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
2646 The Adventures Of Cipollino Gianni Rodari 1951 Italian Italian
2652 The Sword in the Stone T. H. White 1938 British English
2728 A Princess Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
2733 The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1894 British English
2735 Moominland Midwinter Tove Jansson 1957 Finnish Swedish
2758 The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson 1999 British English
2792 The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 1939 British English
2789 Ozma Of Oz L. Frank Baum 1907 American English
2789 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish
2822 The Old English Baron Clara Reeve 1777 British English
2837 Cinderella Unknown 23 Multiple French
2851 Comet In Moominland Tove Jansson 1946 Finnish Swedish
2852 Finn Family Moomintroll Tove Jansson 1948 Finnish Swedish
2854 Legend David Gemmell 1984 British English
2862 Glory Road Robert A. Heinlein 1963 American English
2892 The Moomins And The Great Flood Tove Jansson 1945 Finnish Swedish
2902 The Name Of The Wind Patrick Rothfuss 2007 American English
2922 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine 1997 American English
2931 Charles And Elegast Unknown 1250 Dutch Middle dutch
2953 Redwall Brian Jacques 1986 British English
2997 Nine Princes In Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
3073 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English
3088 The Eyes Of The Overworld Jack Vance 1966 American English
3092 Day Of The Minotaur Thomas Burnett Swann 1966 American English
3104 Legend Of The Swordsmen Of The Mountains Of Shu Huanzhulouzhu 1932 Chinese Chinese
3133 Black Easter James Blish 1968 American English
3135 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
3157 King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 1953 British English
3157 Nine Unlikely Tales E. Nesbit 1901 British English
3178 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
3187 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
3190 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 1982 American English
3235 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
3274 Red Moon and Black Mountain Joy Chant 1970 British English
3288 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
3299 The Phoenix And The Mirror Avram Davidson 1969 American English
3304 The Compleat Werewolf And Other Stories Of Fantasy And Science Fiction Anthony Boucher 1969 American English
3305 A Feast Unknown Philip José Farmer 1969 American English
3333 Hotel Transylvania Chelsa quinn yarbro 1978 American English
3350 The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton 1943 British English
3355 The Eye Of The World Robert Jordan 1990 American English
3364 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
3377 The Day After Judgement James Blish 1971 American English
3414 Alanna Tamora Pierce 1983 American English
3431 Coraline Neil Gaiman 2002 British English
3435 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
3436 The Broken Earth Trilogy N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
3444 The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
3458 Jack Of Shadows Roger Zelazny 1971 American English
3484 The Bride With White Hair Liang Yusheng 1957 Chinese Chinese
3494 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
3502 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One Rick Riordan 2005 American English
3513 Ariosto Chelsa quinn yarbro 1972 American Unknown
3541 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
3675 Magician Raymond E. Feist 1982 American English
3725 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
3728 The Summer Tree Guy Gavriel Kay 1984 Canadian English
3731 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
3741 Mistborn Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
3751 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2001 Irish English
3772 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman 1997 British English
3788 The Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan 1990 American English
3790 Grimus Salman Rushdie 1975 British English
3803 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
3812 The Dragon And The George Gordon R. Dickson 1976 American English
3828 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
3835 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
3839 Undine Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué 1811 German German
3870 The Malacia Tapestry Brian Aldiss 1976 British English
3890 Gloriana Michael Moorcock 1978 British English
3913 The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Selma Lagerlöf 1906 Swedish Swedish
3951 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
3975 The Year's Best Fantasy And Horror Ellen Datlow 1988 American English
3980 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
4000 Darkness Weaves Karl Edward Wagner 1970 American English
4001 Chu Liuxiang Gu Long 1967 Chinese Chinese
4014 The Deer And The Cauldron Jin Yong 1969 Chinese Chinese
4016 The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern 2011 American English
4047 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
4092 Slave To Sensation Nalini Singh 2006 New Zealand English
4133 Dragonquest Anne McCaffrey 1971 American English
4135 Sorcerer's Son Phyllis Eisenstein 1979 American English
4204 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
4284 Restoree Anne McCaffrey 1967 American English
4332 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
4336 A Storm Of Wings M. John Harrison 1980 British English
4369 Eric In The Land Of The Insects Godfried Bomans 1941 Dutch Dutch
4421 The War Hound And The World's Pain Michael Moorcock 1981 British English
4422 A Wind In The Door Madeleine L'Engle 1973 American English
4426 Nifft The Lean Michael Shea 1982 American English
4438 The Worm Ouroboros E. R. Eddison 1922 British English
4471 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
4473 狂风 Sima Zhongyuan 1974 Chinese Unknown
4478 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
4530 The Revolt Of The Angels Anatole France 1914 French French
4530 The Sword Of Welleran Lord Dunsany 1908 Irish English
4541 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
4580 The Unfortunate Fursey Mervyn Wall 1946 Irish English
4580 Return Of Fursey Mervyn Wall 1948 Irish English
4605 The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey 1978 American English
4612 The Travels Of Sir John Mandeville John Mandeville 1357 Unknown French
4620 Phantastes George McDonald 1858 British English
4622 The Crock Of Gold James Stephens 1912 Irish English
4623 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
4641 Lilith George MacDonald 1895 Scottish English
4657 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
4666 The Incomplete Enchanter L. Sprague de Camp 1940 American English
4666 Works Of Fancy And Imagination George MacDonald 1867 British English
4666 The White Deer James Thurber 1945 American English
4666 The Ship Of Ishtar A. Merritt 1924 American English
4719 Dwellers In The Mirage A. Merritt 1932 American English
4719 Black Magic Marjorie Bowen 1909 British English
4719 All Hallows' Eve Charles Williams 1945 British English
4719 The Water Of The Wondrous Isles William Morris 1897 British English
4719 The Silver Stallion James Branch Cabell 1926 American English
4719 The Brass Bottle F. Anstey 1900 British English
4762 The Man Who Was Born Again Paull Busson 1921 Austrian German
4762 The Secret Mountain And Other Tales Kenneth Morris 1926 British English
4762 Black God's Shadow C. L. Moore 1934 American English
4762 Figures Of Earth James Branch Cabell 1921 American English