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
6955 A Midsummer Tempest Poul Anderson 1974 American English
6957 The Claw Of The Conciliator Gene Wolfe 1981 American English
6995 Waking the Moon Elizabeth Hand, Elisabeth Hand 1994 American English
7040 Songs And Sonnets Atlantean Donald Sidney-Fryer 1971 American English
7058 Zothique Clark Ashton Smith 1970 American English
7074 The Land Aleron Kong 2015 Unknown English
7074 Red Queen Victoria Aveyard 2015 American English
7119 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
7122 The Power That Preserves Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
7162 The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe 1982 American English
7163 The Illearth War Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
7163 Silver On The Tree Susan Cooper 1977 British English
7170 Sylvester And The Magic Pebble William Steig 1969 American English
7210 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English
7255 Unsouled Will Wight 2016 American English
7301 Swords And Ice Magic Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
7307 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
7353 Krabat Otfried Preußler 1971 German German
7358 The Blue Hawk Peter Dickinson 1976 British English
7367 The Gunslinger Stephen King 1982 American English
7370 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
7415 The Grace Of Kings Ken Liu 2015 American English
7428 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl 1970 British English
7429 The Green Knight Vera Chapman 1975 British English
7438 A String In The Harp Nancy Bond 1976 American English
7456 The Ice Is Coming Patricia Wrightson 1977 Australian English
7468 Moreta Anne McCaffrey 1983 American English
7482 Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart 1984 American English
7492 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
7501 Shadowshaper Daniel José Older 2015 American English
7501 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
7534 King Arthur's Daughter Vera Chapman 1976 British English
7534 The King's Damosel Vera Chapman 1976 British English
7543 Shadow & Claw Gene Wolfe 1994 American English
7544 Some Summer Lands Jane Gaskell 1977 British English
7547 The Wounded Land Stephen R. Donaldson 1980 American English
7555 Bold As Love Gwyneth Jones 2001 British English
7566 The Last Enchantment Mary Stewart 1979 British English
7568 The Year's Best Fantasy Stories Lin Carter 1975 American English
7576 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
7577 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
7585 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
7627 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
7633 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
7633 Wishes And Wellingtons Julie Berry 2018 American English
7647 Talking To Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1985 American English
7666 Strega Nona Tomie dePaola 1975 American English
7678 La Horde Du Contrevent Alain Damasio 2004 French French
7737 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
7738 The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson 2002 American English
7742 The Wall Of Storms Ken Liu 2016 American English
7749 Many Waters Madeleine L'Engle 1986 American English
7749 Nerilka's Story Anne McCaffrey 1986 Irish English
7779 The Fantastic Imagination Robert H. Boyer 1977 Unknown English
7781 Tales Of Neveryon Samuel R. Delany 1979 American English
7781 Fantastic Worlds Eric S. Rabkin 1979 American English
7803 Monsieur, Or The Prince Of Darkness Lawrence Durrell 1974 British English
7795 Jerusalem Commands Michael Moorcock 1992 British English
7807 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
7879 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
7894 Angels' Blood Nalini Singh 2009 New Zealander English
7894 Soulless Gail Carriger 2009 American English
7908 Beasts Made Of Night Tochi Onyebuchi 2017 American English
7908 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
7906 The Scar China Miéville 2002 British English
7913 The One Tree Stephen R. Donaldson 1982 American English
7948 Lord Valentine's Castle Robert Silverberg 1980 American English
7958 Jumanji Chris Van Allsburg 1981 American English
7998 Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey 1988 American English
7998 The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen Gottfried Burger 1785 German German
7998 Märchenalmanach Auf Das Jahr 1828 Wilhelm Hauff 1827 German German
7998 Der Gaulschreck Im Rosennetz Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando 1928 Austrian German
7998 The Golden Pot E. T. A. Hoffmann 1814 German German
7998 By Night Under The Stone Bridge Leo Perutz 1953 Austrian German
8295 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
8301 Butterfly Swords Jeannie Lin 2010 Unknown English
8303 Lake Of The Devil Jessica Amanda Salmonson 1980 American English
8307 White Gold Wielder Stephen R. Donaldson 1983 American English
8312 The Drawing Of The Dark Tim Powers 1979 American English
8343 Renegades Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1989 American English
8350 Copper Crown Lane Von Herzen 1986 American English
8381 Roads Seabury Quinn 1948 American English
8381 Genius Loci, And Other Tales Clark Ashton Smith 1948 American English
8393 Small Gods Terry Pratchett 1992 British English
8406 Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 2020 American English
8435 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
8471 The Scorpio Races Maggie Stiefvater 2011 American English
8493 The Red Magician Lisa Goldstein 1982 American English
8500 Castle In The Air Diana Wynne Jones 1990 British English
8563 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
8563 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
8563 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
8578 The Darkangel Meredith Ann Pierce 1982 American English
8602 Seventh Son Orson Scott Card, Patrick Couton 1987 American English
8613 All The Weyrs Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1991 American English
8613 Searching For Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1991 American English
8639 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
8641 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage 2007 British Middle english
8656 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
8663 The Changeover Margaret Mahy 1984 New Zealand English
8663 Archer's Goon Diana Wynne Jones 1984 British English
8690 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
8690 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
8731 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
8733 Fledgling Octavia E. Butler 2005 American English
8741 George's Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl 1981 British English
8779 Rumpelstiltskin Paul O. Zelinsky 1986 American English
8813 The Chronicles Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1993 Irish English
8813 Calling On Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1993 American English
8829 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
8829 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
8829 We Hunt The Flame Hafsah Faizal 2019 American English
8870 The Urth Of The New Sun Gene Wolfe 1987 American English
8906 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
8957 A Promise Of Fire Amanda Bouchet 2016 American English
9003 Lover Awakened J. R. Ward 2006 American English
9026 Mort Terry Pratchett 1987 British English
9049 Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger 2020 American English
9049 Woven In Moonlight Isabel Ibañez 2020 American English
9059 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde 2001 British English