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
11826 The Wax Child Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken 2023 Danish English
11837 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
11926 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
11927 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
12024 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
12075 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown English
12077 A Gathering Of Shadows V. E. Schwab 2016 American English
12108 Good And Evil And Other Stories Samanta Schweblin 2025 Argentine Spanish
12107 The Ferryman And His Wife Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough 2023 Norwegian English
12106 Dwelling Emily Hunt Kivel 2025 Unknown English
12111 North Sun Ethan Rutherford 2025 Unknown English
12127 The Pelican Child Joy Williams 2025 Unknown English
12134 A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna 2025 Unknown English
12166 Running Close To The Wind Alexandra Rowland 2024 Unknown English
12226 A Conjuring Of Light V. E. Schwab 2017 American English
12226 Shades Of Grey Jasper Fforde 2009 British English
12235 Rules For Ruin Mimi Matthews 2025 American English
12308 The Midwatch Institute For Wayward Girls Judith Rossell 2024 Australian English
12318 The Hero And The Crown Robin McKinley 1984 American English
12321 Angel Down Daniel Kraus 2025 American English
12405 The Great Work Sheldon Costa 2025 Unknown English
12412 Daller Gut Dream Department Store Miye Lee Unknown Unknown
12421 Moonheart Charles de Lint 1984 Canadian English
12423 A Mouthful Of Dust Nghi Vo 2025 American English
12437 Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros 2025 Unknown English
12445 Hungerstone Kat Dunn 2025 Unknown English
12446 When The Moon Hits Your Eye John Scalzi 2025 Unknown English
12453 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12454 My Name Is Emilia Del Valle Isabel Allende 2025 Unknown English
12467 Immaculate Conception Ling Ling Huang 2025 Unknown English
12474 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
12475 The Experiment Rebecca Stead 2025 Unknown English
12476 I, Medusa Ayana Gray 2025 Unknown English
12478 The Manor Of Dreams Christina Li 2025 Unknown English
12479 The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz 2024 Unknown English
12489 When The Wolf Comes Home Nat Cassidy 2025 Unknown English
12490 The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson 2025 Unknown English
12491 They Bloom At Night Trang Thanh Tran 2025 Unknown English
12492 Hemlock & Silver T. Kingfisher 2025 American English
12493 Black Woods Blue Sky Eowyn Ivey 2025 Unknown English
12494 Old Soul Susan Barker 2025 Unknown English
12501 The Shadow On The Stone Bench Maria Gripe 1982 Swedish Unknown
12509 The Survivor Wants To Die At The End Adam Silvera 2025 American English
12557 The Night Birds Christopher Golden 2025 American English
12558 Hansel And Gretel Stephen King, Maurice Sendak 2025 American English
12568 Meet Me At The Crossroads Megan Giddings 2025 American English
12573 Happy Land Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2025 American English
12575 When They Burned The Butterfly Wen-yi Lee 2025 Taiwanese English
12583 The Last Tiger Julia Riew, Brad Riew 2025 American English
12607 Psychopomp & Circumstance Eden Royce 2025 American English
12610 After Life Gayle Forman 2025 American English
12617 The Expert Of Subtle Revisions Kirsten Menger-Anderson 2025 American English
12618 Sounds Like Love Ashley Poston 2025 American English
12625 The Island Of Last Things Emma Sloley 2025 Unknown English
12637 The Garden Nick Newman 2025 British English
12640 Animal Instinct Amy Shearn 2025 American English
12681 Audition For The Fox Martin Cahill 2025 Unknown English
12695 Scarlet Morning ND Stevenson 2025 American English
12710 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
12711 Beasts Of Carnaval Rosália Rodrigo 2025 Unknown English
12719 The Door On The Sea Caskey Russell 2025 American English
12720 A Feast For The Eyes Alex Crespo 2025 Unknown English
12727 A Little Hatred Joe Abercrombie 2019 British English
12727 Jade War Fonda Lee 2019 Canadian English
12727 The Bird King G. Willow Wilson 2019 American English
12758 Crumble Meredith McClaren, Andrea Bell 2025 Unknown English
12761 Sundust Zeke Peña American English
12771 Blood On Her Tongue Johanna van Veen 2025 Unknown English
12772 The Burial Tide Neil Sharpson 2025 Unknown English
12776 The Confessional Paige Hender 2025 Unknown English
12777 The Country Under Heaven Frederic S. Durbin 2025 American English
12780 Drome Jesse Lonergan 2025 Unknown English
12824 The Starving Saints Caitlin Starling 2025 Unknown English
12825 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 2025 Unknown English
12828 King Sorrow Joe Hill 2025 Unknown English
12829 Silver Elite Dani Francis 2025 Unknown English
12830 Bat Eater And Other Names For Cora Zeng Kylie Lee Baker 2025 Unknown English
12831 Harriet Tubman Bob the Drag Queen 2025 Unknown English
12832 Of Monsters And Mainframes Barbara Truelove 2025 Unknown English
12872 Yarrow Charles de Lint 1986 Canadian English
12891 Pan Michael Clune 2025 American English
12936 The Eleventh Hour Salman Rushdie 2025 British English
12979 Lessons In Magic And Disaster Charlie Jane Anders 2025 Unknown Unknown
13010 L'enchanteur René Barjavel 1984 French French
13006 Thus Were Their Faces Silvina Ocampo 1988 Argentinian Spanish
12993 All That We See Or Seem Ken Liu 2025 American English
13092 The Wood Wife Terri Windling 1996 American English
13056 Engines Of War R.S. Ford 2025 Unknown English
13059 Female Fantasy Iman Hariri-Kia 2025 Iranian English
13065 The Blackfire Blade James Logan 2025 Unknown English
13068 Aunt Tigress Emily Yu-Xuan Qin 2025 Unknown English
13077 The Isle In The Silver Sea Tasha Suri 2025 British English
13192 Blob Maggie Su 2025 Unknown English
13193 These Memories Do Not Belong To Us Yiming Ma 2025 Unknown English
13204 Awakened A.E. Osworth 2025 Unknown English
13114 The Conjuring Of America Lindsey Stewart 2025 Unknown English
13171 Dracula & Daughters Emma Carroll 2025 British English
13172 Deep Dark Zohra Nabi 2025 Unknown English
13173 Torchfire Moira Buffini 2025 British English
13188 The Witch's Egg Donya Todd 2025 Unknown English
13218 The Belgariad David Eddings 1982 American English
13229 Gardens Of The Moon Steven Erikson 1999 Canadian English
13239 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
13239 Harrow The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2020 New Zealand English
13239 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
13297 Legend Of The Swordsmen Of The Mountains Of Shu Huanzhulouzhu 1932 Chinese Chinese
13305 Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey 2001 American English
13321 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
13321 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 2022 American English
13319 The Lions Of Al Rassan Guy Gavriel Kay 1995 Canadian English
13321 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown
13362 The People Of The Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1934 American English
13362 The Wizard Of The Emerald City Alexander Wolkow 1939 Russian Russian
13362 Die Fahrten Thiodolfs Des Isländers Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué 1815 German German
13362 Sintram And His Companions Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué 1814 German German
13362 The Chronicles Of Prydain Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
13362 The Dark Is Rising Sequence Susan Cooper 1965 British English
13362 Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving 1819 American English
13513 Gil's All Fright Diner A. Lee Martinez 2005 American English
13531 Wild Seed Octavia E. Butler 1980 American English