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
5122 Figures Of Earth James Branch Cabell 1921 American English
5122 The High Place James Branch Cabell 1923 American English
5122 The Centaur Algernon Blackwood 1911 British English
5122 These Mortals Margaret Irwin 1925 British English
5225 Tea With The Black Dragon R. A. MacAvoy 1983 American English
5254 The Wolf Leader Alexandre Dumas 1857 French French
5254 Typewriter In The Sky & Fear L. Ron Hubbard 1940 American English
5254 The Face In The Abyss A. Merritt 1931 American English
5254 The Girl And The Faun Eden Phillpotts 1917 British English
5254 Pan And The Twins Eden Phillpotts 1906 British English
5254 The Invincible Adam George Vierick, Paul Eldridge 1932 American English
5254 The Lord Of The Dark Red Star Eugene Lee-Hamilton 1903 British English
5254 Lieut. Gullivar Jones Edwin Lester Arnold 1905 British English
5254 The Charwoman's Shadow Lord Dunsany 1926 British English
5293 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
5302 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
5318 The King Of Elfland's Daughter Lord Dunsany 1924 British English
5324 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
5328 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
5357 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
5361 The Blue Star Fletcher Pratt 1952 American English
5368 Jirel of Joiry C. L. Moore 1934 American English
5371 Northwest Smith C. L. Moore 1933 American English
5371 Mistress Masham's Repose T. H. White 1946 British English
5379 The Land Of Unreason L. Sprague de Camp 1942 American English
5379 Slaves Of Sleep L. Ron Hubbard 1939 American English
5379 Adept's Gambit Fritz Leiber 1947 American English
5379 Humour And Fantasy F. Anstey 1931 British Unknown
5379 War In Heaven Charles Williams 1930 British English
5393 Selected Poems Of Clark Ashton Smith Clark Ashton Smith 1971 American English
5398 Hounded Kevin Hearne 2011 American English
5411 Mistress Of Mistresses E. R. Eddison 1935 British English
5411 Gods, Men And Ghosts Lord Dunsany 1912 British English
5411 Witch Wood John Buchan 1927 British English
5411 Phantasmion Sara Coleridge 1837 British English
5411 The Valley Of The Flame Henry Kuttner 1946 American English
5411 The Dark World Henry Kuttner 1946 American English
5411 A Fish Dinner In Memison E. R. Eddison 1941 British English
5506 The Deer And The Cauldron Jin Yong 1969 Chinese Chinese
5507 Two Sought Adventure Fritz Leiber 1957 American English
5519 Magic In The Wind Christine Feehan 2003 American English
5534 The Man Who Spoke Snakish Andrus Kivirähk 2007 Estonian Estonian
5580 The Eyes Of The Dragon Stephen King 1987 American English
5585 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2001 Irish English
5610 Chu Liuxiang Gu Long 1967 Chinese Chinese
5618 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
5643 The Tritonian Ring L. Sprague de Camp 1953 American English
5654 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
5659 The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
5688 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
5729 City Of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007 American English
5769 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
5770 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin, Janet Song 2009 Chinese English
5787 The Stress of Her Regard Tim Powers 1989 American English
5812 The Golden Stranger Henry Treece 1956 British English
5840 Over Sea, Under Stone Susan Cooper 1965 British English
5972 Tree And Leaf J. R. R. Tolkien 1964 British English
6021 The Mezentian Gate E. R. Eddison 1958 British English
6039 The Vampire Queen's Servant Joey W. Hill 2007 American English
6079 狂风 Sima Zhongyuan 1974 Chinese Unknown
6148 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
6169 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
6173 The Serpent Jane Gaskell 1963 British English
6173 The Stealer Of Souls Michael Moorcock 1963 British English
6182 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
6208 The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
6238 A Discovery Of Witches Deborah Harkness 2011 American English
6247 The Cruel Prince Holly Black 2018 American English
6252 Dragonquest Anne McCaffrey 1971 American English
6272 A Stranger In Olondria Sofia Samatar 2013 American English
6285 Swords In The Mist Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
6285 Swords Against Wizardry Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
6291 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
6291 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
6296 Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon 2024 Irish English
6300 Earthfasts William Mayne 1966 British English
6310 The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander 1965 American English
6310 The Maker Of Universes Philip José Farmer 1965 American English
6307 Theft Of Swords Michael J. Sullivan 2011 American English
6345 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
6361 Rats And Gargoyles Mary Gentle 1990 British English
6378 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
6383 Swords And Deviltry Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
6405 Atlan Jane Gaskell 1965 British English
6405 Peregrine Avram Davidson 1965 American English
6447 Shadow And Bone Leigh Bardugo 2012 American English
6447 Cinder Marissa Meyer 2012 American English
6447 The Raven Boys Maggie Stiefvater 2012 American English
6455 Swords Against Death Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
6461 The Hollow Hills Mary Stewart 1973 British English
6459 The High King Lloyd Alexander 1968 American English
6459 The Moon In The Cloud Rosemary Harris 1968 British English
6467 The City Jane Gaskell 1967 British English
6539 A Wind In The Door Madeleine L'Engle 1973 American English
6539 Dark Prince Christine Feehan 1999 American English
6554 New Worlds Of Fantasy Terry Carr 1967 American English
6557 All Systems Red Martha Wells 2017 American English
6574 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
6580 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
6582 Off To Be The Wizard Scott Meyer 2013 English
6592 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
6595 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
6602 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
6609 The Borrowers Mary Norton 1952 British English
6628 That Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis 1945 British English
6633 The House With A Clock In Its Walls John Bellairs 1973 American English
6657 The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin 1972 American English
6677 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
6688 Greenwitch Susan Cooper 1974 British English
6703 The Pastel City M. John Harrison 1971 British English
6705 My Father's Dragon Ruth Stiles Gannett 1948 American English
6705 The Abbot Of Montserrat William Child Green 1826 Unknown Unknown
6705 Saint Margaret's Cave Elizabeth Helme 1801 British English
6705 The Albigenses Charles Robert Maturin 1824 Irish English
6705 Clermont Regina Maria Roche 1798 Irish English
6705 The Werewolf Of Ponkert H. Warner Munn 1925 American English
6705 You'll Need A Light Christine Campbell Thompson 1927 British Unknown
6705 Pierre Maurice Sendak 1962 American English
6905 The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey 1978 American English
6906 Out Of The Silent Planet C. S. Lewis 1938 British English