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
6449 A Feast For Crows George R. R. Martin 2005 American English
6469 Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett 1989 British English
6505 Krabat Otfried Preußler 1971 German German
6512 The Power That Preserves Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
6526 The Illearth War Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
6526 Silver On The Tree Susan Cooper 1977 British English
6529 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl 1970 British English
6554 The Gunslinger Stephen King 1982 American English
6555 From The Dust Returned Ray Bradbury 2001 American English
6581 The Green Knight Vera Chapman 1975 British English
6583 The Blue Hawk Peter Dickinson 1976 British English
6585 Swords And Ice Magic Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
6600 The Golem and the Jinni Helene Wecker 2013 American English
6610 A String In The Harp Nancy Bond 1976 American English
6620 Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart 1984 American English
6622 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
6633 The Year's Best Fantasy Stories Lin Carter 1975 American English
6643 King Arthur's Daughter Vera Chapman 1976 British English
6643 The King's Damosel Vera Chapman 1976 British English
6650 The Ice Is Coming Patricia Wrightson 1977 Australian English
6655 The Grace Of Kings Ken Liu 2015 American English
6655 Shadowshaper Daniel José Older 2015 American English
6655 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
6684 Perdido Street Station China Miéville 2000 British English
6687 Some Summer Lands Jane Gaskell 1977 British English
6720 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
6756 The Fantastic Imagination Robert H. Boyer 1977 Unknown English
6793 The Wounded Land Stephen R. Donaldson 1980 American English
6798 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
6807 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
6809 The Last Enchantment Mary Stewart 1979 British English
6812 The Wall Of Storms Ken Liu 2016 American English
6840 Tales Of Neveryon Samuel R. Delany 1979 American English
6840 Fantastic Worlds Eric S. Rabkin 1979 American English
6850 Jerusalem Commands Michael Moorcock 1992 British English
6854 La Horde Du Contrevent Alain Damasio 2004 French French
6855 Lost In A Good Book Jasper Fforde 2002 British English
6896 Angels' Blood Nalini Singh 2009 New Zealander English
6896 Soulless Gail Carriger 2009 American English
6927 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
6940 Lord Valentine's Castle Robert Silverberg 1980 American English
6943 The Drawing Of The Dark Tim Powers 1979 American English
7043 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
7044 Lake Of The Devil Jessica Amanda Salmonson 1980 American English
7061 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
7062 Beasts Made Of Night Tochi Onyebuchi 2017 American English
7062 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
7074 Butterfly Swords Jeannie Lin 2010 Unknown English
7079 The One Tree Stephen R. Donaldson 1982 American English
7133 Copper Crown Lane Von Herzen 1986 American English
7160 Roads Seabury Quinn 1948 American English
7160 Genius Loci, And Other Tales Clark Ashton Smith 1948 American English
7187 The Fallen Knight Alights Elias al-Diri Lebanese Unknown
7213 White Gold Wielder Stephen R. Donaldson 1983 American English
7220 The Scorpio Races Maggie Stiefvater 2011 American English
7229 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage 2007 British Middle english
7237 The Red Magician Lisa Goldstein 1982 American English
7259 The Darkangel Meredith Ann Pierce 1982 American English
7271 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 1996 British English
7275 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
7275 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
7275 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
7275 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
7280 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
7310 Seventh Son Orson Scott Card, Patrick Couton 1987 American English
7315 Among Others Jo Walton 2011 British English
7328 The Alien Realm Bo Yang 1996 Chinese Unknown
7348 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
7358 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
7359 George's Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl 1981 British English
7362 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
7362 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
7367 The Changeover Margaret Mahy 1984 New Zealand English
7367 Archer's Goon Diana Wynne Jones 1984 British English
7373 A Dance With Dragons George R. R. Martin 2011 American English
7391 Fledgling Octavia E. Butler 2005 American English
7426 A Bride's Story Kaoru Mori 2009 Japanese Japanese
7451 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
7451 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
7451 We Hunt The Flame Hafsah Faizal 2019 American English
7518 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
7526 The Wise Man's Fear Patrick Rothfuss 2011 American English
7534 Wildfire Ilona Andrews 2017 American English
7588 The Urth Of The New Sun Gene Wolfe 1987 American English
7633 Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger 2020 American English
7633 Woven In Moonlight Isabel Ibañez 2020 American English
7651 The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett 1986 British English
7671 Bold As Love Gwyneth Jones 2001 British English
7718 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
7720 Gagner La Guerre Jean-Philippe Jaworski 2009 French French
7722 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
7742 Mort Terry Pratchett 1987 British English
7758 A Promise Of Fire Amanda Bouchet 2016 American English
7770 Expecting Someone Taller Tom Holt 1987 British English
7783 The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson 2002 American English
7786 The Goblin Emperor Katherine Addison 2014 American English
7789 Contemporary Science Fiction, Fantasy, And Horror Poetry Scott E. Green 1989 American English
7801 Scythe Neal Shusterman 2016 American English
7800 House Of Many Ways Diana Wynne Jones 2008 British English
7811 The Girl Who Drank The Moon Kelly Barnhill 2016 American English
7829 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Paula Guran 2010 American English
7890 The Blazing World Margaret Cavendish 1666 British English
7891 Red Prophet Orson Scott Card 1988 American English
7891 The Knight And Knave Of Swords Fritz Leiber 1988 American English
7907 Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 1995 American English
7938 Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett 1988 British English
7953 The Poetic Fantastic Patrick D. Murphy 1989 American English
7966 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
8017 The Leiber Chronicles Fritz Leiber 1990 American English
8018 Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card 1989 American English
8038 The Scar China Miéville 2002 British English
8057 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
8102 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
8106 Dune Messiah Frank Herbert 1969 American English
8124 The Werewolves Of London Brian Stableford 1990 British English
8137 The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
8140 Out Of The Silent Planet C. S. Lewis 1938 British English
8147 Yvain Chrétien de Troyes 1177 French Old french
8156 The Dreaming City Michael Moorcock 1961 British English
8161 Gardens Of The Moon Steven Erikson 1999 Canadian English