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
8197 The Goblin Emperor Katherine Addison 2014 American English
8244 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
8243 Duncton Wood William Horwood 1980 British English
8245 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
8247 The Tale Of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 2003 American English
8285 The Grace Of Kings Ken Liu 2015 American English
8285 Shadowshaper Daniel José Older 2015 American English
8285 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
8285 Scythe Neal Shusterman 2016 American English
8285 Tea With The Black Dragon R. A. MacAvoy 1983 American English
8350 Reaper Man Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
8365 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
8367 Witches Abroad Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
8406 Words Of Radiance Brandon Sanderson, Kate Reading, Michael Kramer 2014 American English
8416 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
8423 Anita Blake Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 American English
8462 Mrs. Caliban Rachel Ingalls 1982 American English
8494 Inkspell Cornelia Funke 2005 German German
8498 The Fiery Cross Diana Gabaldon 2001 American English
8497 The Black Company Glen Cook 1984 American English
8530 The People Of The Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1934 American English
8530 The Wizard Of The Emerald City Alexander Wolkow 1939 Russian Russian
8579 The Wall Of Storms Ken Liu 2016 American English
8668 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
8676 Blood Of Elves Andrzej Sapkowski 1994 Polish Polish
8697 The Sea Of Monsters Rick Riordan 2006 American English
8721 Men At Arms Terry Pratchett 1993 British English
8726 River God Wilbur Smith 1993 South African English
8792 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
8804 Beasts Made Of Night Tochi Onyebuchi 2017 American English
8804 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
8815 The Girl Who Drank The Moon Kelly Barnhill 2016 American English
8832 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
8870 Soul Music Terry Pratchett 1994 British English
8915 Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer 2008 American English
8938 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
8945 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
8966 The Ancient Future Trilogy Traci Harding 1996 Australian English
8986 The Crystal Shard R. A. Salvatore 1988 American English
9004 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins 2009 American English
9060 The Many Coloured Land Julian May 1981 American English
9042 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
9042 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
9042 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
9042 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
9042 The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
9042 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
9075 The Moon and the Sun Vonda N. McIntyre 1997 American English
9139 City Alessandro Baricco 1999 Italian Italian
9143 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
9159 Tale Of The Troika Arkady Strugatsky 1968 Russian Russian
9176 A Bride's Story Kaoru Mori 2009 Japanese Japanese
9183 Anno Dracula Kim Newman 1992 British English
9211 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
9211 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
9211 We Hunt The Flame Hafsah Faizal 2019 American English
9210 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
9252 The First Book Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
9252 The Chronicles Of The Deryni Katherine Kurtz 1970 American English
9266 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
9329 Perelandra C. S. Lewis 1943 British English
9345 The Gods Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1913 American English
9348 The White Mountains John Christopher 1967 British English
9358 The Book Of Three Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
9358 Two Sought Adventure Fritz Leiber 1957 American English
9519 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
9538 Solo Leveling 02 Dubu, CHUGONG 2020 Korean Korean
9604 Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger 2020 American English
9604 Woven In Moonlight Isabel Ibañez 2020 American English
9621 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
9633 Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan 2008 Australian English
9634 The Shadow Year Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
9635 The Sword Of Truth Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
9660 Sunshine Robin McKinley 2003 American English
9662 Sailing To Sarantium Guy Gavriel Kay 1998 Canadian English
9676 The Golden Apple Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson 1975 American English
9689 Tokyo Ghoul Sui Ishida 2011 Japanese Japanese
9696 Deltora Quest Series Emily Rodda 2000 Australian English
9711 The Atrocity Archives Charles Stross 2004 British English
9752 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
9821 Arthur And The Invisibles Luc Besson 2002 French French
9823 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
9829 The Fifth Elephant Terry Pratchett 1999 British English
9838 Zoo City Lauren Beukes 2010 South African English
9875 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
9878 House Of Many Ways Diana Wynne Jones 2008 British English
9903 The Alien Realm Bo Yang 1996 Chinese Unknown
9931 House Of Sky And Breath Sarah J. Maas 2022 American English
9954 Alif The Unseen G. Willow Wilson 2012 American English
9985 Life, The Universe And Everything Douglas Adams 1982 British English
10005 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
10009 La Horde Du Contrevent Alain Damasio 2004 French French
10032 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
10062 The Magicians Lev Grossman 2009 American English
10086 Monstress Vol. 1 Marjorie Liu 2015 American English
10086 Alice Christina Henry 2015 American English
10086 Drum Dream Girl Margarita Engle 2015 Cuban English
10099 Thief Of Time Terry Pratchett 2001 British English
10140 The Chimes Anna Smaill 2015 New Zealand English
10176 Zoom At Sea Tim Wynne-Jones 1983 Canadian English
10188 Worm Loves Worm J.J Austrian 2016 American English
10216 The Sudden Appearance Of Hope Claire North 2016 British English
10217 Dragons Of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1984 American English
10228 The City Of Brass S. A. Chakraborty 2017 Egyptian English
10238 Some Kind Of Fairy Tale Graham Joyce 2012 British English
10262 The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie 2006 British English
10270 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
10290 Dragons Of Winter Night Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
10290 Dragons Of Spring Dawning Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
10309 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde 2001 British English
10323 Harvey Mary Chase 1944 American English
10325 Gergő és Az álomfogók Gyula Böszörményi 2007 Hungarian Hungarian
10327 Demon Slayer Koyoharu Gotouge 2016 Japanese Japanese
10356 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
10405 Vampire Academy Richelle Mead 2007 American English
10418 The Coin Light Amidst Shadows 2007 Unknown Unknown
10422 The Real Story Stephen R. Donaldson 1991 American English
10432 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
10445 The Alchemyst Michael Scott 2007 Irish English
10468 Dactyl Hill Squad Daniel José Older 2018 American English