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
6948 King Arthur's Daughter Vera Chapman 1976 British English
6948 The King's Damosel Vera Chapman 1976 British English
6954 We All Love Glenda So Much And Other Tales Julio Cortazar 1980 Argentinian Spanish
6956 Some Summer Lands Jane Gaskell 1977 British English
6960 The Year's Best Fantasy Stories Lin Carter 1975 American English
6962 The Stress of Her Regard Tim Powers 1989 American English
7042 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage 2007 British Middle english
7079 A Court Of Mist And Fury Sarah J. Maas 2016 American English
7093 Small Gods Terry Pratchett 1992 British English
7111 The Fantastic Imagination Robert H. Boyer 1977 Unknown English
7131 Tales Of Neveryon Samuel R. Delany 1979 American English
7131 Fantastic Worlds Eric S. Rabkin 1979 American English
7141 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
7149 Magic In The Wind Christine Feehan 2003 American English
7156 The One Tree Stephen R. Donaldson 1982 American English
7157 La Horde Du Contrevent Alain Damasio 2004 French French
7188 The Village Beyond The Mist Sachiko Kashiwaba, Miho Satake, Avery Fischer Udagawa 1975 Japanese Japanese
7205 Hounded Kevin Hearne 2011 American English
7216 Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Edmund Dulac 1916 British English
7216 Orlando Innamorato Matteo Maria Boiardo 1483 Italian Italian
7216 Complete Works Lewis Carroll 1939 British English
7216 Early Romances William Morris 1890 British English
7216 The Poems Of William Morris William Morris 1868 British English
7216 Poems Of Bejamin Péret Bejamin Péret 1925 French French
7216 Puck Of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1906 British English
7216 Collected Poems Walter de la Mare 1920 British English
7216 Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio Pu Songling 1740 Chinese Classical chinese
7562 Lord Valentine's Castle Robert Silverberg 1980 American English
7569 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
7580 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
7597 White Gold Wielder Stephen R. Donaldson 1983 American English
7629 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
7636 The Drawing Of The Dark Tim Powers 1979 American English
7637 Angels' Blood Nalini Singh 2009 New Zealander English
7637 Soulless Gail Carriger 2009 American English
7641 Lake Of The Devil Jessica Amanda Salmonson 1980 American English
7666 Victory City Salman Rushdie 2023 British English
7672 Shadow And Bone Leigh Bardugo 2012 American English
7672 Cinder Marissa Meyer 2012 American English
7672 The Raven Boys Maggie Stiefvater 2012 American English
7685 Among Others Jo Walton 2011 British English
7685 A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark 2021 American English
7702 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 2025 American English
7761 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
7762 Butterfly Swords Jeannie Lin 2010 Unknown English
7780 The Red Magician Lisa Goldstein 1982 American English
7783 The Gunslinger Stephen King 1982 American English
7799 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
7804 Anno Dracula Kim Newman 1992 British English
7839 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
7848 The Darkangel Meredith Ann Pierce 1982 American English
7859 The Scorpio Races Maggie Stiefvater 2011 American English
7871 Незнайка на Луне Nikolay Nosov 1965 Russian Russian
7884 The Changeover Margaret Mahy 1984 New Zealand English
7884 Archer's Goon Diana Wynne Jones 1984 British English
7888 The Vampire Queen's Servant Joey W. Hill 2007 American English
7895 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
7903 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
7923 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
7943 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
7945 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
7979 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
7984 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
8009 Fire And Hemlock Diana Wynne Jones 1985 British English
8009 The Hounds Of The Morrigan Pat O'Shea 1985 Irish English
8050 Red Queen Victoria Aveyard 2015 American English
8053 Neon Gods Katee Robert 2021 American English
8054 The Urth Of The New Sun Gene Wolfe 1987 American English
8059 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
8067 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8143 Mort Terry Pratchett 1987 British English
8144 Jerusalem Commands Michael Moorcock 1992 British English
8206 Waking the Moon Elizabeth Hand, Elisabeth Hand 1994 American English
8227 Unsouled Will Wight 2016 American English
8248 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl 1970 British English
8256 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
8268 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8310 This Present Darkness Frank Peretti 1986 American English
8318 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8322 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
8330 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
8329 Contemporary Science Fiction, Fantasy, And Horror Poetry Scott E. Green 1989 American English
8349 Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett 1989 British English
8401 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
8405 Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett 1988 British English
8411 Lost In A Good Book Jasper Fforde 2002 British English
8411 City Of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007 American English
8425 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
8514 Expecting Someone Taller Tom Holt 1987 British English
8535 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
8577 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8594 The Wise Man's Fear Patrick Rothfuss 2011 American English
8633 Red Prophet Orson Scott Card 1988 American English
8633 The Knight And Knave Of Swords Fritz Leiber 1988 American English
8646 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
8649 The Leiber Chronicles Fritz Leiber 1990 American English
8660 Krabat Otfried Preußler 1971 German German
8673 From Blood And Ash Jennifer L. Armentrout 2020 American English
8686 The Poetic Fantastic Patrick D. Murphy 1989 American English
8690 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
8695 Throne Of Glass Sarah J. Maas 2012 American English
8707 What We Can Know Ian McEwan 2025 Unknown English
8750 Reaper Man Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
8761 Rats And Gargoyles Mary Gentle 1990 British English
8764 Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card 1989 American English
8774 Four Ways To Forgiveness Ursula K. Le Guin 1994 American English
8821 The Werewolves Of London Brian Stableford 1990 British English
8865 Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 2020 American English
8868 Death Of The Author Nnedi Okorafor 2025 Unknown English
8878 Tongues Anders Nilsen 2025 American English
8888 Theft Of Swords Michael J. Sullivan 2011 American English
8905 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
8914 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 American English
8916 O Picapau Amarelo Monteiro Lobato 1939 Brazilian Portuguese
8940 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
8940 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
8945 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
8958 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
8985 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
8988 Sunrise On The Reaping Suzanne Collins 2025 Unknown English