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
4957 Black God's Shadow C. L. Moore 1934 American English
4957 Figures Of Earth James Branch Cabell 1921 American English
4957 The High Place James Branch Cabell 1923 American English
4957 The Centaur Algernon Blackwood 1911 British English
4957 These Mortals Margaret Irwin 1925 British English
4997 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
5008 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
5016 Slave To Sensation Nalini Singh 2006 New Zealand English
5041 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
5046 The Wolf Leader Alexandre Dumas 1857 French French
5046 Typewriter In The Sky & Fear L. Ron Hubbard 1940 American English
5046 The Face In The Abyss A. Merritt 1931 American English
5046 The Girl And The Faun Eden Phillpotts 1917 British English
5046 Pan And The Twins Eden Phillpotts 1906 British English
5046 The Invincible Adam George Vierick, Paul Eldridge 1932 American English
5046 The Lord Of The Dark Red Star Eugene Lee-Hamilton 1903 British English
5046 Lieut. Gullivar Jones Edwin Lester Arnold 1905 British English
5046 The Charwoman's Shadow Lord Dunsany 1926 British English
5099 A Hunger Like No Other Kresley Cole 2006 American English
5163 The Blue Star Fletcher Pratt 1952 American English
5166 Jirel of Joiry C. L. Moore 1934 American English
5167 Northwest Smith C. L. Moore 1933 American English
5167 Mistress Masham's Repose T. H. White 1946 British English
5173 The Land Of Unreason L. Sprague de Camp 1942 American English
5173 Slaves Of Sleep L. Ron Hubbard 1939 American English
5173 Adept's Gambit Fritz Leiber 1947 American English
5173 Humour And Fantasy F. Anstey 1931 British Unknown
5173 War In Heaven Charles Williams 1930 British English
5190 Mistress Of Mistresses E. R. Eddison 1935 British English
5190 Gods, Men And Ghosts Lord Dunsany 1912 British English
5190 Witch Wood John Buchan 1927 British English
5190 Phantasmion Sara Coleridge 1837 British English
5190 The Valley Of The Flame Henry Kuttner 1946 American English
5190 The Dark World Henry Kuttner 1946 American English
5190 A Fish Dinner In Memison E. R. Eddison 1941 British English
5240 Sorcerer's Son Phyllis Eisenstein 1979 American English
5242 The Life And Adventures Of Trobadora Beatrice Irmtraud Morgner 1974 German German
5252 The War Hound And The World's Pain Michael Moorcock 1981 British English
5264 The Golden Key George MacDonald 1980 British English
5276 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English
5293 The Poisoned Kiss And Other Stories From The Portuguese Joyce Carol Oates 1975 American English
5327 A Storm Of Wings M. John Harrison 1980 British English
5378 Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart 1984 American English
5379 A Midsummer Tempest Poul Anderson 1974 American English
5386 The Tritonian Ring L. Sprague de Camp 1953 American English
5426 Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon 2024 Irish English
5447 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
5501 Over Sea, Under Stone Susan Cooper 1965 British English
5502 The Trip To Panama Janosch 1978 German German
5521 Lost Worlds Clark Ashton Smith 1944 American English
5572 The Golden Stranger Henry Treece 1956 British English
5582 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5605 Tree And Leaf J. R. R. Tolkien 1964 British English
5651 The Last Enchantment Mary Stewart 1979 British English
5656 The Mezentian Gate E. R. Eddison 1958 British English
5657 Tea With The Black Dragon R. A. MacAvoy 1983 American English
5688 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
5702 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
5715 Hotel Transylvania Chelsa quinn yarbro 1978 American English
5762 The Scar China Miéville 2002 British English
5777 The Serpent Jane Gaskell 1963 British English
5777 The Stealer Of Souls Michael Moorcock 1963 British English
5863 The Well At The World's End William Morris 1896 British English
5863 At The Back Of The North Wind George MacDonald 1871 Scottish English
5911 The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
5907 The Ring Of The Nibelung Richard Wagner 1876 German German
5927 Sylvester And The Magic Pebble William Steig 1969 American English
5935 A Promise Of Fire Amanda Bouchet 2016 American English
5949 The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
5964 Swords In The Mist Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
5964 Swords Against Wizardry Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
6074 Earthfasts William Mayne 1966 British English
6005 The Return Of Münchausen Sigismund Krzyzanowski 1927 Russian Russian
6078 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
6077 A Knight In Shining Armor Jude Deveraux 1989 American English
6087 The Maker Of Universes Philip José Farmer 1965 American English
6091 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
6105 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
6106 Lancelot Of Denmark Unknown 1350 Dutch Unknown
6123 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
6167 Atlan Jane Gaskell 1965 British English
6167 Peregrine Avram Davidson 1965 American English
6172 Swords Against Death Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
6198 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 1997 Japanese Japanese
6208 The High King Lloyd Alexander 1968 American English
6208 The Moon In The Cloud Rosemary Harris 1968 British English
6222 The City Jane Gaskell 1967 British English
6246 A Discovery Of Witches Deborah Harkness 2011 American English
6286 New Worlds Of Fantasy Terry Carr 1967 American English
6297 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
6318 Greenwitch Susan Cooper 1974 British English
6330 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish
6376 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
6405 Dark Prince Christine Feehan 1999 American English
6414 All Systems Red Martha Wells 2017 American English
6419 The Pastel City M. John Harrison 1971 British English
6515 The Year's Best Fantasy And Horror Ellen Datlow 1988 American English
6527 The Power That Preserves Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
6533 A Stranger In Olondria Sofia Samatar 2013 American English
6566 Songs And Sonnets Atlantean Donald Sidney-Fryer 1971 American English
6571 The Illearth War Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
6571 Silver On The Tree Susan Cooper 1977 British English
6573 Zothique Clark Ashton Smith 1970 American English
6584 Mrs. Caliban Rachel Ingalls 1982 American English
6670 The Balcony Jean Genet 1957 French French
6692 Swords And Ice Magic Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
6703 Seventh Son Orson Scott Card, Patrick Couton 1987 American English
6760 Bold As Love Gwyneth Jones 2001 British English
6759 The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett 1986 British English
6798 The Blue Hawk Peter Dickinson 1976 British English
6808 The Queen Of The Damned Anne Rice 1988 American English
6868 The Cruel Prince Holly Black 2018 American English
6877 The Green Knight Vera Chapman 1975 British English
6880 A String In The Harp Nancy Bond 1976 American English
6885 The Ice Is Coming Patricia Wrightson 1977 Australian English
6890 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2001 Irish English
6907 The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson 2002 American English
6910 The Wounded Land Stephen R. Donaldson 1980 American English
6917 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin, Janet Song 2009 Chinese English
6939 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English