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
2610 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2634 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
2651 Venus in Furs Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch 1870 Austrian German
2668 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
2675 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
2678 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
2698 Alanna Tamora Pierce 1983 American English
2707 The Mouse And His Child Russell Hoban 1967 American English
2717 Yvain Chrétien de Troyes 1177 French Old french
2727 Stormbringer Michael Moorcock 1965 British English
2800 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
2819 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine 1997 American English
2867 The Blazing World Margaret Cavendish 1666 British English
2880 King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 1953 British English
2880 Nine Unlikely Tales E. Nesbit 1901 British English
2942 Coraline Neil Gaiman 2002 British English
2959 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
2985 Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 British English
3002 Mio, My Son Astrid Lindgren 1954 Swedish Swedish
3124 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
3130 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 1983 American English
3143 Moominland Midwinter Tove Jansson 1957 Finnish Swedish
3158 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
3181 Olvidado Rey Gudú Ana María Matute 1996 Spanish Spanish
3192 Small Gods Terry Pratchett 1992 British English
3218 Comet In Moominland Tove Jansson 1946 Finnish Swedish
3221 Finn Family Moomintroll Tove Jansson 1948 Finnish Swedish
3236 The Demon Mikhail Lermontov 1829 Russian Russian
3262 The Moomins And The Great Flood Tove Jansson 1945 Finnish Swedish
3285 The Broken Earth Trilogy N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
3289 Forest of A Thousand Daemons Daniel O. Fagunwa 1938 Nigerian Yoruba
3289 Ozma Of Oz L. Frank Baum 1907 American English
3289 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish
3289 Conan The Conqueror Robert E. Howard 1935 American English
3420 The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern 2011 American English
3451 The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson 1999 British English
3460 Dune Messiah Frank Herbert 1969 American English
3518 Eragon Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
3527 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
3538 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
3550 Grendel John Gardner 1971 American English
3609 Out Of Space And Time Clark Ashton Smith 1942 American English
3622 Children Of Dune Frank Herbert 1976 American English
3633 The Well Of The Unicorn Fletcher Pratt 1948 American English
3655 The Book Of Ptath A. E. van Vogt 1943 American English
3666 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
3669 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
3685 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
3722 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman 1997 British English
3781 The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 1939 British English
3781 The Sword in the Stone T. H. White 1938 British English
3833 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
3859 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
3900 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English
3911 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
3967 Silverlock John Myers Myers 1949 American English
4111 Gardens Of The Moon Steven Erikson 1999 Canadian English
4117 The Castle Of Iron L. Sprague de Camp 1950 American English
4161 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
4193 Nine Princes In Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
4258 The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen Alan Garner 1960 British English
4275 The Iron Giant Ted Hughes 1968 British English
4285 Trilby Charles Lomon 1894 British Unknown
4301 The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
4307 The Princess And The Goblin George MacDonald 1872 British English
4320 Badjelly The Witch Spike Milligan 1973 New Zealander English
4313 The Enchanted Castle Edith Nesbit 1907 British English
4398 Three Hearts And Three Lions Poul Anderson 1953 American English
4427 A Clash Of Kings George R. R. Martin 1998 American English
4452 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
4460 Redwall Brian Jacques 1986 British English
4460 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson 1954 American English
4472 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
4474 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
4508 Dragonquest Anne McCaffrey 1971 American English
4525 Swordspoint Ellen Kushner 1987 American English
4542 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
4550 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
4552 狂风 Sima Zhongyuan 1974 Chinese Unknown
4567 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 1996 British English
4568 Legend Of The Swordsmen Of The Mountains Of Shu Huanzhulouzhu 1932 Chinese Chinese
4581 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
4610 That Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis 1945 British English
4695 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
4709 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
4743 The Lies Of Locke Lamora Scott Lynch 2006 American English
4755 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage 2007 British Middle english
4763 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
4770 The Fellowship Of The Ring J. R. R. Tolkien 1981 British English
4782 Reynard the Fox Unknown 1479 Multiple Middle dutch
4874 Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 1995 American English
4886 The Dreaming City Michael Moorcock 1961 British English
4893 Shadow & Claw Gene Wolfe 1994 American English
4895 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
4978 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
5097 The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey 1978 American English
5174 Out Of The Silent Planet C. S. Lewis 1938 British English
5176 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
5192 The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll 1876 British English
5218 The Bride With White Hair Liang Yusheng 1957 Chinese Chinese
5222 Practical Magic Alice Hoffman 1995 American English
5236 Perdido Street Station China Miéville 2000 British English
5314 Glory Road Robert A. Heinlein 1963 American English
5336 A Feast For Crows George R. R. Martin 2005 American English
5400 The Fallen Knight Alights Elias al-Diri Lebanese Unknown
5404 Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Edmund Dulac 1916 British English
5453 Български народни приказки Angel Karaliichev 1961 Bulgarian Bulgarian
5454 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 1982 American English
5459 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Roald Dahl 1977 British English
5466 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
5501 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
5524 Telephone Tales Gianni Rodari 1962 Italian Italian
5563 This Present Darkness Frank Peretti 1986 American English
5583 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
5595 Gobbolino The Witch's Cat Ursula Williams 1942 British English
5610 The Balcony Jean Genet 1957 French French
5622 Day Of The Minotaur Thomas Burnett Swann 1966 American English
5622 The Eyes Of The Overworld Jack Vance 1966 American English
5656 Red Moon and Black Mountain Joy Chant 1970 British English
5668 A Wind In The Door Madeleine L'Engle 1973 American English