well At The World's End William Morris 1896 British English