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
20 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865 British English
23 The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1959 English English
57 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
60 One Thousand and One Nights Unknown 800 Multiple Arabic
186 Watership Down Richard Adams 1972 British English
199 His Dark Materials Philip Pullman 1995 British English
201 Fairy Tales and Stories Hans Christian Andersen 1835 Danish Danish
210 A Wrinkle In Time Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
222 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
243 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
267 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban J. K. Rowling 1999 British English
284 The Once and Future King T. H. White 1958 British English
287 The Tempest William Shakespeare 1623 British English
290 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
299 The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
324 A Wizard Of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 American English
326 Household Tales Brothers Grimm 1812 German German
361 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling 2005 British English
375 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling 2003 British English
378 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets J. K. Rowling 1998 British English
380 Le Morte d'Arthur Thomas Malory 1485 British Middle english
384 A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin 1996 American English
391 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 1900 American English
398 Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak 1963 American English
420 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
424 The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
436 The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster 1961 American English
445 Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
460 Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll 1871 British English
538 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl 1964 British English
549 The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley 1983 American English
555 The BFG Roald Dahl 1982 British English
581 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 1995 British English
583 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 1983 British English
601 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
625 Outlander Diana Gabaldon 1991 American English
627 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare 1595 British English
670 Journey to the West Wu Cheng'en 1592 Chinese Chinese
671 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
690 The Princess Bride William Goldman 1973 American English
782 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2001 British English
810 Sandman Neil Gaiman 1989 British English
833 The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
845 Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne 1864 French French
892 Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones 1986 British English
931 Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie 1990 British English
991 The House at Pooh Corner A. A. Milne 1928 British English
1002 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
1004 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2001 Irish English
1046 James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl 1961 British English
1063 The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle 1968 American English
1094 The Name Of The Wind Patrick Rothfuss 2007 American English
1135 The Witches Roald Dahl 1983 British English
1150 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
1161 The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1894 British English
1177 The Neverending Story Michael Ende 1979 German German
1192 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
1216 Winter's Tale Mark Helprin 1983 American English
1222 King Solomon's Mines H. Rider Haggard 1885 British English
1228 Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt 1975 American English
1263 Mistborn Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
1280 The Last Battle C. S. Lewis 1956 British English
1298 Swan Song Robert R. McCammon 1987 American English
1350 Magician Raymond E. Feist 1982 American English
1361 The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Charles Perrault 1697 French French
1364 A Swiftly Tilting Planet Madeleine L'Engle 1978 American English
1372 Parzival Wolfram Eschenbach 1200 German Middle high german
1380 Legend David Gemmell 1984 British English
1403 Vathek William Beckford 1786 British French
1429 The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern 2011 American English
1448 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One Rick Riordan 2005 American English
1457 The Eye Of The World Robert Jordan 1990 American English
1459 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage 2007 British Middle english
1461 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
1463 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
1477 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
1478 Tom's Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce 1958 British English
1519 The Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan 1990 American English
1520 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
1530 Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey 1968 American English
1596 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
1602 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
1694 The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson 1999 British English
1717 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
1737 Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 British English
1742 The Owl Service Alan Garner 1967 British English
1743 Mary Poppins P. L. Travers 1934 British English
1763 Grendel John Gardner 1971 American English
1763 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 1983 American English
1763 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine 1997 American English
1763 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
1763 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
1781 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 2000 British English
1782 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
1829 Small Gods Terry Pratchett 1992 British English
1847 The Dying Earth Jack Vance 1950 American English
1855 The Broken Earth Trilogy N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
1866 Peter And Wendy J. M. Barrie 1911 Scottish English
1875 The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams 1922 British English
1878 Five Children And It Edith Nesbit 1902 British English
1921 Momo Michael Ende 1973 German German
1973 Coraline Neil Gaiman 2002 British English
1998 She H. Rider Haggard 1887 British English
2039 The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Unknown 900 Japanese Japanese
2039 Tirant Lo Blanc Joanot Martorell 1490 Spanish Catalan
2039 Amadis of Gaul Garci R. de Montalvo 1508 Spanish Spanish
2039 Heinrich of Ofterdingen Novalis 1802 German German
2039 The Lion of Flanders Hendrik Conscience 1838 Belgian Dutch
2039 The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby Charles Kingsley 1863 British English
2039 The 13 Clocks James Thurber 1950 American English
2374 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
2383 A Voyage To Arcturus David Lindsay 1920 Scottish English
2418 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 1996 British English
2420 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
2421 The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
2423 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis 1952 British English
2423 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
2479 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2528 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
2536 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English