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
19 The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1959 English English
21 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865 British English
62 One Thousand and One Nights Unknown 800 Multiple Arabic
175 Fairy Tales and Stories Hans Christian Andersen 1835 Danish Danish
182 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
187 A Wrinkle In Time Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
190 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
206 A Wizard Of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 American English
209 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
226 The Once and Future King T. H. White 1958 British English
245 Watership Down Richard Adams 1972 British English
269 The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
301 The Tempest William Shakespeare 1623 British English
309 Household Tales Brothers Grimm 1812 German German
343 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 1900 American English
353 Le Morte d'Arthur Thomas Malory 1485 British Middle english
390 Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll 1871 British English
404 The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster 1961 American English
419 Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak 1963 American English
421 Journey to the West Wu Cheng'en 1592 Chinese Chinese
428 His Dark Materials Philip Pullman 1995 British English
505 Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
561 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl 1964 British English
634 Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne 1864 French French
635 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban J. K. Rowling 1999 British English
642 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare 1595 British English
672 A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin 1996 American English
673 The Princess Bride William Goldman 1973 American English
682 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 1983 British English
687 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
754 James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl 1961 British English
781 The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
787 The BFG Roald Dahl 1982 British English
833 The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1894 British English
847 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets J. K. Rowling 1998 British English
866 The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley 1983 American English
874 King Solomon's Mines H. Rider Haggard 1885 British English
893 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling 2005 British English
905 The House at Pooh Corner A. A. Milne 1928 British English
930 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
949 Peter And Wendy J. M. Barrie 1911 Scottish English
970 Lud-in-the-Mist Hope Mirrlees 1926 British English
995 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1889 American English
1009 Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt 1975 American English
1026 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 1995 British English
1047 The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
1048 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling 2003 British English
1073 Mary Poppins P. L. Travers 1934 British English
1085 The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Charles Perrault 1697 French French
1089 Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey 1968 American English
1114 The Last Battle C. S. Lewis 1956 British English
1122 Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones 1986 British English
1123 The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle 1968 American English
1132 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
1133 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
1138 Vathek William Beckford 1786 British French
1159 Sandman Neil Gaiman 1989 British English
1172 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
1182 The Witches Roald Dahl 1983 British English
1189 Outlander Diana Gabaldon 1991 American English
1291 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
1320 The Neverending Story Michael Ende 1979 German German
1323 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2001 British English
1345 The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
1375 She H. Rider Haggard 1887 British English
1419 Tom's Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce 1958 British English
1462 A Voyage To Arcturus David Lindsay 1920 Scottish English
1468 A Swiftly Tilting Planet Madeleine L'Engle 1978 American English
1527 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis 1952 British English
1539 The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Unknown 900 Japanese Japanese
1568 Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie 1990 British English
1592 Parzival Wolfram Eschenbach 1200 German Middle high german
1642 Jurgen James Branch Cabell 1919 American English
1644 Ronia, The Robber's Daughter Astrid Lindgren 1981 Swedish Swedish
1706 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
1717 Winter's Tale Mark Helprin 1983 American English
1723 The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis 1955 British English
1726 The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis 1954 British English
1727 Prince Caspian C. S. Lewis 1951 British English
1728 The Silver Chair C. S. Lewis 1953 British English
1745 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
1806 Magician Raymond E. Feist 1982 American English
1832 A Hero Born Jin Yong 1957 Chinese Chinese
1854 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One Rick Riordan 2005 American English
1896 The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams 1922 British English
1900 Five Children And It Edith Nesbit 1902 British English
1925 The Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan 1990 American English
1941 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
1947 The Name Of The Wind Patrick Rothfuss 2007 American English
1966 The Dying Earth Jack Vance 1950 American English
1991 The Eye Of The World Robert Jordan 1990 American English
2041 The Adventures Of Cipollino Gianni Rodari 1951 Italian Italian
2043 The Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1516 Italian Italian
2062 The Gunslinger Stephen King 1982 American English
2107 The Owl Service Alan Garner 1967 British English
2135 Momo Michael Ende 1973 German German
2145 The Brothers Lionheart Astrid Lindgren 1973 Swedish Swedish
2181 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
2215 The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Selma Lagerlöf 1906 Swedish Swedish
2238 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2001 Irish English
2247 The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton 1943 British English
2248 Legend David Gemmell 1984 British English
2258 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
2263 Tirant Lo Blanc Joanot Martorell 1490 Spanish Catalan
2263 Amadis of Gaul Garci R. de Montalvo 1508 Spanish Spanish
2263 Heinrich of Ofterdingen Novalis 1802 German German
2263 The Lion of Flanders Hendrik Conscience 1838 Belgian Dutch
2263 The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby Charles Kingsley 1863 British English
2263 The 13 Clocks James Thurber 1950 American English
2469 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 2000 British English
2473 Green Mansions W. H. Hudson 1904 British English
2476 The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
2508 Swan Song Robert R. McCammon 1987 American English
2515 Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson 1955 American English
2530 The Tombs Of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin 1971 American English
2550 Mistborn Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
2570 A Princess Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
2583 The Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater 1944 British English
2588 The Swords Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
2605 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English