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
4762 The High Place James Branch Cabell 1923 American English
4762 The Little White Horse Elizabeth Goudge 1946 British English
4762 The Centaur Algernon Blackwood 1911 British English
4762 These Mortals Margaret Irwin 1925 British English
4784 Tea With The Black Dragon R. A. MacAvoy 1983 American English
4894 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
4903 The Wolf Leader Alexandre Dumas 1857 French French
4903 Typewriter In The Sky & Fear L. Ron Hubbard 1940 American English
4903 The Face In The Abyss A. Merritt 1931 American English
4903 The Girl And The Faun Eden Phillpotts 1917 British English
4903 Pan And The Twins Eden Phillpotts 1906 British English
4903 The Invincible Adam George Vierick, Paul Eldridge 1932 American English
4903 The Lord Of The Dark Red Star Eugene Lee-Hamilton 1903 British English
4903 Lieut. Gullivar Jones Edwin Lester Arnold 1905 British English
4903 The Charwoman's Shadow Lord Dunsany 1926 British English
4978 Jirel of Joiry C. L. Moore 1934 American English
4978 The King Of Elfland's Daughter Lord Dunsany 1924 British English
4980 Northwest Smith C. L. Moore 1933 American English
4980 Mistress Masham's Repose T. H. White 1946 British English
4984 The Land Of Unreason L. Sprague de Camp 1942 American English
4984 Slaves Of Sleep L. Ron Hubbard 1939 American English
4984 Adept's Gambit Fritz Leiber 1947 American English
4984 Humour And Fantasy F. Anstey 1931 British Unknown
4984 War In Heaven Charles Williams 1930 British English
5005 Mistress Of Mistresses E. R. Eddison 1935 British English
5005 Gods, Men And Ghosts Lord Dunsany 1912 British English
5005 Witch Wood John Buchan 1927 British English
5005 Phantasmion Sara Coleridge 1837 British English
5005 The Valley Of The Flame Henry Kuttner 1946 American English
5005 The Dark World Henry Kuttner 1946 American English
5005 A Fish Dinner In Memison E. R. Eddison 1941 British English
5071 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
5082 The Blue Star Fletcher Pratt 1952 American English
5083 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
5091 Shadow & Claw Gene Wolfe 1994 American English
5102 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
5151 Selected Poems Of Clark Ashton Smith Clark Ashton Smith 1971 American English
5190 Two Sought Adventure Fritz Leiber 1957 American English
5192 The Tritonian Ring L. Sprague de Camp 1953 American English
5203 Moreta Anne McCaffrey 1983 American English
5207 The Eyes Of The Dragon Stephen King 1987 American English
5251 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5272 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
5281 The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
5290 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
5304 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
5323 Talking To Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1985 American English
5331 The Golden Stranger Henry Treece 1956 British English
5384 The Stress of Her Regard Tim Powers 1989 American English
5389 Many Waters Madeleine L'Engle 1986 American English
5389 Nerilka's Story Anne McCaffrey 1986 Irish English
5426 That Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis 1945 British English
5461 The Mezentian Gate E. R. Eddison 1958 British English
5491 The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
5511 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin, Janet Song 2009 Chinese English
5577 Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey 1988 American English
5598 Tree And Leaf J. R. R. Tolkien 1964 British English
5599 Over Sea, Under Stone Susan Cooper 1965 British English
5600 A Clash Of Kings George R. R. Martin 1998 American English
5642 The Book Of Three Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
5643 Renegades Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1989 American English
5646 The Serpent Jane Gaskell 1963 British English
5646 The Stealer Of Souls Michael Moorcock 1963 British English
5655 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
5703 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
5704 Castle In The Air Diana Wynne Jones 1990 British English
5735 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
5734 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
5743 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
5768 The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander 1965 American English
5768 The Maker Of Universes Philip José Farmer 1965 American English
5783 A Stranger In Olondria Sofia Samatar 2013 American English
5784 Earthfasts William Mayne 1966 British English
5787 Rats And Gargoyles Mary Gentle 1990 British English
5797 Sabriel Garth Nix 1995 Australian English
5799 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
5800 Atlan Jane Gaskell 1965 British English
5800 Peregrine Avram Davidson 1965 American English
5802 All The Weyrs Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1991 American English
5802 Searching For Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1991 American English
5826 Swords In The Mist Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
5826 Swords Against Wizardry Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
5860 The City Jane Gaskell 1967 British English
5873 Swords And Deviltry Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
5876 The High King Lloyd Alexander 1968 American English
5876 The Moon In The Cloud Rosemary Harris 1968 British English
5883 Small Gods Terry Pratchett 1992 British English
5884 New Worlds Of Fantasy Terry Carr 1967 American English
5902 The Claw Of The Conciliator Gene Wolfe 1981 American English
5919 Dark Prince Christine Feehan 1999 American English
5928 Swords Against Death Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
5930 The Chronicles Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1993 Irish English
5930 Calling On Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1993 American English
5939 The Hollow Hills Mary Stewart 1973 British English
5947 The Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1516 Italian Italian
5952 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
5957 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
5978 The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe 1982 American English
6000 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
6046 The Abbot Of Montserrat William Child Green 1826 Unknown Unknown
6046 Saint Margaret's Cave Elizabeth Helme 1801 British English
6046 The Albigenses Charles Robert Maturin 1824 Irish English
6046 Clermont Regina Maria Roche 1798 Irish English
6046 The Werewolf Of Ponkert H. Warner Munn 1925 American English
6046 You'll Need A Light Christine Campbell Thompson 1927 British Unknown
6195 Lancelot Of Denmark Unknown 1350 Dutch Unknown
6224 The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin 1972 American English
6227 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
6250 A Midsummer Tempest Poul Anderson 1974 American English
6255 The House With A Clock In Its Walls John Bellairs 1973 American English
6258 The Pastel City M. John Harrison 1971 British English
6280 A Hunger Like No Other Kresley Cole 2006 American English
6280 Lover Awakened J. R. Ward 2006 American English
6296 Zothique Clark Ashton Smith 1970 American English
6297 Waking the Moon Elizabeth Hand, Elisabeth Hand 1994 American English
6307 Songs And Sonnets Atlantean Donald Sidney-Fryer 1971 American English
6311 Greenwitch Susan Cooper 1974 British English
6317 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
6371 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
6424 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English