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
14985 A Dance With Dragons George R. R. Martin 2011 American English
14985 In The Hand Of The Goddess Tamora Pierce 1984 American English
14985 The Woman Who Rides Like A Man Tamora Pierce 1986 American English
14985 Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce 1988 American English
14985 The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie 2006 British English
14985 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
14985 Sailing To Sarantium Guy Gavriel Kay 1998 Canadian English
14985 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
14985 The Ninth Rain Jen Williams 2017 British English
14985 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay 2019 Canadian English
14985 The Raven Tower Ann Leckie 2019 American English
14985 The 10,000 Doors Of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 American English
14985 Some Kind Of Fairy Tale Graham Joyce 2012 British English
14985 The Magician King Lev Grossman 2011 American English
14985 Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan 2012 American English
14985 Ship Of Magic Robin Hobb 1998 American English
14985 The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Robert E. Howard 2003 American English
14985 A Snake Falls To Earth Darcie Little Badger 2021 American English
14985 I Shall Wear Midnight Terry Pratchett 2010 British English
14985 The City We Became N. K. Jemisin 2020 American English
14985 Pyramids Terry Pratchett 1989 British English
14985 The Spear Cuts Through Water Simon Jimenez 2022 American English
14985 Oathbringer Brandon Sanderson 2017 American English
14985 Anita Blake Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 American English
14985 The Alchemyst Michael Scott 2007 Irish English
14985 Blood Of Elves Andrzej Sapkowski 1994 Polish Polish
14985 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins 2009 American English
14985 Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer 2008 American English
14985 The Sea Of Monsters Rick Riordan 2006 American English
14985 Skellig David Almond 1998 British English
14985 Fairy Tale Stephen King 2023 American English
14985 The Shadow Rising Robert Jordan 1992 American English
14985 The Dark Tower Stephen King 1982 American English
14985 The Hero Of Ages Brandon Sanderson 2008 American English
14985 The Mercy Of Gods James S. A. Corey 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 The Library At Mount Char Scott Hawkins 2015 American English
14985 The Vorrh Brian Catling 2012 British English
14985 Blood Over Bright Haven M. L. Wang 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 The Dead Cat Tail Assassins P. Djèlí Clark 2024 American English
14985 Emily Wilde's Map Of The Otherlands Heather Fawcett 2024 Unknown English
14985 Rumpelstiltskin Paul O. Zelinsky 1986 American English
14985 A Stroke Of The Pen Terry Pratchett 2023 British English
14985 Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell 2023 British English
14985 Starling House Alix E. Harrow 2023 American English
14985 The Adventures Of Amina Al Sirafi S. A. Chakraborty 2023 American English
14985 The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang 2023 Unknown English
14985 The Hurricane Wars Thea Guanzon 2023 Unknown English
14985 A Marvellous Light Freya Marske 2021 British English
14985 The Book Of Azrael Amber Nicole 2022 Unknown English
14985 Assistant To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
14985 A Touch Of Darkness Scarlett St. Clair 2019 Unknown English
14985 Powerless Lauren Roberts 2023 Unknown English
14985 The Fragile Threads Of Power V. E. Schwab 2023 American English
14985 This Will Be Fun E. B. Asher 2024 Unknown English
14985 The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore William Joyce 2011 American English
14985 The Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch 1980 Canadian English
14985 The Fairy Tale Detectives Michael Buckley 2005 American English
14985 Strega Nona Tomie dePaola 1975 American English
14985 The Road To Roswell Connie Willis 2023 American English
15567 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15587 The Alien Realm Bo Yang 1996 Chinese Unknown
15656 Where The Blue Begins Christopher Morley 1922 American English
15686 Temnaya Zvezda Hroniki Artsii Vera Kamsha 2009 Russian Russian
15715 Kingdom Of The Wicked Kerri Maniscalco 2020 American English
15715 A Song Of Wraiths And Ruin Roseanne A. Brown 2020 Unknown English
15717 King Of Battle And Blood Scarlett St. Clair 2021 Unknown English
15721 Immortal Longings Chloe Gong 2023 Unknown English
15721 What The River Knows Isabel Ibañez 2023 Unknown English
15723 The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
15724 The Return Of The King J. R. R. Tolkien 1955 British English
15769 J.R.R. Tolkien 4 Book Boxed Set J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
15797 Perrault's Fairy Tales Charles Perrault 1697 French French
15820 A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket On The Hearth Charles Dickens 1843 British English
15825 Half Magic Edward Eager 1954 American English
15826 The Hobbit & The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
15840 The Ill Made Knight T.H. White 1940 British English
15846 The Fellowship Of The Ring J. R. R. Tolkien 1981 British English
15869 Thumbelina Hans Christian Andersen 1835 Danish Danish
15844 The Time Quartet Box Set Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
15875 Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
15914 The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll 1876 British English
15914 The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 1939 British English
15914 Gobbolino The Witch's Cat Ursula Williams 1942 British English
16502 The Iron Giant Ted Hughes 1968 British English
15914 Year Of The Unicorn Andre Norton 1965 American English
15904 Български народни приказки Angel Karaliichev 1961 Bulgarian Bulgarian
15914 My Father's Dragon Ruth Stiles Gannett 1948 American English
15897 God Emperor Of Dune Frank Herbert 1981 American English
15914 The Story Of Doctor Dolittle Hugh Lofting 1920 British English
15914 The Adventures Of Snugglepot And Cuddlepie May Gibbs 1918 Australian English
15914 Dot And The Kangaroo Ethel Pedley 1899 Australian English
15914 Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens J. M. Barrie 1906 British English
15914 Pierre Maurice Sendak 1962 American English
15914 How The Whale Became Ted Hughes 1963 British English
15901 Space Trilogy C. S. Lewis 1938 British English
15914 The Corn King And The Spring Queen Naomi Mitchison 1931 British English
15914 Islandia Austin Tappan Wright 1942 American English
15914 The King Of The Golden River John Ruskin 1851 British English
15914 The Letter For The King Tonke Dragt 1962 Dutch Dutch
15911 The Complete Stories Edgar Allan Poe 1832 American English
15884 Ocean Of The Streams Of Story Somadeva 1063 Indian Sanskrit
16623 Trilby Charles Lomon 1894 British Unknown
16549 A Walk Out Of The World Ruth Nichols 1969 Canadian English
16587 The Halloween Tree Ray Bradbury 1972 American English
16585 Arthurian Romances Chrétien de Troyes 1180 French Old french
16612 The Black Castle Les Daniels 1978 American English
16576 The Arthurian Vulgate anonymous 1210 French Old french
16629 Badjelly The Witch Spike Milligan 1973 New Zealander English
16771 Alice In Wonderland Jane Carruth 1865 British English
16757 The Earthsea Trilogy Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 American English
16704 Travel Light Naomi Mitchison 1952 British English
17162 Wolf Brother Michelle Paver 2004 British English
17162 Outside Over There Maurice Sendak 1981 American English
17162 Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin 1985 American English
17162 The Citadel of the Autarch Gene Wolfe 1983 American English
17162 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Roald Dahl 1977 British English
17162 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
17162 The Song of Rhiannon Evangeline Walton 1972 British English
17162 Unfinished Tales Christopher John Reuel Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien 1980 British English
17162 The Firelings Carol Kendall 1981 American English