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
2148 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
2151 Ronia, The Robber's Daughter Astrid Lindgren 1981 Swedish Swedish
2152 A Voyage To Arcturus David Lindsay 1920 Scottish English
2181 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 1996 British English
2183 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
2184 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
2185 The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
2186 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis 1952 British English
2186 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
2216 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
2222 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2245 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English
2248 The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton 1943 British English
2259 The Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1516 Italian Italian
2289 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
2293 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
2295 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
2321 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
2322 The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
2323 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
2326 The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis 1955 British English
2332 A Clash Of Kings George R. R. Martin 1998 American English
2331 A Feast For Crows George R. R. Martin 2005 American English
2333 A Dance With Dragons George R. R. Martin 2011 American English
2335 Venus in Furs Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch 1870 Austrian German
2374 Alanna Tamora Pierce 1983 American English
2393 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
2444 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
2450 The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Unknown 900 Japanese Japanese
2450 Tirant Lo Blanc Joanot Martorell 1490 Spanish Catalan
2450 Amadis of Gaul Garci R. de Montalvo 1508 Spanish Spanish
2450 Heinrich of Ofterdingen Novalis 1802 German German
2450 The Lion of Flanders Hendrik Conscience 1838 Belgian Dutch
2450 The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby Charles Kingsley 1863 British English
2450 The 13 Clocks James Thurber 1950 American English
2771 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
2773 The Tombs Of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin 1971 American English
2775 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
2776 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
2786 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
2804 Going Postal Terry Pratchett 2004 British English
2851 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
2907 Mio, My Son Astrid Lindgren 1954 Swedish Swedish
2907 The Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater 1944 British English
2937 Shadow & Claw Gene Wolfe 1994 American English
2938 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
2943 Dune Messiah Frank Herbert 1969 American English
2944 Children Of Dune Frank Herbert 1976 American English
2991 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English
2991 A Stranger In Olondria Sofia Samatar 2013 American English
2991 Jerusalem Commands Michael Moorcock 1992 British English
3039 The Blazing World Margaret Cavendish 1666 British English
3040 Practical Magic Alice Hoffman 1995 American English
3043 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
3045 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
3045 Dragonquest Anne McCaffrey 1971 American English
3045 The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey 1978 American English
3084 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
3084 King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 1953 British English
3084 Nine Unlikely Tales E. Nesbit 1901 British English
3191 The Golem and the Jinni Helene Wecker 2013 American English
3196 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
3199 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
3199 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
3199 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
3199 The Summer Tree Guy Gavriel Kay 1984 Canadian English
3199 The Well Of The Unicorn Fletcher Pratt 1948 American English
3217 Red Moon and Black Mountain Joy Chant 1970 British English
3217 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin, Janet Song 2009 Chinese English
3217 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
3217 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
3217 Gloriana Michael Moorcock 1978 British English
3217 Nifft The Lean Michael Shea 1982 American English
3304 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1889 American English
3345 Rivers Of London Ben Aaronovitch 2011 British English
3578 The Goblin Emperor Katherine Addison 2014 American English
3579 Nine Princes In Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
3652 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
3659 The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 1939 British English
3659 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
3659 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
3659 Copper Crown Lane Von Herzen 1986 American English
3659 The Dragon And The George Gordon R. Dickson 1976 American English
4158 Moominland Midwinter Tove Jansson 1957 Finnish Swedish
4160 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
4205 Comet In Moominland Tove Jansson 1946 Finnish Swedish
4208 Finn Family Moomintroll Tove Jansson 1948 Finnish Swedish
4221 The Demon Mikhail Lermontov 1829 Russian Russian
4238 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
4242 The Moomins And The Great Flood Tove Jansson 1945 Finnish Swedish
4250 The Mouse And His Child Russell Hoban 1967 American English
4274 This Present Darkness Frank Peretti 1986 American English
4274 Among Others Jo Walton 2011 British English
4274 Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson 1955 American English
4274 Lud-in-the-Mist Hope Mirrlees 1926 British English
4274 Forest of A Thousand Daemons Daniel O. Fagunwa 1938 Nigerian Yoruba
4274 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
4274 Out Of Space And Time Clark Ashton Smith 1942 American English
4274 The Compleat Werewolf And Other Stories Of Fantasy And Science Fiction Anthony Boucher 1969 American English
4274 Ozma Of Oz L. Frank Baum 1907 American English
4274 A Hero Born Jin Yong 1957 Chinese Chinese
4274 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish
4274 Redwall Brian Jacques 1986 British English
4274 Swordspoint Ellen Kushner 1987 American English
4274 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
4274 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman 1997 British English
4274 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
4274 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
4274 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
4274 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
4274 The Grace Of Kings Ken Liu 2015 American English
4274 Shadowshaper Daniel José Older 2015 American English
4274 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
4274 The Wall Of Storms Ken Liu 2016 American English
4274 Beasts Made Of Night Tochi Onyebuchi 2017 American English
4274 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
4274 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
4274 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
4274 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
4274 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English