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
12 The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1959 English English
36 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865 British English
49 One Thousand and One Nights Unknown 800 Multiple Arabic
93 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
182 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
220 Watership Down Richard Adams 1972 British English
227 His Dark Materials Philip Pullman 1995 British English
250 The Tempest William Shakespeare 1623 British English
267 Fairy Tales and Stories Hans Christian Andersen 1835 Danish Danish
279 The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
306 A Wizard Of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 American English
308 Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak 1963 American English
310 The Once and Future King T. H. White 1958 British English
323 A Wrinkle In Time Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
359 The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
368 Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
376 Peter And Wendy J. M. Barrie 1911 Scottish English
395 Household Tales Brothers Grimm 1812 German German
405 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 1900 American English
434 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban J. K. Rowling 1999 British English
436 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
438 Journey to the West Wu Cheng'en 1592 Chinese Chinese
556 Outlander Diana Gabaldon 1991 American English
698 Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll 1871 British English
701 Le Morte d'Arthur Thomas Malory 1485 British Middle english
714 The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster 1961 American English
756 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling 2005 British English
794 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling 2003 British English
837 The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley 1983 American English
852 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
853 The Princess Bride William Goldman 1973 American English
868 Lud-in-the-Mist Hope Mirrlees 1926 British English
895 King Solomon's Mines H. Rider Haggard 1885 British English
898 Vathek William Beckford 1786 British French
913 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1889 American English
920 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
985 A Voyage To Arcturus David Lindsay 1920 Scottish English
991 Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 British English
995 The Neverending Story Michael Ende 1979 German German
1002 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
1028 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
1029 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets J. K. Rowling 1998 British English
1030 Winter's Tale Mark Helprin 1983 American English
1049 Amadis of Gaul Garci R. de Montalvo 1508 Spanish Spanish
1070 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2001 British English
1077 A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin 1996 American English
1081 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 1983 American English
1087 Swan Song Robert R. McCammon 1987 American English
1095 The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
1119 Reynard the Fox Unknown 1479 Multiple Middle dutch
1167 She H. Rider Haggard 1887 British English
1202 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 1983 British English
1226 Sandman Neil Gaiman 1989 British English
1228 The BFG Roald Dahl 1982 British English
1236 A Princess Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
1242 Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne 1864 French French
1267 The Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1516 Italian Italian
1313 Grendel John Gardner 1971 American English
1325 Green Mansions W. H. Hudson 1904 British English
1326 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
1422 Jurgen James Branch Cabell 1919 American English
1626 The Broken Earth Trilogy N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
1639 The Swords Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
1650 The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Selma Lagerlöf 1906 Swedish Swedish
1661 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl 1964 British English
1670 The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1894 British English
1677 The Sword in the Stone T. H. White 1938 British English
1678 The Owl Service Alan Garner 1967 British English
1684 The 13 Clocks James Thurber 1950 American English
1688 The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
1702 Lilith George MacDonald 1895 Scottish English
1703 Parzival Wolfram Eschenbach 1200 German Middle high german
1707 Ronia, The Robber's Daughter Astrid Lindgren 1981 Swedish Swedish
1778 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
1781 Out Of Space And Time Clark Ashton Smith 1942 American English
1800 James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl 1961 British English
1862 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
1872 The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle 1968 American English
1887 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
1910 Tom's Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce 1958 British English
1933 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
1946 Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt 1975 American English
1954 Charles And Elegast Unknown 1250 Dutch Middle dutch
1963 The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern 2011 American English
1965 The Mouse And His Child Russell Hoban 1967 American English
1968 The Witches Roald Dahl 1983 British English
1971 Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie 1990 British English
1977 Heinrich of Ofterdingen Novalis 1802 German German
2031 Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon 2024 Irish English
2084 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English
2139 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
2152 Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson 1955 American English
2157 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 1995 British English
2166 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 2000 British English
2174 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare 1595 British English
2175 The Claw Of The Conciliator Gene Wolfe 1981 American English
2200 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
2205 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
2213 Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones 1986 British English
2227 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One Rick Riordan 2005 American English
2233 Eragon Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
2239 The House at Pooh Corner A. A. Milne 1928 British English
2242 Olvidado Rey Gudú Ana María Matute 1996 Spanish Spanish
2263 Mary Poppins P. L. Travers 1934 British English
2300 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
2306 Swordspoint Ellen Kushner 1987 American English
2316 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman 1997 British English
2322 Mio, My Son Astrid Lindgren 1954 Swedish Swedish
2336 The Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan 1990 American English
2353 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis 1952 British English
2355 A Hero Born Jin Yong 1957 Chinese Chinese
2359 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
2379 The Tombs Of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin 1971 American English
2380 The Summer Tree Guy Gavriel Kay 1984 Canadian English
2406 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
2418 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
2426 The Dying Earth Jack Vance 1950 American English
2427 The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams 1922 British English
2432 The Brothers Lionheart Astrid Lindgren 1973 Swedish Swedish
2441 The Name Of The Wind Patrick Rothfuss 2007 American English