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
7094 Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey 1988 American English
7094 Renegades Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1989 American English
7094 All The Weyrs Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1991 American English
7094 The Chronicles Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1993 Irish English
7094 Searching For Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1991 American English
7094 Calling On Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1993 American English
7094 Talking To Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1985 American English
7094 Castle In The Air Diana Wynne Jones 1990 British English
7094 House Of Many Ways Diana Wynne Jones 2008 British English
7247 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 American English
7255 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
7256 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
7256 Demon Slayer Koyoharu Gotouge 2016 Japanese Japanese
7256 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 1997 Japanese Japanese
7256 Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto 2018 Japanese Japanese
7256 Tokyo Ghoul Sui Ishida 2011 Japanese Japanese
7256 Gobbolino The Witch's Cat Ursula Williams 1942 British English
7256 Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James 2022 Jamaican English
7451 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
7452 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
7453 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
7461 The Magicians Lev Grossman 2009 American English
7462 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
7464 The Atrocity Archives Charles Stross 2004 British English
7465 The Ballad Of Black Tom Victor LaValle 2016 American English
7469 The Devil In America Kai Ashante Wilson 2014 American English
7476 The House With A Clock In Its Walls John Bellairs 1973 American English
7482 The Queen Of The Damned Anne Rice 1988 American English
7497 Wylding Hall Elizabeth Hand 2015 American English
7499 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
7499 The City Of Brass S. A. Chakraborty 2017 Egyptian English
7620 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
7624 Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan 2008 Australian English
7625 The Shadow Year Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
7630 Alif The Unseen G. Willow Wilson 2012 American English
7631 Zoo City Lauren Beukes 2010 South African English
7632 The Sudden Appearance Of Hope Claire North 2016 British English
7633 The Chimes Anna Smaill 2015 New Zealand English
7635 Mrs. Caliban Rachel Ingalls 1982 American English
7654 The Wise Man's Fear Patrick Rothfuss 2011 American English
7679 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
7679 Monstress Vol. 1 Marjorie Liu 2015 American English
7679 A Bride's Story Kaoru Mori 2009 Japanese Japanese
7679 Alice Christina Henry 2015 American English
7679 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
7679 Dactyl Hill Squad Daniel José Older 2018 American English
7679 Worm Loves Worm J.J Austrian 2016 American English
7679 The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson 2018 American English
7679 Drum Dream Girl Margarita Engle 2015 Cuban English
7679 The Cruel Prince Holly Black 2018 American English
7679 Sabriel Garth Nix 1995 Australian English
7679 House Of X Powers Of X Jonathan Hickman 2019 American English
7679 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 Canadian English
7777 When Dreams Travel Githa Hariharan 1999 Indian English
7785 Dragonfly In Amber Diana Gabaldon 1992 American English
7785 In The Hand Of The Goddess Tamora Pierce 1984 American English
7785 The Woman Who Rides Like A Man Tamora Pierce 1986 American English
7785 Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce 1988 American English
7785 The Fiery Cross Diana Gabaldon 2001 American English
7826 The Chronicles Of Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
7827 The Sword Of Truth Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
7828 Conan The Barbarian Robert E. Howard 1932 American English
7829 The Crystal Shard R. A. Salvatore 1988 American English
7830 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
7831 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde 2001 British English
7832 Furies Of Calderon Jim Butcher 2004 American English
7835 The Vintner's Luck Elizabeth Knox 1998 New Zealand English
7899 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
7900 Jade War Fonda Lee 2019 Canadian English
7901 City Of Stairs Robert Jackson Bennett 2014 American English
7903 The Ninth Rain Jen Williams 2017 British English
7904 Some Kind Of Fairy Tale Graham Joyce 2012 British English
7907 The Moon and the Sun Vonda N. McIntyre 1997 American English
7909 A Darker Shade Of Magic V. E. Schwab 2015 American English
7979 A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark 2021 American English
7988 The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin 1972 American English
7993 The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie 2006 British English
7997 Under Heaven Guy Gavriel Kay 2010 Canadian English
7998 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
8012 Sailing To Sarantium Guy Gavriel Kay 1998 Canadian English
8018 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
8021 The Black Company Glen Cook 1984 American English
8023 Life, The Universe And Everything Douglas Adams 1982 British English
8028 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
8031 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
8034 Prince Of Thorns Mark Lawrence 2011 British English
8047 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay 2019 Canadian English
8053 The Raven Tower Ann Leckie 2019 American English
8055 The 10,000 Doors Of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 American English
8057 Perelandra C. S. Lewis 1943 British English
8067 Duncton Wood William Horwood 1980 British English
8080 Palimpsest Catherynne M. Valente 2009 American English
8090 Anno Dracula Kim Newman 1992 British English
8100 The Gods Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1913 American English
8103 The Killing Moon N. K. Jemisin 2012 American English
8115 The White Mountains John Christopher 1967 British English
8119 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
8129 The Many Coloured Land Julian May 1981 American English
8131 Blackwing Ed McDonald 2017 British English
8133 Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 American English
8134 The Real Story Stephen R. Donaldson 1991 American English
8140 Middlegame Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
8147 Hothouse Brian Aldiss 1962 British English
8147 Heroes And Villains Angela Carter 1969 British English
8147 The Dancers At The End Of Time Michael Moorcock 1972 British English
8147 The Dreaming Dragons Damien Broderick 1980 Australian English
8198 Such Christine Brooke-Rose 1966 British English
8198 Monsieur, Or The Prince Of Darkness Lawrence Durrell 1974 British English
8198 The Deadman’s Pedal Alan Warner 2012 Scottish English
8198 The Eyes Of The Dragon Stephen King 1987 American English
8198 All Systems Red Martha Wells 2017 American English
8198 Caliban's War James S. A. Corey 2012 American English
8382 Harvey Mary Chase 1944 American English
8410 Бездна голодных глаз H. L. Oldie 1993 Ukrainian Russian
8410 Making Money Terry Pratchett 2007 British English
8410 Tale Of The Troika Arkady Strugatsky 1968 Russian Russian
8410 Меч Без Имени Andrei Belyanin 1999 Russian Russian
8410 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
8410 Alvklingan Nick Perumov 1999 Russian Russian
8410 The People Of The Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1934 American English