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
4077 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
5425 Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon 2024 Irish English
5581 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5687 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
6375 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
6868 The Cruel Prince Holly Black 2018 American English
7665 Victory City Salman Rushdie 2023 British English
7684 A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark 2021 American English
7701 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 2025 American English
7760 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
7838 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
7902 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
7978 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
8052 Neon Gods Katee Robert 2021 American English
8058 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
8066 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8267 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8576 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8672 From Blood And Ash Jennifer L. Armentrout 2020 American English
8706 What We Can Know Ian McEwan 2025 Unknown 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
8939 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
8939 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian 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
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
9095 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9128 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
9287 Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas 2020 American English
9527 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia Of Faeries Heather Fawcett 2023 Canadian English
9575 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 2021 American English
9781 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English
9906 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
9979 This Inevitable Ruin Matt Dinniman 2024 Unknown English
10027 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
10027 Wishes And Wellingtons Julie Berry 2018 American English
10163 The Devils Joe Abercrombie 2025 British English
10173 The Antidote Karen Russell 2025 Unknown English
10190 Katabasis R. F. Kuang 2025 Unknown English
10401 An Oral History Of Atlantis Ed Park 2025 Unknown English
10415 The Bright Sword Lev Grossman 2024 American English
10415 The Wayfinder Adam Johnson 2025 American English
10526 Terrestrial History Joe Mungo Reed 2025 British English
10562 Helm Sarah Hall 2025 English English
10648 Prophet Helen MacDonald, Sin Blaché 2023 Unknown English
10669 The Hounding Xenobe Purvis 2025 Unknown English
10683 The Bewitching Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025 Mexican English
10686 Automatic Noodle Annalee Newitz 2025 American English
10714 Cursed Daughters Oyinkan Braithwaite 2025 Nigerian English
10960 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
11010 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 2023 American English
11018 Gifted & Talented Olivie Blake 2025 American English
11265 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
11265 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
11265 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
11426 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
11426 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
11426 We Hunt The Flame Hafsah Faizal 2019 American English
11496 Ultramarine Mariette Navarro, Eve Hill-Agnus 2021 Unknown French
11606 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 American English
11607 Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger 2020 American English
11607 Woven In Moonlight Isabel Ibañez 2020 American English
11824 The Wax Child Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken 2023 Danish English
11835 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
12074 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown English
12107 Good And Evil And Other Stories Samanta Schweblin 2025 Argentine Spanish
12106 The Ferryman And His Wife Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough 2023 Norwegian English
12105 Dwelling Emily Hunt Kivel 2025 Unknown English
12110 North Sun Ethan Rutherford 2025 Unknown English
12126 The Pelican Child Joy Williams 2025 Unknown English
12133 A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna 2025 Unknown English
12165 Running Close To The Wind Alexandra Rowland 2024 Unknown English
12234 Rules For Ruin Mimi Matthews 2025 American English
12307 The Midwatch Institute For Wayward Girls Judith Rossell 2024 Australian English
12320 Angel Down Daniel Kraus 2025 American English
12404 The Great Work Sheldon Costa 2025 Unknown English
12422 A Mouthful Of Dust Nghi Vo 2025 American English
12436 Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros 2025 Unknown English
12444 Hungerstone Kat Dunn 2025 Unknown English
12445 When The Moon Hits Your Eye John Scalzi 2025 Unknown English
12452 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12453 My Name Is Emilia Del Valle Isabel Allende 2025 Unknown English
12466 Immaculate Conception Ling Ling Huang 2025 Unknown English
12474 The Experiment Rebecca Stead 2025 Unknown English
12475 I, Medusa Ayana Gray 2025 Unknown English
12477 The Manor Of Dreams Christina Li 2025 Unknown English
12478 The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz 2024 Unknown English
12488 When The Wolf Comes Home Nat Cassidy 2025 Unknown English
12489 The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson 2025 Unknown English
12490 They Bloom At Night Trang Thanh Tran 2025 Unknown English
12491 Hemlock & Silver T. Kingfisher 2025 American English
12492 Black Woods Blue Sky Eowyn Ivey 2025 Unknown English
12493 Old Soul Susan Barker 2025 Unknown English
12508 The Survivor Wants To Die At The End Adam Silvera 2025 American English
12556 The Night Birds Christopher Golden 2025 American English
12557 Hansel And Gretel Stephen King, Maurice Sendak 2025 American English
12567 Meet Me At The Crossroads Megan Giddings 2025 American English
12572 Happy Land Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2025 American English
12574 When They Burned The Butterfly Wen-yi Lee 2025 Taiwanese English
12582 The Last Tiger Julia Riew, Brad Riew 2025 American English
12606 Psychopomp & Circumstance Eden Royce 2025 American English
12609 After Life Gayle Forman 2025 American English
12616 The Expert Of Subtle Revisions Kirsten Menger-Anderson 2025 American English
12617 Sounds Like Love Ashley Poston 2025 American English
12624 The Island Of Last Things Emma Sloley 2025 Unknown English
12636 The Garden Nick Newman 2025 British English
12639 Animal Instinct Amy Shearn 2025 American English
12680 Audition For The Fox Martin Cahill 2025 Unknown English
12694 Scarlet Morning ND Stevenson 2025 American English
12709 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
12710 Beasts Of Carnaval Rosália Rodrigo 2025 Unknown English
12718 The Door On The Sea Caskey Russell 2025 American English
12719 A Feast For The Eyes Alex Crespo 2025 Unknown English
12726 A Little Hatred Joe Abercrombie 2019 British English