The Greatest Fantasy Books Since 1952

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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
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
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
8228 Unsouled Will Wight 2016 American English
8249 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl 1970 British English
8257 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
8269 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8311 This Present Darkness Frank Peretti 1986 American English
8319 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8323 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
8331 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
8330 Contemporary Science Fiction, Fantasy, And Horror Poetry Scott E. Green 1989 American English
8350 Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett 1989 British English
8402 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
8406 Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett 1988 British English
8412 Lost In A Good Book Jasper Fforde 2002 British English
8412 City Of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007 American English
8426 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
8515 Expecting Someone Taller Tom Holt 1987 British English
8537 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
8579 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8596 The Wise Man's Fear Patrick Rothfuss 2011 American English
8635 Red Prophet Orson Scott Card 1988 American English
8635 The Knight And Knave Of Swords Fritz Leiber 1988 American English
8648 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
8651 The Leiber Chronicles Fritz Leiber 1990 American English
8662 Krabat Otfried Preußler 1971 German German
8675 From Blood And Ash Jennifer L. Armentrout 2020 American English
8688 The Poetic Fantastic Patrick D. Murphy 1989 American English
8692 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
8697 Throne Of Glass Sarah J. Maas 2012 American English
8709 What We Can Know Ian McEwan 2025 Unknown English
8752 Reaper Man Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
8763 Rats And Gargoyles Mary Gentle 1990 British English
8766 Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card 1989 American English
8776 Four Ways To Forgiveness Ursula K. Le Guin 1994 American English
8823 The Werewolves Of London Brian Stableford 1990 British English
8867 Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 2020 American English
8870 Death Of The Author Nnedi Okorafor 2025 Unknown English
8880 Tongues Anders Nilsen 2025 American English
8890 Theft Of Swords Michael J. Sullivan 2011 American English
8907 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
8916 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 American English
8942 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
8942 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
8947 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
8960 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
8987 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
8990 Sunrise On The Reaping Suzanne Collins 2025 Unknown English
8998 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
9064 The Book Of Records Madeleine Thien 2025 Canadian English
9083 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9088 The Dream Hotel Laila Lalami 2025 Unknown English
9096 River God Wilbur Smith 1993 South African English
9098 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9131 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
9142 George's Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl 1981 British English
9182 Off To Be The Wizard Scott Meyer 2013 English
9242 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
9243 Soul Music Terry Pratchett 1994 British English
9259 The Grace Of Kings Ken Liu 2015 American English
9290 Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas 2020 American English
9335 Authority Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9335 Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9342 Not Before Sundown Johanna Sinisalo 2000 Finnish Finnish
9366 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
9530 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia Of Faeries Heather Fawcett 2023 Canadian English
9533 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
9572 The Land Aleron Kong 2015 Unknown English
9578 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 2021 American English
9588 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
9606 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 1996 British English
9690 Moominpappa At Sea Tove Jansson 1965 Finnish Swedish
9694 A Spell For Chameleon Piers Anthony 1977 American English
9703 Beasts Made Of Night Tochi Onyebuchi 2017 American English
9703 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
9724 The Moon and the Sun Vonda N. McIntyre 1997 American English
9731 Gagner La Guerre Jean-Philippe Jaworski 2009 French French
9785 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English