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
5425 Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon 2024 Irish English
5446 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
5500 Over Sea, Under Stone Susan Cooper 1965 British English
5501 The Trip To Panama Janosch 1978 German German
5520 Lost Worlds Clark Ashton Smith 1944 American English
5571 The Golden Stranger Henry Treece 1956 British English
5581 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5604 Tree And Leaf J. R. R. Tolkien 1964 British English
5650 The Last Enchantment Mary Stewart 1979 British English
5655 The Mezentian Gate E. R. Eddison 1958 British English
5656 Tea With The Black Dragon R. A. MacAvoy 1983 American English
5687 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
5701 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
5714 Hotel Transylvania Chelsa quinn yarbro 1978 American English
5761 The Scar China Miéville 2002 British English
5776 The Serpent Jane Gaskell 1963 British English
5776 The Stealer Of Souls Michael Moorcock 1963 British English
5910 The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
5926 Sylvester And The Magic Pebble William Steig 1969 American English
5934 A Promise Of Fire Amanda Bouchet 2016 American English
5948 The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
5963 Swords In The Mist Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
5963 Swords Against Wizardry Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
6073 Earthfasts William Mayne 1966 British English
6004 The Return Of Münchausen Sigismund Krzyzanowski 1927 Russian Russian
6077 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
6076 A Knight In Shining Armor Jude Deveraux 1989 American English
6086 The Maker Of Universes Philip José Farmer 1965 American English
6090 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
6104 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
6122 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
6166 Atlan Jane Gaskell 1965 British English
6166 Peregrine Avram Davidson 1965 American English
6171 Swords Against Death Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
6196 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 1997 Japanese Japanese
6206 The High King Lloyd Alexander 1968 American English
6206 The Moon In The Cloud Rosemary Harris 1968 British English
6220 The City Jane Gaskell 1967 British English
6244 A Discovery Of Witches Deborah Harkness 2011 American English
6285 New Worlds Of Fantasy Terry Carr 1967 American English
6296 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
6317 Greenwitch Susan Cooper 1974 British English
6329 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish
6375 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
6404 Dark Prince Christine Feehan 1999 American English
6413 All Systems Red Martha Wells 2017 American English
6418 The Pastel City M. John Harrison 1971 British English
6515 The Year's Best Fantasy And Horror Ellen Datlow 1988 American English
6527 The Power That Preserves Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
6533 A Stranger In Olondria Sofia Samatar 2013 American English
6566 Songs And Sonnets Atlantean Donald Sidney-Fryer 1971 American English
6571 The Illearth War Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
6571 Silver On The Tree Susan Cooper 1977 British English
6573 Zothique Clark Ashton Smith 1970 American English
6584 Mrs. Caliban Rachel Ingalls 1982 American English
6670 The Balcony Jean Genet 1957 French French
6692 Swords And Ice Magic Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
6703 Seventh Son Orson Scott Card, Patrick Couton 1987 American English
6760 Bold As Love Gwyneth Jones 2001 British English
6759 The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett 1986 British English
6798 The Blue Hawk Peter Dickinson 1976 British English
6808 The Queen Of The Damned Anne Rice 1988 American English
6868 The Cruel Prince Holly Black 2018 American English
6877 The Green Knight Vera Chapman 1975 British English
6880 A String In The Harp Nancy Bond 1976 American English
6885 The Ice Is Coming Patricia Wrightson 1977 Australian English
6890 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2001 Irish English
6907 The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson 2002 American English
6910 The Wounded Land Stephen R. Donaldson 1980 American English
6917 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin, Janet Song 2009 Chinese English
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 Complete Works Lewis Carroll 1939 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
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