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
12727 Jade War Fonda Lee 2019 Canadian English
12727 The Bird King G. Willow Wilson 2019 American English
12758 Crumble Meredith McClaren, Andrea Bell 2025 Unknown English
12771 Blood On Her Tongue Johanna van Veen 2025 Unknown English
12772 The Burial Tide Neil Sharpson 2025 Unknown English
12776 The Confessional Paige Hender 2025 Unknown English
12777 The Country Under Heaven Frederic S. Durbin 2025 American English
12780 Drome Jesse Lonergan 2025 Unknown English
12824 The Starving Saints Caitlin Starling 2025 Unknown English
12825 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 2025 Unknown English
12828 King Sorrow Joe Hill 2025 Unknown English
12829 Silver Elite Dani Francis 2025 Unknown English
12830 Bat Eater And Other Names For Cora Zeng Kylie Lee Baker 2025 Unknown English
12831 Harriet Tubman Bob the Drag Queen 2025 Unknown English
12832 Of Monsters And Mainframes Barbara Truelove 2025 Unknown English
12891 Pan Michael Clune 2025 American English
12936 The Eleventh Hour Salman Rushdie 2025 British English
12979 Lessons In Magic And Disaster Charlie Jane Anders 2025 Unknown Unknown
12993 All That We See Or Seem Ken Liu 2025 American English
13056 Engines Of War R.S. Ford 2025 Unknown English
13059 Female Fantasy Iman Hariri-Kia 2025 Iranian English
13065 The Blackfire Blade James Logan 2025 Unknown English
13068 Aunt Tigress Emily Yu-Xuan Qin 2025 Unknown English
13077 The Isle In The Silver Sea Tasha Suri 2025 British English
13192 Blob Maggie Su 2025 Unknown English
13193 These Memories Do Not Belong To Us Yiming Ma 2025 Unknown English
13204 Awakened A.E. Osworth 2025 Unknown English
13114 The Conjuring Of America Lindsey Stewart 2025 Unknown English
13171 Dracula & Daughters Emma Carroll 2025 British English
13172 Deep Dark Zohra Nabi 2025 Unknown English
13173 Torchfire Moira Buffini 2025 British English
13188 The Witch's Egg Donya Todd 2025 Unknown English
13239 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
13239 Harrow The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2020 New Zealand English
13239 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
13321 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
13321 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 2022 American English
13321 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
14671 Lightlark Alex Aster 2022 American English
14713 Faebound Saara El-Arifi 2024 Unknown English
14985 A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
14985 Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto 2018 Japanese Japanese
14985 House Of X Powers Of X Jonathan Hickman 2019 American English
14985 Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James 2022 Jamaican English
14985 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay 2019 Canadian English
14985 The Raven Tower Ann Leckie 2019 American English
14985 The 10,000 Doors Of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 American English
14985 A Snake Falls To Earth Darcie Little Badger 2021 American English
14985 The City We Became N. K. Jemisin 2020 American English
14985 The Spear Cuts Through Water Simon Jimenez 2022 American English
14985 Fairy Tale Stephen King 2023 American English
14985 The Mercy Of Gods James S. A. Corey 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 Blood Over Bright Haven M. L. Wang 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 The Dead Cat Tail Assassins P. Djèlí Clark 2024 American English
14985 Emily Wilde's Map Of The Otherlands Heather Fawcett 2024 Unknown English
14985 A Stroke Of The Pen Terry Pratchett 2023 British English
14985 Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell 2023 British English
14985 Starling House Alix E. Harrow 2023 American English
14985 The Adventures Of Amina Al Sirafi S. A. Chakraborty 2023 American English
14985 The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang 2023 Unknown English
14985 The Hurricane Wars Thea Guanzon 2023 Unknown English
14985 A Marvellous Light Freya Marske 2021 British English
14985 The Book Of Azrael Amber Nicole 2022 Unknown English
14985 Assistant To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
14985 A Touch Of Darkness Scarlett St. Clair 2019 Unknown English
14985 Powerless Lauren Roberts 2023 Unknown English
14985 The Fragile Threads Of Power V. E. Schwab 2023 American English
14985 This Will Be Fun E. B. Asher 2024 Unknown English
14985 The Road To Roswell Connie Willis 2023 American English
15567 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15715 Kingdom Of The Wicked Kerri Maniscalco 2020 American English
15715 A Song Of Wraiths And Ruin Roseanne A. Brown 2020 Unknown English
15717 King Of Battle And Blood Scarlett St. Clair 2021 Unknown English
15721 Immortal Longings Chloe Gong 2023 Unknown English
15721 What The River Knows Isabel Ibañez 2023 Unknown English
17164 Snow White Learns Witchcraft Theodora Goss 2019 American English
17164 Or What You Will Jo Walton 2020 British English
17164 Bob Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass 2018 American English
17164 Dragon Pearl Yoon Ha Lee 2019 American English
17164 Pahua and the Soul Stealer Lori Lee 2021 American English
17164 Root Magic Eden Royce 2021 American English
17164 Dactyl Hill Squad Daniel José Older 2018 American English
17164 The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson 2018 American English
17164 Trouble The Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson 2020 American English
17164 The Jasmine Throne Tasha Suri 2021 British English
17164 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English
17164 Solo Leveling 02 Dubu, CHUGONG 2020 Korean Korean
17164 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
17164 On A Sunbeam Tillie Walden 2018 American English
17164 The Empress Of Salt And Fortune Nghi Vo 2020 American English
17164 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 Canadian English
17164 House Of Sky And Breath Sarah J. Maas 2022 American English
17164 Middlegame Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
17164 The Hills Have Spies Mercedes Lackey 2018 American English
17164 Riverland Fran Wilde 2019 American English
17164 The Once And Future Witches Alix E. Harrow 2020 American English
17164 The Bone Ships RJ Barker 2019 British English
17164 The Bitter Twins Jen Williams 2018 British English
17164 Witch King Martha Wells 2023 American English
17164 Book Of Night Holly Black 2022 American English
17164 Battle Ground Jim Butcher 2020 American English
17164 House Of Assassins Larry Correia 2019 American English