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
7884 Archer's Goon Diana Wynne Jones 1984 British English
7888 The Vampire Queen's Servant Joey W. Hill 2007 American English
7895 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
7903 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
7923 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
7943 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
7945 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
7979 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
7984 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
8009 Fire And Hemlock Diana Wynne Jones 1985 British English
8009 The Hounds Of The Morrigan Pat O'Shea 1985 Irish English
8050 Red Queen Victoria Aveyard 2015 American English
8053 Neon Gods Katee Robert 2021 American English
8054 The Urth Of The New Sun Gene Wolfe 1987 American English
8059 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
8067 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8143 Mort Terry Pratchett 1987 British English
8144 Jerusalem Commands Michael Moorcock 1992 British English
8206 Waking the Moon Elizabeth Hand, Elisabeth Hand 1994 American English
8227 Unsouled Will Wight 2016 American English
8248 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl 1970 British English
8256 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
8268 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8310 This Present Darkness Frank Peretti 1986 American English
8318 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8322 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
8330 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
8329 Contemporary Science Fiction, Fantasy, And Horror Poetry Scott E. Green 1989 American English
8349 Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett 1989 British English
8401 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
8405 Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett 1988 British English
8411 Lost In A Good Book Jasper Fforde 2002 British English
8411 City Of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007 American English
8425 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
8514 Expecting Someone Taller Tom Holt 1987 British English
8535 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
8577 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8594 The Wise Man's Fear Patrick Rothfuss 2011 American English
8633 Red Prophet Orson Scott Card 1988 American English
8633 The Knight And Knave Of Swords Fritz Leiber 1988 American English
8646 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
8649 The Leiber Chronicles Fritz Leiber 1990 American English
8660 Krabat Otfried Preußler 1971 German German
8673 From Blood And Ash Jennifer L. Armentrout 2020 American English
8686 The Poetic Fantastic Patrick D. Murphy 1989 American English
8690 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
8695 Throne Of Glass Sarah J. Maas 2012 American English
8707 What We Can Know Ian McEwan 2025 Unknown English
8749 Reaper Man Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
8760 Rats And Gargoyles Mary Gentle 1990 British English
8763 Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card 1989 American English
8773 Four Ways To Forgiveness Ursula K. Le Guin 1994 American English
8820 The Werewolves Of London Brian Stableford 1990 British English
8864 Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 2020 American English
8867 Death Of The Author Nnedi Okorafor 2025 Unknown English
8877 Tongues Anders Nilsen 2025 American English
8887 Theft Of Swords Michael J. Sullivan 2011 American English
8904 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
8913 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 American English
8915 O Picapau Amarelo Monteiro Lobato 1939 Brazilian Portuguese
8939 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
8939 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
8944 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
8957 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
8984 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
8987 Sunrise On The Reaping Suzanne Collins 2025 Unknown English
8995 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
9061 The Book Of Records Madeleine Thien 2025 Canadian English
9080 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9085 The Dream Hotel Laila Lalami 2025 Unknown English
9093 River God Wilbur Smith 1993 South African English
9095 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9128 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
9139 George's Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl 1981 British English
9179 Off To Be The Wizard Scott Meyer 2013 English
9239 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
9240 Soul Music Terry Pratchett 1994 British English
9256 The Grace Of Kings Ken Liu 2015 American English
9287 Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas 2020 American English
9332 Authority Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9332 Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9339 Not Before Sundown Johanna Sinisalo 2000 Finnish Finnish
9363 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
9375 The Werewolf Of Ponkert H. Warner Munn 1925 American English
9375 You'll Need A Light Christine Campbell Thompson 1927 British Unknown
9527 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia Of Faeries Heather Fawcett 2023 Canadian English
9530 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
9569 The Land Aleron Kong 2015 Unknown English
9575 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 2021 American English
9585 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
9603 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 1996 British English
9686 Moominpappa At Sea Tove Jansson 1965 Finnish Swedish
9690 A Spell For Chameleon Piers Anthony 1977 American English
9699 Beasts Made Of Night Tochi Onyebuchi 2017 American English
9699 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
9720 The Moon and the Sun Vonda N. McIntyre 1997 American English
9727 Gagner La Guerre Jean-Philippe Jaworski 2009 French French
9781 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English
9796 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
9805 The Obelisk Gate N. K. Jemisin 2016 American English
9813 Possible Worlds Of The Fantastic Nancy H. Trail 1995 American Unknown
9824 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
9828 Darkness Weaves Karl Edward Wagner 1970 American English
9853 The Encyclopedia Of Fantasy John Clute 1997 British English
9899 Alvin Journeyman Orson Scott Card 1995 American English
9906 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
9917 The Eyes Of The Dragon Stephen King 1987 American English
9973 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
9981 Shadow & Claw Gene Wolfe 1994 American English
9980 The Atrocity Archives Charles Stross 2004 British English
9979 This Inevitable Ruin Matt Dinniman 2024 Unknown English
9982 Greenmantle Charles de Lint 1916 Unknown English
10025 The Dreaming City Michael Moorcock 1961 British English
10027 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
10027 Wishes And Wellingtons Julie Berry 2018 American English
10083 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
10085 Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 1995 American English
10103 The Fifth Elephant Terry Pratchett 1999 British English
10108 The Man Who Spoke Snakish Andrus Kivirähk 2007 Estonian Estonian
10128 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English