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
7187 The Village Beyond The Mist Sachiko Kashiwaba, Miho Satake, Avery Fischer Udagawa 1975 Japanese Japanese
7204 Hounded Kevin Hearne 2011 American English
7215 Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Edmund Dulac 1916 British English
7215 Orlando Innamorato Matteo Maria Boiardo 1483 Italian Italian
7215 Complete Works Lewis Carroll 1939 British English
7215 Early Romances William Morris 1890 British English
7215 The Poems Of William Morris William Morris 1868 British English
7215 Poems Of Bejamin Péret Bejamin Péret 1925 French French
7215 Puck Of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1906 British English
7215 Collected Poems Walter de la Mare 1920 British English
7215 Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio Pu Songling 1740 Chinese Classical chinese
7561 Lord Valentine's Castle Robert Silverberg 1980 American English
7568 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
7579 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
7596 White Gold Wielder Stephen R. Donaldson 1983 American English
7628 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
7635 The Drawing Of The Dark Tim Powers 1979 American English
7636 Angels' Blood Nalini Singh 2009 New Zealander English
7636 Soulless Gail Carriger 2009 American English
7640 Lake Of The Devil Jessica Amanda Salmonson 1980 American English
7665 Victory City Salman Rushdie 2023 British English
7670 Shadow And Bone Leigh Bardugo 2012 American English
7670 Cinder Marissa Meyer 2012 American English
7670 The Raven Boys Maggie Stiefvater 2012 American English
7684 Among Others Jo Walton 2011 British English
7684 A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark 2021 American English
7701 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 2025 American English
7760 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
7761 Butterfly Swords Jeannie Lin 2010 Unknown English
7779 The Red Magician Lisa Goldstein 1982 American English
7782 The Gunslinger Stephen King 1982 American English
7798 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
7803 Anno Dracula Kim Newman 1992 British English
7838 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
7847 The Darkangel Meredith Ann Pierce 1982 American English
7858 The Scorpio Races Maggie Stiefvater 2011 American English
7870 Незнайка на Луне Nikolay Nosov 1965 Russian Russian
7883 The Changeover Margaret Mahy 1984 New Zealand English
7883 Archer's Goon Diana Wynne Jones 1984 British English
7887 The Vampire Queen's Servant Joey W. Hill 2007 American English
7894 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
7902 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
7922 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
7942 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
7944 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
7978 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
7983 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
8008 Fire And Hemlock Diana Wynne Jones 1985 British English
8008 The Hounds Of The Morrigan Pat O'Shea 1985 Irish English
8049 Red Queen Victoria Aveyard 2015 American English
8052 Neon Gods Katee Robert 2021 American English
8053 The Urth Of The New Sun Gene Wolfe 1987 American English
8058 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
8066 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8141 Mort Terry Pratchett 1987 British English
8142 Jerusalem Commands Michael Moorcock 1992 British English
8204 Waking the Moon Elizabeth Hand, Elisabeth Hand 1994 American English
8225 Unsouled Will Wight 2016 American English
8246 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl 1970 British English
8254 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
8266 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8308 This Present Darkness Frank Peretti 1986 American English
8316 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8320 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
8328 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
8327 Contemporary Science Fiction, Fantasy, And Horror Poetry Scott E. Green 1989 American English
8347 Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett 1989 British English
8399 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
8403 Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett 1988 British English
8409 Lost In A Good Book Jasper Fforde 2002 British English
8409 City Of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007 American English
8423 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
8512 Expecting Someone Taller Tom Holt 1987 British English
8533 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
8575 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8592 The Wise Man's Fear Patrick Rothfuss 2011 American English
8631 Red Prophet Orson Scott Card 1988 American English
8631 The Knight And Knave Of Swords Fritz Leiber 1988 American English
8644 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
8647 The Leiber Chronicles Fritz Leiber 1990 American English
8658 Krabat Otfried Preußler 1971 German German
8671 From Blood And Ash Jennifer L. Armentrout 2020 American English
8684 The Poetic Fantastic Patrick D. Murphy 1989 American English
8688 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
8693 Throne Of Glass Sarah J. Maas 2012 American English
8705 What We Can Know Ian McEwan 2025 Unknown English
8747 Reaper Man Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
8758 Rats And Gargoyles Mary Gentle 1990 British English
8761 Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card 1989 American English
8771 Four Ways To Forgiveness Ursula K. Le Guin 1994 American English
8818 The Werewolves Of London Brian Stableford 1990 British English
8863 Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 2020 American English
8866 Death Of The Author Nnedi Okorafor 2025 Unknown English
8876 Tongues Anders Nilsen 2025 American English
8886 Theft Of Swords Michael J. Sullivan 2011 American English
8903 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
8912 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 American English
8914 O Picapau Amarelo Monteiro Lobato 1939 Brazilian Portuguese
8938 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
8938 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
8943 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
8956 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
8983 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
8986 Sunrise On The Reaping Suzanne Collins 2025 Unknown English