The Greatest Fantasy Books Since 2018

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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
2652 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
3927 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
4079 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
5426 Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon 2024 Irish English
5582 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5688 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
6376 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
6868 The Cruel Prince Holly Black 2018 American English
7666 Victory City Salman Rushdie 2023 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
7839 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
7903 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
7979 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
8053 Neon Gods Katee Robert 2021 American English
8059 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
8067 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8268 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8578 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8674 From Blood And Ash Jennifer L. Armentrout 2020 American English
8708 What We Can Know Ian McEwan 2025 Unknown English
8866 Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 2020 American English
8869 Death Of The Author Nnedi Okorafor 2025 Unknown English
8879 Tongues Anders Nilsen 2025 American English
8941 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
8941 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
8986 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
8989 Sunrise On The Reaping Suzanne Collins 2025 Unknown English
9063 The Book Of Records Madeleine Thien 2025 Canadian English
9082 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9087 The Dream Hotel Laila Lalami 2025 Unknown English
9097 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9130 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
9290 Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas 2020 American English
9530 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia Of Faeries Heather Fawcett 2023 Canadian English
9578 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 2021 American English
9785 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English
9910 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
9984 This Inevitable Ruin Matt Dinniman 2024 Unknown English
10032 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
10032 Wishes And Wellingtons Julie Berry 2018 American English
10167 The Devils Joe Abercrombie 2025 British English
10178 The Antidote Karen Russell 2025 Unknown English
10195 Katabasis R. F. Kuang 2025 Unknown English
10405 An Oral History Of Atlantis Ed Park 2025 Unknown English
10419 The Bright Sword Lev Grossman 2024 American English
10419 The Wayfinder Adam Johnson 2025 American English
10529 Terrestrial History Joe Mungo Reed 2025 British English
10565 Helm Sarah Hall 2025 English English
10652 Prophet Helen MacDonald, Sin Blaché 2023 Unknown English
10673 The Hounding Xenobe Purvis 2025 Unknown English
10687 The Bewitching Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025 Mexican English
10690 Automatic Noodle Annalee Newitz 2025 American English
10718 Cursed Daughters Oyinkan Braithwaite 2025 Nigerian English
10964 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
11014 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 2023 American English
11022 Gifted & Talented Olivie Blake 2025 American English
11269 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
11269 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
11269 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
11429 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
11429 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
11429 We Hunt The Flame Hafsah Faizal 2019 American English
11498 Ultramarine Mariette Navarro, Eve Hill-Agnus 2021 Unknown French
11608 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 American English
11609 Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger 2020 American English
11609 Woven In Moonlight Isabel Ibañez 2020 American English
11826 The Wax Child Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken 2023 Danish English
11837 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
12075 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown English
12108 Good And Evil And Other Stories Samanta Schweblin 2025 Argentine Spanish
12107 The Ferryman And His Wife Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough 2023 Norwegian English
12106 Dwelling Emily Hunt Kivel 2025 Unknown English
12111 North Sun Ethan Rutherford 2025 Unknown English
12127 The Pelican Child Joy Williams 2025 Unknown English
12134 A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna 2025 Unknown English
12166 Running Close To The Wind Alexandra Rowland 2024 Unknown English
12235 Rules For Ruin Mimi Matthews 2025 American English
12308 The Midwatch Institute For Wayward Girls Judith Rossell 2024 Australian English
12321 Angel Down Daniel Kraus 2025 American English
12405 The Great Work Sheldon Costa 2025 Unknown English
12423 A Mouthful Of Dust Nghi Vo 2025 American English
12437 Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros 2025 Unknown English
12445 Hungerstone Kat Dunn 2025 Unknown English
12446 When The Moon Hits Your Eye John Scalzi 2025 Unknown English
12453 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12454 My Name Is Emilia Del Valle Isabel Allende 2025 Unknown English
12467 Immaculate Conception Ling Ling Huang 2025 Unknown English
12475 The Experiment Rebecca Stead 2025 Unknown English
12476 I, Medusa Ayana Gray 2025 Unknown English
12478 The Manor Of Dreams Christina Li 2025 Unknown English
12479 The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz 2024 Unknown English
12489 When The Wolf Comes Home Nat Cassidy 2025 Unknown English
12490 The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson 2025 Unknown English
12491 They Bloom At Night Trang Thanh Tran 2025 Unknown English
12492 Hemlock & Silver T. Kingfisher 2025 American English
12493 Black Woods Blue Sky Eowyn Ivey 2025 Unknown English
12494 Old Soul Susan Barker 2025 Unknown English
12509 The Survivor Wants To Die At The End Adam Silvera 2025 American English
12557 The Night Birds Christopher Golden 2025 American English
12558 Hansel And Gretel Stephen King, Maurice Sendak 2025 American English
12568 Meet Me At The Crossroads Megan Giddings 2025 American English
12573 Happy Land Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2025 American English
12575 When They Burned The Butterfly Wen-yi Lee 2025 Taiwanese English
12583 The Last Tiger Julia Riew, Brad Riew 2025 American English
12607 Psychopomp & Circumstance Eden Royce 2025 American English
12610 After Life Gayle Forman 2025 American English
12617 The Expert Of Subtle Revisions Kirsten Menger-Anderson 2025 American English
12618 Sounds Like Love Ashley Poston 2025 American English
12625 The Island Of Last Things Emma Sloley 2025 Unknown English
12637 The Garden Nick Newman 2025 British English
12640 Animal Instinct Amy Shearn 2025 American English
12681 Audition For The Fox Martin Cahill 2025 Unknown English
12695 Scarlet Morning ND Stevenson 2025 American English
12710 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
12711 Beasts Of Carnaval Rosália Rodrigo 2025 Unknown English
12719 The Door On The Sea Caskey Russell 2025 American English
12720 A Feast For The Eyes Alex Crespo 2025 Unknown English
12727 A Little Hatred Joe Abercrombie 2019 British English