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
12726 Jade War Fonda Lee 2019 Canadian English
12726 The Bird King G. Willow Wilson 2019 American English
12757 Crumble Meredith McClaren, Andrea Bell 2025 Unknown English
12770 Blood On Her Tongue Johanna van Veen 2025 Unknown English
12771 The Burial Tide Neil Sharpson 2025 Unknown English
12775 The Confessional Paige Hender 2025 Unknown English
12776 The Country Under Heaven Frederic S. Durbin 2025 American English
12779 Drome Jesse Lonergan 2025 Unknown English
12823 The Starving Saints Caitlin Starling 2025 Unknown English
12824 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 2025 Unknown English
12827 King Sorrow Joe Hill 2025 Unknown English
12828 Silver Elite Dani Francis 2025 Unknown English
12829 Bat Eater And Other Names For Cora Zeng Kylie Lee Baker 2025 Unknown English
12830 Harriet Tubman Bob the Drag Queen 2025 Unknown English
12831 Of Monsters And Mainframes Barbara Truelove 2025 Unknown English
12890 Pan Michael Clune 2025 American English
12934 The Eleventh Hour Salman Rushdie 2025 British English
12977 Lessons In Magic And Disaster Charlie Jane Anders 2025 Unknown Unknown
12991 All That We See Or Seem Ken Liu 2025 American English
13054 Engines Of War R.S. Ford 2025 Unknown English
13057 Female Fantasy Iman Hariri-Kia 2025 Iranian English
13063 The Blackfire Blade James Logan 2025 Unknown English
13066 Aunt Tigress Emily Yu-Xuan Qin 2025 Unknown English
13075 The Isle In The Silver Sea Tasha Suri 2025 British English
13190 Blob Maggie Su 2025 Unknown English
13191 These Memories Do Not Belong To Us Yiming Ma 2025 Unknown English
13202 Awakened A.E. Osworth 2025 Unknown English
13112 The Conjuring Of America Lindsey Stewart 2025 Unknown English
13169 Dracula & Daughters Emma Carroll 2025 British English
13170 Deep Dark Zohra Nabi 2025 Unknown English
13171 Torchfire Moira Buffini 2025 British English
13186 The Witch's Egg Donya Todd 2025 Unknown English
13237 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
13237 Harrow The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2020 New Zealand English
13237 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
13319 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
13319 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 2022 American English
13319 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown
13767 The Serpent And The Wings Of Night Carissa Broadbent 2022 Unknown English
13941 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
13971 Beneath The Sugar Sky Seanan McGuire 2018 American English
13971 Revenant Gun Yoon Ha Lee 2018 Korean-American English
13971 The Monster Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2018 American English
14025 The Kingdom Of Copper S. A. Chakraborty 2019 American English
14025 The Rosewater Redemption Tade Thompson 2019 British English
14025 In An Absent Dream Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
14025 The True Queen Zen Cho 2019 Malaysian English
14071 Riddance Shelley Jackson 2018 American English
14078 The Trouble With Peace Joe Abercrombie 2020 British English
14078 The Empire Of Gold S. A. Chakraborty 2020 American English
14078 The Tyrant Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2020 American English
14138 The Wisdom Of Crowds Joe Abercrombie 2021 British English
14232 Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 American English
14232 She Who Became The Sun Shelley Parker-Chan 2021 Australian English
14232 The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern 2019 American English
14232 One Dark Window Rachel Gillig 2022 Unknown English
14670 Lightlark Alex Aster 2022 American English
14712 Faebound Saara El-Arifi 2024 Unknown English
14984 A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
14984 Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto 2018 Japanese Japanese
14984 House Of X Powers Of X Jonathan Hickman 2019 American English
14984 Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James 2022 Jamaican English
14984 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay 2019 Canadian English
14984 The Raven Tower Ann Leckie 2019 American English
14984 The 10,000 Doors Of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 American English
14984 A Snake Falls To Earth Darcie Little Badger 2021 American English
14984 The City We Became N. K. Jemisin 2020 American English
14984 The Spear Cuts Through Water Simon Jimenez 2022 American English
14984 Fairy Tale Stephen King 2023 American English
14984 The Mercy Of Gods James S. A. Corey 2024 Unknown Unknown
14984 Blood Over Bright Haven M. L. Wang 2024 Unknown Unknown
14984 The Dead Cat Tail Assassins P. Djèlí Clark 2024 American English
14984 Emily Wilde's Map Of The Otherlands Heather Fawcett 2024 Unknown English
14984 A Stroke Of The Pen Terry Pratchett 2023 British English
14984 Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell 2023 British English
14984 Starling House Alix E. Harrow 2023 American English
14984 The Adventures Of Amina Al Sirafi S. A. Chakraborty 2023 American English
14984 The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang 2023 Unknown English
14984 The Hurricane Wars Thea Guanzon 2023 Unknown English
14984 A Marvellous Light Freya Marske 2021 British English
14984 The Book Of Azrael Amber Nicole 2022 Unknown English
14984 Assistant To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
14984 A Touch Of Darkness Scarlett St. Clair 2019 Unknown English
14984 The Fragile Threads Of Power V. E. Schwab 2023 American English
14984 This Will Be Fun E. B. Asher 2024 Unknown English
14984 The Road To Roswell Connie Willis 2023 American English
15563 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15711 Kingdom Of The Wicked Kerri Maniscalco 2020 American English
15711 A Song Of Wraiths And Ruin Roseanne A. Brown 2020 Unknown English
15713 King Of Battle And Blood Scarlett St. Clair 2021 Unknown English
15717 Immortal Longings Chloe Gong 2023 Unknown English
15717 What The River Knows Isabel Ibañez 2023 Unknown English
17131 Snow White Learns Witchcraft Theodora Goss 2019 American English
17131 Or What You Will Jo Walton 2020 British English
17131 Bob Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass 2018 American English
17131 Dragon Pearl Yoon Ha Lee 2019 American English
17131 Pahua and the Soul Stealer Lori Lee 2021 American English
17131 Root Magic Eden Royce 2021 American English
17131 Dactyl Hill Squad Daniel José Older 2018 American English
17131 The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson 2018 American English
17131 Trouble The Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson 2020 American English
17131 The Jasmine Throne Tasha Suri 2021 British English
17131 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English
17131 Solo Leveling 02 Dubu, CHUGONG 2020 Korean Korean
17131 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
17131 On A Sunbeam Tillie Walden 2018 American English
17131 The Empress Of Salt And Fortune Nghi Vo 2020 American English
17131 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 Canadian English
17131 House Of Sky And Breath Sarah J. Maas 2022 American English
17131 Middlegame Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
17131 The Hills Have Spies Mercedes Lackey 2018 American English
17131 Riverland Fran Wilde 2019 American English
17131 The Once And Future Witches Alix E. Harrow 2020 American English
17131 The Bone Ships RJ Barker 2019 British English
17131 The Bitter Twins Jen Williams 2018 British English
17131 Witch King Martha Wells 2023 American English
17131 Book Of Night Holly Black 2022 American English
17131 Battle Ground Jim Butcher 2020 American English
17131 House Of Assassins Larry Correia 2019 American English
17131 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English