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
11056 Death's Master Tanith Lee 1979 British English
11056 Outside The Dog Museum Jonathan Carroll 1991 American English
11056 Dark Sister Graham Joyce 1992 British English
11056 The Tooth Fairy Graham Joyce 1996 British English
11056 Light Errant Chaz Brenchley 1997 British English
11056 Indigo Graham Joyce 1999 British English
11056 Dusk Tim Lebbon 2006 British English
11056 Memoirs Of A Master Forger William Heaney 2008 British English
11086 The Spear Cuts Through Water Simon Jimenez 2022 American English
11086 She Who Became The Sun Shelley Parker-Chan 2021 Australian English
11086 The Once And Future Witches Alix E. Harrow 2020 American English
11086 The Bone Ships RJ Barker 2019 British English
11086 The Bitter Twins Jen Williams 2018 British English
11086 The Tiger And The Wolf Adrian Tchaikovsky 2016 British English
11086 Cuckoo Song Frances Hardinge 2014 British English
11190 The Balcony Jean Genet 1957 French French
11191 Wild Seed Octavia E. Butler 1980 American English
11191 Mrs. Caliban Rachel Ingalls 1982 American English
11191 Jade War Fonda Lee 2019 Canadian English
11191 Caliban's War James S. A. Corey 2012 American English
11191 A Darker Shade Of Magic V. E. Schwab 2015 American English
11191 City Of Stairs Robert Jackson Bennett 2014 American English
11191 The Magicians Lev Grossman 2009 American English
12120 The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll 1876 British English
11723 Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Edmund Dulac 1916 British English
11329 Orlando Innamorato Matteo Maria Boiardo 1483 Italian Italian
11329 Complete Works Lewis Carroll 1939 British English
11329 Early Romances William Morris 1890 British English
11329 The Poems Of William Morris William Morris 1868 British English
11329 At The Back Of The North Wind George MacDonald 1871 Scottish English
11329 The Ring Of The Nibelung Richard Wagner 1876 German German
11329 Poems Of Bejamin Péret Bejamin Péret 1925 French French
11329 Puck Of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1906 British English
11329 Collected Poems Walter de la Mare 1920 British English
12017 Gobbolino The Witch's Cat Ursula Williams 1942 British English
11983 Year Of The Unicorn Andre Norton 1965 American English
12006 The People Of The Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1934 American English
12006 The Wizard Of The Emerald City Alexander Wolkow 1939 Russian Russian
11883 The Devil At The Long Bridge Riccardo Bacchelli 1927 Italian Unknown
12149 Perelandra C. S. Lewis 1943 British English
12176 A Walk Out Of The World Ruth Nichols 1969 Canadian English
12300 Wolf Brother Michelle Paver 2004 British English
12300 Outside Over There Maurice Sendak 1981 American English
12300 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Roald Dahl 1977 British English
12300 Life, The Universe And Everything Douglas Adams 1982 British English
12227 The Gods Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1913 American English
12248 The White Mountains John Christopher 1967 British English
12300 The Real Story Stephen R. Donaldson 1991 American English
12300 When Dreams Travel Githa Hariharan 1999 Indian English
12300 Love And Sleep John Crowley 1994 American English
12300 Hothouse Brian Aldiss 1962 British English
12300 Heroes And Villains Angela Carter 1969 British English
12300 The Dancers At The End Of Time Michael Moorcock 1972 British English
12300 The Dreaming Dragons Damien Broderick 1980 Australian English
12300 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
12300 Demon Slayer Koyoharu Gotouge 2016 Japanese Japanese
12300 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 1997 Japanese Japanese
12300 Tokyo Ghoul Sui Ishida 2011 Japanese Japanese
12300 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 American English
12300 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
12300 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
12300 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
12300 The Atrocity Archives Charles Stross 2004 British English
12300 The Ballad Of Black Tom Victor LaValle 2016 American English
12300 The Devil In America Kai Ashante Wilson 2014 American English
12300 The Queen Of The Damned Anne Rice 1988 American English
12300 Wylding Hall Elizabeth Hand 2015 American English
12300 Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James 2022 Jamaican English
12239 Harvey Mary Chase 1944 American English
12300 Dragonfly In Amber Diana Gabaldon 1992 American English
12300 In The Hand Of The Goddess Tamora Pierce 1984 American English
12300 The Woman Who Rides Like A Man Tamora Pierce 1986 American English
12300 Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce 1988 American English
12300 The Fiery Cross Diana Gabaldon 2001 American English
12300 A Little Hatred Joe Abercrombie 2019 British English
12300 The Trouble With Peace Joe Abercrombie 2020 British English
12300 The Wisdom Of Crowds Joe Abercrombie 2021 British English
12300 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
12300 The Kingdom Of Copper S. A. Chakraborty 2019 American English
12300 The Empire Of Gold S. A. Chakraborty 2020 American English
12300 The Just City Jo Walton 2015 Canadian English
12300 The Philosopher Kings Jo Walton 2015 Canadian English
12300 Necessity Jo Walton 2016 Canadian English
12300 A Gathering Of Shadows V. E. Schwab 2016 American English
12300 A Conjuring Of Light V. E. Schwab 2017 American English
12300 City Of Blades Robert Jackson Bennett 2016 American English
12300 City Of Miracles Robert Jackson Bennett 2017 American English
12300 The Rosewater Redemption Tade Thompson 2019 British English
12300 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
12300 Radiance Catherynne M. Valente 2015 American English
12300 Every Heart A Doorway Seanan McGuire 2016 American English
12300 Down Among The Sticks And Bones Seanan McGuire 2017 American English
12300 Beneath The Sugar Sky Seanan McGuire 2018 American English
12300 In An Absent Dream Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
12300 Harrow The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2020 New Zealand English
12300 Raven Stratagem Yoon Ha Lee 2017 American English
12300 Revenant Gun Yoon Ha Lee 2018 Korean-American English
12300 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
12300 The Traitor Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2015 American English
12300 The Monster Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2018 American English
12300 The Tyrant Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2020 American English
12300 The Bird King G. Willow Wilson 2019 American English
12300 The True Queen Zen Cho 2019 Malaysian English
12300 The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie 2006 British English
12300 Under Heaven Guy Gavriel Kay 2010 Canadian English
12300 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
12300 Sailing To Sarantium Guy Gavriel Kay 1998 Canadian English
12300 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
12300 The Black Company Glen Cook 1984 American English
12300 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
12300 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
12300 Prince Of Thorns Mark Lawrence 2011 British English
12300 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay 2019 Canadian English
12300 The Raven Tower Ann Leckie 2019 American English
12300 The 10,000 Doors Of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 American English
12300 Duncton Wood William Horwood 1980 British English
12300 Palimpsest Catherynne M. Valente 2009 American English
12300 The Killing Moon N. K. Jemisin 2012 American English
12300 Blackwing Ed McDonald 2017 British English
12300 Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 American English