The Greatest Fantasy Books Since 1900

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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
3215 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
3253 Dwellers In The Mirage A. Merritt 1932 American English
3254 All Hallows' Eve Charles Williams 1945 British English
3255 The Book Of Three Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
3305 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
3378 Black Easter James Blish 1968 American English
3398 The Name Of The Wind Patrick Rothfuss 2007 American English
3436 The Broken Earth Trilogy N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
3442 The Summer Tree Guy Gavriel Kay 1984 Canadian English
3450 Mistborn Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
3456 Glory Road Robert A. Heinlein 1963 American English
3480 The King Of Elfland's Daughter Lord Dunsany 1924 British English
3488 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
3491 The Claw Of The Conciliator Gene Wolfe 1981 American English
3542 The Dragon And The George Gordon R. Dickson 1976 American English
3546 Five Children And It Edith Nesbit 1902 British English
3549 Gloriana Michael Moorcock 1978 British English
3557 Magician Raymond E. Feist 1982 American English
3571 The Day After Judgement James Blish 1971 American English
3582 Two Sought Adventure Fritz Leiber 1957 American English
3592 The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson 1999 British English
3614 The Eyes Of The Overworld Jack Vance 1966 American English
3616 The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin 1972 American English
3619 Day Of The Minotaur Thomas Burnett Swann 1966 American English
3637 Der Gaulschreck Im Rosennetz Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando 1928 Austrian German
3814 Dark Lover J. R. Ward 2005 American English
3819 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
3825 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman 1997 British English
3830 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
3860 Forest of A Thousand Daemons Daniel O. Fagunwa 1938 Nigerian Yoruba
3878 The Hollow Hills Mary Stewart 1973 British English
3891 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine 1997 American English
3903 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 1982 American English
3907 The Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater 1944 British English
3927 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
3950 The Phoenix And The Mirror Avram Davidson 1969 American English
4065 A Feast Unknown Philip José Farmer 1969 American English
4078 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
4103 Selected Poems Of Clark Ashton Smith Clark Ashton Smith 1971 American English
4189 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
4221 The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
4233 Eric In The Land Of The Insects Godfried Bomans 1941 Dutch Dutch
4257 Jack Of Shadows Roger Zelazny 1971 American English
4305 A Court Of Thorns And Roses Sarah J. Maas 2015 American English
4400 Ariosto Chelsa quinn yarbro 1972 American Unknown
4401 The Revolt Of The Angels Anatole France 1914 French French
4401 The Sword Of Welleran Lord Dunsany 1908 Irish English
4450 The Eye Of The World Robert Jordan 1990 American English
4459 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
4472 Nifft The Lean Michael Shea 1982 American English
4488 The Bears' Famous Invasion Of Sicily Dino Buzzati 1945 Italian Italian
4513 Comet In Moominland Tove Jansson 1946 Finnish Swedish
4516 Finn Family Moomintroll Tove Jansson 1948 Finnish Swedish
4517 The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander 1965 American English
4548 Restoree Anne McCaffrey 1967 American English
4561 The Unfortunate Fursey Mervyn Wall 1946 Irish English
4561 Return Of Fursey Mervyn Wall 1948 Irish English
4573 The Moomins And The Great Flood Tove Jansson 1945 Finnish Swedish
4576 Alanna Tamora Pierce 1983 American English
4605 Swords And Deviltry Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
4639 The Vintner's Luck Elizabeth Knox 1998 New Zealand English
4655 Coraline Neil Gaiman 2002 British English
4708 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
4710 Grimus Salman Rushdie 1975 British English
4720 The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe 1982 American English
4768 The Incomplete Enchanter L. Sprague de Camp 1940 American English
4768 The White Deer James Thurber 1945 American English
4768 The Ship Of Ishtar A. Merritt 1924 American English
4817 Ozma Of Oz L. Frank Baum 1907 American English
4819 The Malacia Tapestry Brian Aldiss 1976 British English
4835 Black Magic Marjorie Bowen 1909 British English
4835 The Silver Stallion James Branch Cabell 1926 American English
4835 The Brass Bottle F. Anstey 1900 British English
4934 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
4943 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
4956 The Man Who Was Born Again Paull Busson 1921 Austrian German
4956 The Secret Mountain And Other Tales Kenneth Morris 1926 British English
4956 Black God's Shadow C. L. Moore 1934 American English
4956 Figures Of Earth James Branch Cabell 1921 American English
4956 The High Place James Branch Cabell 1923 American English
4956 The Centaur Algernon Blackwood 1911 British English
4956 These Mortals Margaret Irwin 1925 British English
4995 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
5006 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
5014 Slave To Sensation Nalini Singh 2006 New Zealand English
5039 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
5044 Typewriter In The Sky & Fear L. Ron Hubbard 1940 American English
5044 The Face In The Abyss A. Merritt 1931 American English
5044 The Girl And The Faun Eden Phillpotts 1917 British English
5044 Pan And The Twins Eden Phillpotts 1906 British English
5044 The Invincible Adam George Vierick, Paul Eldridge 1932 American English
5044 The Lord Of The Dark Red Star Eugene Lee-Hamilton 1903 British English
5044 Lieut. Gullivar Jones Edwin Lester Arnold 1905 British English
5044 The Charwoman's Shadow Lord Dunsany 1926 British English
5098 A Hunger Like No Other Kresley Cole 2006 American English
5162 The Blue Star Fletcher Pratt 1952 American English
5165 Jirel of Joiry C. L. Moore 1934 American English
5166 Northwest Smith C. L. Moore 1933 American English
5166 Mistress Masham's Repose T. H. White 1946 British English
5172 The Land Of Unreason L. Sprague de Camp 1942 American English
5172 Slaves Of Sleep L. Ron Hubbard 1939 American English
5172 Adept's Gambit Fritz Leiber 1947 American English
5172 Humour And Fantasy F. Anstey 1931 British Unknown
5172 War In Heaven Charles Williams 1930 British English
5189 Mistress Of Mistresses E. R. Eddison 1935 British English
5189 Gods, Men And Ghosts Lord Dunsany 1912 British English
5189 Witch Wood John Buchan 1927 British English
5189 The Valley Of The Flame Henry Kuttner 1946 American English
5189 The Dark World Henry Kuttner 1946 American English
5189 A Fish Dinner In Memison E. R. Eddison 1941 British English
5239 Sorcerer's Son Phyllis Eisenstein 1979 American English
5241 The Life And Adventures Of Trobadora Beatrice Irmtraud Morgner 1974 German German
5251 The War Hound And The World's Pain Michael Moorcock 1981 British English
5263 The Golden Key George MacDonald 1980 British English
5275 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English
5292 The Poisoned Kiss And Other Stories From The Portuguese Joyce Carol Oates 1975 American English
5326 A Storm Of Wings M. John Harrison 1980 British English
5377 Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart 1984 American English
5378 A Midsummer Tempest Poul Anderson 1974 American English
5385 The Tritonian Ring L. Sprague de Camp 1953 American English