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
8200 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
8199 Duncton Wood William Horwood 1980 British English
8201 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
8203 The Tale Of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 2003 American English
8241 The Grace Of Kings Ken Liu 2015 American English
8241 Shadowshaper Daniel José Older 2015 American English
8241 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
8241 Scythe Neal Shusterman 2016 American English
8241 Tea With The Black Dragon R. A. MacAvoy 1983 American English
8306 Reaper Man Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
8321 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
8323 Witches Abroad Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
8362 Words Of Radiance Brandon Sanderson, Kate Reading, Michael Kramer 2014 American English
8372 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
8379 Anita Blake Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 American English
8419 Mrs. Caliban Rachel Ingalls 1982 American English
8451 Inkspell Cornelia Funke 2005 German German
8455 The Fiery Cross Diana Gabaldon 2001 American English
8454 The Black Company Glen Cook 1984 American English
8487 The People Of The Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1934 American English
8487 The Wizard Of The Emerald City Alexander Wolkow 1939 Russian Russian
8536 The Wall Of Storms Ken Liu 2016 American English
8625 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
8633 Blood Of Elves Andrzej Sapkowski 1994 Polish Polish
8654 The Sea Of Monsters Rick Riordan 2006 American English
8678 Men At Arms Terry Pratchett 1993 British English
8683 River God Wilbur Smith 1993 South African English
8749 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
8761 Beasts Made Of Night Tochi Onyebuchi 2017 American English
8761 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
8772 The Girl Who Drank The Moon Kelly Barnhill 2016 American English
8789 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
8827 Soul Music Terry Pratchett 1994 British English
8872 Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer 2008 American English
8895 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
8902 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
8923 The Ancient Future Trilogy Traci Harding 1996 Australian English
8942 The Crystal Shard R. A. Salvatore 1988 American English
8960 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins 2009 American English
9016 The Many Coloured Land Julian May 1981 American English
8998 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
8998 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
8998 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
8998 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
8998 The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
8998 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
9031 The Moon and the Sun Vonda N. McIntyre 1997 American English
9076 Olvidado Rey Gudú Ana María Matute 1996 Spanish Spanish
9095 City Alessandro Baricco 1999 Italian Italian
9099 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
9115 Tale Of The Troika Arkady Strugatsky 1968 Russian Russian
9132 A Bride's Story Kaoru Mori 2009 Japanese Japanese
9139 Anno Dracula Kim Newman 1992 British English
9167 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
9167 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
9167 We Hunt The Flame Hafsah Faizal 2019 American English
9166 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
9208 The First Book Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
9208 The Chronicles Of The Deryni Katherine Kurtz 1970 American English
9222 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
9285 Perelandra C. S. Lewis 1943 British English
9301 The Gods Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1913 American English
9304 The White Mountains John Christopher 1967 British English
9314 The Book Of Three Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
9314 Two Sought Adventure Fritz Leiber 1957 American English
9476 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
9495 Solo Leveling 02 Dubu, CHUGONG 2020 Korean Korean
9561 Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger 2020 American English
9561 Woven In Moonlight Isabel Ibañez 2020 American English
9578 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
9590 Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan 2008 Australian English
9591 The Shadow Year Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
9592 The Sword Of Truth Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
9618 Sunshine Robin McKinley 2003 American English
9620 Sailing To Sarantium Guy Gavriel Kay 1998 Canadian English
9634 The Golden Apple Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson 1975 American English
9647 Tokyo Ghoul Sui Ishida 2011 Japanese Japanese
9654 Deltora Quest Series Emily Rodda 2000 Australian English
9669 The Atrocity Archives Charles Stross 2004 British English
9710 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
9779 Arthur And The Invisibles Luc Besson 2002 French French
9781 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
9787 The Fifth Elephant Terry Pratchett 1999 British English
9796 Zoo City Lauren Beukes 2010 South African English
9833 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
9836 House Of Many Ways Diana Wynne Jones 2008 British English
9861 The Alien Realm Bo Yang 1996 Chinese Unknown
9888 House Of Sky And Breath Sarah J. Maas 2022 American English
9912 Alif The Unseen G. Willow Wilson 2012 American English
9943 Life, The Universe And Everything Douglas Adams 1982 British English
9963 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
9967 La Horde Du Contrevent Alain Damasio 2004 French French
9990 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
10020 The Magicians Lev Grossman 2009 American English
10044 Monstress Vol. 1 Marjorie Liu 2015 American English
10044 Alice Christina Henry 2015 American English
10044 Drum Dream Girl Margarita Engle 2015 Cuban English
10057 Thief Of Time Terry Pratchett 2001 British English
10098 The Chimes Anna Smaill 2015 New Zealand English
10134 Zoom At Sea Tim Wynne-Jones 1983 Canadian English
10146 Worm Loves Worm J.J Austrian 2016 American English
10174 The Sudden Appearance Of Hope Claire North 2016 British English
10175 Dragons Of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1984 American English
10186 The City Of Brass S. A. Chakraborty 2017 Egyptian English
10196 Some Kind Of Fairy Tale Graham Joyce 2012 British English
10220 The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie 2006 British English
10228 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
10248 Dragons Of Winter Night Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
10248 Dragons Of Spring Dawning Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
10267 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde 2001 British English
10281 Harvey Mary Chase 1944 American English
10283 Gergő és Az álomfogók Gyula Böszörményi 2007 Hungarian Hungarian
10285 Demon Slayer Koyoharu Gotouge 2016 Japanese Japanese
10314 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
10363 Vampire Academy Richelle Mead 2007 American English
10376 The Coin Light Amidst Shadows 2007 Unknown Unknown
10380 The Real Story Stephen R. Donaldson 1991 American English
10390 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
10403 The Alchemyst Michael Scott 2007 Irish English
10426 Dactyl Hill Squad Daniel José Older 2018 American English