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
2543 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
2557 The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton 1943 British English
2560 Mio, My Son Astrid Lindgren 1954 Swedish Swedish
2560 The Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater 1944 British English
2560 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
2593 The Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1516 Italian Italian
2639 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
2646 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
2681 The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis 1955 British English
2683 A Clash Of Kings George R. R. Martin 1998 American English
2682 A Feast For Crows George R. R. Martin 2005 American English
2684 A Dance With Dragons George R. R. Martin 2011 American English
2686 Jerusalem Commands Michael Moorcock 1992 British English
2719 Venus in Furs Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch 1870 Austrian German
2757 Alanna Tamora Pierce 1983 American English
2770 The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
2774 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
2779 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
2785 The Gunslinger Stephen King 1982 American English
2794 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
2799 King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 1953 British English
2799 Nine Unlikely Tales E. Nesbit 1901 British English
2894 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
2911 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
2917 Eragon Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
2921 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
2948 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
3017 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
3018 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
3020 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
3021 Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 1995 American English
3027 The Tombs Of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin 1971 American English
3031 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
3033 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
3043 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
3050 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
3072 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
3100 Going Postal Terry Pratchett 2004 British English
3315 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
3369 The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
3391 The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Selma Lagerlöf 1906 Swedish Swedish
3420 The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 1939 British English
3420 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
3420 Copper Crown Lane Von Herzen 1986 American English
3916 Shadow & Claw Gene Wolfe 1994 American English
3923 Dune Messiah Frank Herbert 1969 American English
3925 Children Of Dune Frank Herbert 1976 American English
3929 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
3931 Moominland Midwinter Tove Jansson 1957 Finnish Swedish
3936 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English
3936 A Stranger In Olondria Sofia Samatar 2013 American English
3944 The Brothers Lionheart Astrid Lindgren 1973 Swedish Swedish
3956 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
3956 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
3963 Ronia, The Robber's Daughter Astrid Lindgren 1981 Swedish Swedish
3972 The Adventures Of Cipollino Gianni Rodari 1951 Italian Italian
3976 Comet In Moominland Tove Jansson 1946 Finnish Swedish
3979 Finn Family Moomintroll Tove Jansson 1948 Finnish Swedish
3986 Red Moon and Black Mountain Joy Chant 1970 British English
3986 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin, Janet Song 2009 Chinese English
3986 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
3986 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
3986 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
3986 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
3986 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
3986 Gloriana Michael Moorcock 1978 British English
3986 Nifft The Lean Michael Shea 1982 American English
3986 The Summer Tree Guy Gavriel Kay 1984 Canadian English
3986 The Dragon And The George Gordon R. Dickson 1976 American English
3986 The Well Of The Unicorn Fletcher Pratt 1948 American English
4014 The Demon Mikhail Lermontov 1829 Russian Russian
4033 The Moomins And The Great Flood Tove Jansson 1945 Finnish Swedish
4039 The Mouse And His Child Russell Hoban 1967 American English
4063 This Present Darkness Frank Peretti 1986 American English
4063 Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson 1955 American English
4063 Lud-in-the-Mist Hope Mirrlees 1926 British English
4063 Forest of A Thousand Daemons Daniel O. Fagunwa 1938 Nigerian Yoruba
4063 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
4063 Out Of Space And Time Clark Ashton Smith 1942 American English
4063 The Compleat Werewolf And Other Stories Of Fantasy And Science Fiction Anthony Boucher 1969 American English
4063 Ozma Of Oz L. Frank Baum 1907 American English
4063 A Hero Born Jin Yong 1957 Chinese Chinese
4063 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish
4063 Redwall Brian Jacques 1986 British English
4063 Swordspoint Ellen Kushner 1987 American English
4063 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
4063 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman 1997 British English
4063 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
4063 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
4063 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
4063 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
4063 The Grace Of Kings Ken Liu 2015 American English
4063 Shadowshaper Daniel José Older 2015 American English
4063 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
4063 The Wall Of Storms Ken Liu 2016 American English
4063 Beasts Made Of Night Tochi Onyebuchi 2017 American English
4063 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
4063 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
4063 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
4063 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
4063 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
4063 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
4063 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
4063 We Hunt The Flame Hafsah Faizal 2019 American English
4063 Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger 2020 American English
4063 Woven In Moonlight Isabel Ibañez 2020 American English
4063 Scythe Neal Shusterman 2016 American English
4063 The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
4063 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
4063 Tea With The Black Dragon R. A. MacAvoy 1983 American English
4063 The War Hound And The World's Pain Michael Moorcock 1981 British English
4063 A Storm Of Wings M. John Harrison 1980 British English
4063 Ariosto Chelsa quinn yarbro 1972 American Unknown
4063 Sorcerer's Son Phyllis Eisenstein 1979 American English
4063 The Malacia Tapestry Brian Aldiss 1976 British English
4063 Grimus Salman Rushdie 1975 British English
4063 The Day After Judgement James Blish 1971 American English
4063 Jack Of Shadows Roger Zelazny 1971 American English
4063 The Phoenix And The Mirror Avram Davidson 1969 American English
4063 A Feast Unknown Philip José Farmer 1969 American English