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
7310 The Ballad Of Black Tom Victor LaValle 2016 American English
7314 The Devil In America Kai Ashante Wilson 2014 American English
7321 The House With A Clock In Its Walls John Bellairs 1973 American English
7326 The Queen Of The Damned Anne Rice 1988 American English
7341 Wylding Hall Elizabeth Hand 2015 American English
7464 A Spell For Chameleon Piers Anthony 1977 American English
7488 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
7493 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
7499 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
7505 The Wise Man's Fear Patrick Rothfuss 2011 American English
7516 The City Of Brass S. A. Chakraborty 2017 Egyptian English
7537 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
7537 Monstress Vol. 1 Marjorie Liu 2015 American English
7537 A Bride's Story Kaoru Mori 2009 Japanese Japanese
7537 Alice Christina Henry 2015 American English
7537 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
7537 Dactyl Hill Squad Daniel José Older 2018 American English
7537 Worm Loves Worm J.J Austrian 2016 American English
7537 The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson 2018 American English
7537 Drum Dream Girl Margarita Engle 2015 Cuban English
7537 The Cruel Prince Holly Black 2018 American English
7537 Sabriel Garth Nix 1995 Australian English
7537 House Of X Powers Of X Jonathan Hickman 2019 American English
7537 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 Canadian English
7645 When Dreams Travel Githa Hariharan 1999 Indian English
7653 Dragonfly In Amber Diana Gabaldon 1992 American English
7653 In The Hand Of The Goddess Tamora Pierce 1984 American English
7653 The Woman Who Rides Like A Man Tamora Pierce 1986 American English
7653 Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce 1988 American English
7653 The Fiery Cross Diana Gabaldon 2001 American English
7694 The Belgariad David Eddings 1982 American English
7697 Sunshine Robin McKinley 2003 American English
7700 The Chronicles Of Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
7701 The Sword Of Truth Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
7702 Conan The Barbarian Robert E. Howard 1932 American English
7703 The Crystal Shard R. A. Salvatore 1988 American English
7704 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
7705 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
7708 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde 2001 British English
7709 Furies Of Calderon Jim Butcher 2004 American English
7713 The Vintner's Luck Elizabeth Knox 1998 New Zealand English
7775 A Princess Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
7783 Wild Seed Octavia E. Butler 1980 American English
7855 The Lies Of Locke Lamora Scott Lynch 2006 American English
7856 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
7883 The Snow Queen Joan D. Vinge 1980 American English
7884 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
7886 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
7887 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
7889 Jade War Fonda Lee 2019 Canadian English
7890 The Magicians Lev Grossman 2009 American English
7891 City Of Stairs Robert Jackson Bennett 2014 American English
7893 The Ninth Rain Jen Williams 2017 British English
7894 Some Kind Of Fairy Tale Graham Joyce 2012 British English
7898 Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan 2008 Australian English
7900 The Shadow Year Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
7903 The Moon and the Sun Vonda N. McIntyre 1997 American English
7905 Alif The Unseen G. Willow Wilson 2012 American English
7906 Zoo City Lauren Beukes 2010 South African English
7907 A Darker Shade Of Magic V. E. Schwab 2015 American English
7908 The Sudden Appearance Of Hope Claire North 2016 British English
7910 The Chimes Anna Smaill 2015 New Zealand English
7920 The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin 1972 American English
7925 The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie 2006 British English
7929 Under Heaven Guy Gavriel Kay 2010 Canadian English
7930 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
7944 Sailing To Sarantium Guy Gavriel Kay 1998 Canadian English
7950 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
7955 Life, The Universe And Everything Douglas Adams 1982 British English
7953 The Black Company Glen Cook 1984 American English
7960 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
7963 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
7966 Prince Of Thorns Mark Lawrence 2011 British English
7979 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay 2019 Canadian English
7985 The Raven Tower Ann Leckie 2019 American English
7987 The 10,000 Doors Of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 American English
7989 Perelandra C. S. Lewis 1943 British English
7999 Duncton Wood William Horwood 1980 British English
8012 Palimpsest Catherynne M. Valente 2009 American English
8022 Anno Dracula Kim Newman 1992 British English
8032 The Gods Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1913 American English
8035 The Killing Moon N. K. Jemisin 2012 American English
8047 The White Mountains John Christopher 1967 British English
8051 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
8061 The Many Coloured Land Julian May 1981 American English
8063 Blackwing Ed McDonald 2017 British English
8065 Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 American English
8066 The Real Story Stephen R. Donaldson 1991 American English
8072 Middlegame Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
8079 Hothouse Brian Aldiss 1962 British English
8079 Heroes And Villains Angela Carter 1969 British English
8079 The Dancers At The End Of Time Michael Moorcock 1972 British English
8079 The Dreaming Dragons Damien Broderick 1980 Australian English
8134 Such Christine Brooke-Rose 1966 British English
8134 Monsieur, Or The Prince Of Darkness Lawrence Durrell 1974 British English
8134 The Deadman’s Pedal Alan Warner 2012 Scottish English
8134 The Eyes Of The Dragon Stephen King 1987 American English
8311 Harvey Mary Chase 1944 American English
8339 Бездна голодных глаз H. L. Oldie 1993 Ukrainian Russian
8339 Making Money Terry Pratchett 2007 British English
8339 Tale Of The Troika Arkady Strugatsky 1968 Russian Russian
8339 Меч Без Имени Andrei Belyanin 1999 Russian Russian
8339 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
8339 Alvklingan Nick Perumov 1999 Russian Russian
8339 The People Of The Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1934 American English
8339 The First Book Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
8339 Dragons Of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1984 American English
8339 Dragons Of Winter Night Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
8339 Dragons Of Spring Dawning Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
8339 волкодав Maria Semyonova 1995 Russian Russian
8339 The Wizard Of The Emerald City Alexander Wolkow 1939 Russian Russian
8339 The Chronicles Of The Deryni Katherine Kurtz 1970 American English
8339 Temnaya Zvezda Hroniki Artsii Vera Kamsha 2009 Russian Russian
8339 The Dreaming City Michael Moorcock 1961 British English
8339 Memory And Dream Charles de Lint 1994 Canadian English
8339 The Iron Dragon's Daughter Michael Swanwick 1993 American English
8339 The Golden Apple Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson 1975 American English
8339 Night Watch Sergei Lukyanenko 1998 Russian Russian
8380 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
8381 A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark 2021 American English