The Greatest Fantasy and Supernatural 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 488 '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
16 The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
166 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
197 A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 American English
206 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
259 The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
333 His Dark Materials Philip Pullman 1995 British English
675 The House On The Borderland And Other Novels William Hope Hodgson 1908 British English
694 Rhymes And Legends Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer 1871 Spanish Spanish
728 Conjure Wife Fritz Leiber 1943 American English
750 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban J. K. Rowling 1999 British English
782 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury 1962 American English
898 Sandman Neil Gaiman 1989 British English
933 Winter's Tale Mark Helprin 1983 American English
943 Evenings On A Farm Near Dikanka Nikolai Gogol 1831 Russian Russian
994 The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle 1968 American English
1009 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
1012 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 1995 British English
1096 Darker Than You Think Jack Williamson 1948 American English
1156 Hawksmoor Peter Ackroyd 1985 British English
1262 Peace Gene Wolfe 1975 American English
1292 The Owl Service Alan Garner 1967 British English
1331 The October Country Ray Bradbury 1955 American English
1463 Out Of Space And Time Clark Ashton Smith 1942 American English
1608 Fancies And Goodnights John Collier 1951 British English
1609 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2001 British English
1667 Lolly Willowes Sylvia Townsend Warner 1926 British English
1764 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling 2003 British English
1840 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
1852 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
1861 The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag Robert A. Heinlein 1942 American English
1863 The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories Angela Carter 1979 British English
1879 The Little Demon Fedor Sologub 1907 Russian Russian
1966 Swan Song Robert R. McCammon 1987 American English
1982 Our Lady Of Darkness Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
1991 The Green Man Kingsley Amis 1969 British English
2086 Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 British English
2389 Lost Souls Poppy Z. Brite 1992 American English
2542 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One Rick Riordan 2005 American English
2557 Prince Caspian C. S. Lewis 1951 British English
2622 The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis 1955 British English
2739 My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Amos Tutuola 1954 Nigerian English
2857 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
2872 The Complete Fiction Of Bruno Schulz Bruno Schulz 1989 Polish Polish
3018 Dark Lover J. R. Ward 2005 American English
3032 Who Fears The Devil? Manly Wade Wellman 1963 American English
3166 Worse Things Waiting Manly Wade Wellman 1973 American English
3223 Creep, Shadow! A. Merritt 1934 American English
3235 The Compleat Werewolf And Other Stories Of Fantasy And Science Fiction Anthony Boucher 1969 American English
3258 The Day After Judgement James Blish 1971 American English
3297 Song Of Kali Dan Simmons 1985 American English
3357 The Arabian Nightmare Robert Irwin 1983 British English
3370 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
3551 Who Made Stevie Crye? Michael Bishop 1984 American English
3641 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
3728 Lilith George MacDonald 1895 Scottish English
3786 At Twilight They Return Zyranna Zateli 1993 Greek Greek
3859 Boy's Life Robert R. McCammon 1991 American English
3868 Coraline Neil Gaiman 2002 British English
3893 We Others Steven Millhauser 2011 American English
3956 The Witches Of Eastwick John Updike 1984 American English
3974 A Hunger Like No Other Kresley Cole 2006 American English
3985 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
3989 The Hungry Moon Ramsey Campbell 1986 British English
4081 Undine Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué 1811 German German
4134 Night's Black Agents Fritz Leiber 1961 American English
4153 Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado 2017 American English
4289 The Vampire Tapestry Suzy McKee Charnas 1980 American English
4380 The Bride With White Hair Liang Yusheng 1957 Chinese Chinese
4472 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
4505 The Unfortunate Fursey Mervyn Wall 1946 Irish English
4638 All Hallows' Eve Charles Williams 1945 British English
4638 Thirteen O'clock Stephen Vincent Benét 1937 American English
4709 Black God's Shadow C. L. Moore 1934 American English
4805 Cold Heaven Brian Moore 1983 British English
4825 Living Alone Stella Benson 1919 British English
4893 The Complete Short Stories Of Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce 1970 American English
4917 War In Heaven Charles Williams 1930 British English
4933 Gods, Men And Ghosts Lord Dunsany 1912 British English
4994 The Businessman Thomas M. Disch 1984 American English
5022 The Children Of Green Knowe L. M. Boston 1954 British English
5051 Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link 2001 American English
5058 Magic In The Wind Christine Feehan 2003 American English
5058 Tempting The Beast Lora Leigh 2003 American English
5122 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
5231 City Of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007 American English
5260 A Nest Of Nightmares Lisa Tuttle 1986 American English
5259 The Unconquered Country Geoff Ryman 1986 Canadian English
5296 The Stress of Her Regard Tim Powers 1989 American English
5424 Night Circus And Other Stories Ursula Kovalyk 2014 Slovak Unknown
5523 The Vampire Queen's Servant Joey W. Hill 2007 American English
5562 The Red Lion Mária Szepes 1946 Hungarian Hungarian
5678 A Discovery Of Witches Deborah Harkness 2011 American English
5718 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
5733 Hounded Kevin Hearne 2011 American English
5770 Shadowland Peter Straub 1980 American English
5771 Earthfasts William Mayne 1966 British English
5837 The Raven Boys Maggie Stiefvater 2012 American English
5913 Dark Prince Christine Feehan 1999 American English
5970 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
6023 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
6026 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
6044 The House With A Clock In Its Walls John Bellairs 1973 American English
6291 Greenwitch Susan Cooper 1974 British English
6301 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
6315 Waking the Moon Elizabeth Hand, Elisabeth Hand 1994 American English
6386 The Wind Eye Robert Westall 1973 British English
6534 Silver On The Tree Susan Cooper 1977 British English
6622 The Gunslinger Stephen King 1982 American English
6664 Get In Trouble Kelly Link 2015 American English
6732 Shadowshaper Daniel José Older 2015 American English
6739 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
6809 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
6817 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
6825 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
6903 Gaspard De La Nuit Aloysius Bertrand 1842 French French
7046 Angels' Blood Nalini Singh 2009 New Zealander English
7046 Soulless Gail Carriger 2009 American English
7332 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
7418 Genius Loci, And Other Tales Clark Ashton Smith 1948 American English
7454 Kurangaituku Whiti Hereaka 2022 New Zealander English