The Greatest Unknown Fantasy Books of All Time

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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
3167 The Travels Of Sir John Mandeville John Mandeville 1357 Unknown French
5685 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
7111 The Fantastic Imagination Robert H. Boyer 1977 Unknown English
7760 Butterfly Swords Jeannie Lin 2010 Unknown English
8316 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8704 What We Can Know Ian McEwan 2025 Unknown English
8865 Death Of The Author Nnedi Okorafor 2025 Unknown English
8982 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
8985 Sunrise On The Reaping Suzanne Collins 2025 Unknown English
9077 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9082 The Dream Hotel Laila Lalami 2025 Unknown English
9092 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9373 The Abbot Of Montserrat William Child Green 1826 Unknown Unknown
9567 The Land Aleron Kong 2015 Unknown English
9780 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English
9978 This Inevitable Ruin Matt Dinniman 2024 Unknown English
9981 Greenmantle Charles de Lint 1916 Unknown English
10026 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
10172 The Antidote Karen Russell 2025 Unknown English
10189 Katabasis R. F. Kuang 2025 Unknown English
10400 An Oral History Of Atlantis Ed Park 2025 Unknown English
10647 Prophet Helen MacDonald, Sin Blaché 2023 Unknown English
10668 The Hounding Xenobe Purvis 2025 Unknown English
11495 Ultramarine Mariette Navarro, Eve Hill-Agnus 2021 Unknown French
11835 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
12074 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown 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
12403 The Great Work Sheldon Costa 2025 Unknown English
12410 Daller Gut Dream Department Store Miye Lee Unknown Unknown
12435 Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros 2025 Unknown English
12443 Hungerstone Kat Dunn 2025 Unknown English
12444 When The Moon Hits Your Eye John Scalzi 2025 Unknown English
12451 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12452 My Name Is Emilia Del Valle Isabel Allende 2025 Unknown English
12465 Immaculate Conception Ling Ling Huang 2025 Unknown English
12473 The Experiment Rebecca Stead 2025 Unknown English
12474 I, Medusa Ayana Gray 2025 Unknown English
12476 The Manor Of Dreams Christina Li 2025 Unknown English
12477 The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz 2024 Unknown English
12487 When The Wolf Comes Home Nat Cassidy 2025 Unknown English
12488 The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson 2025 Unknown English
12489 They Bloom At Night Trang Thanh Tran 2025 Unknown English
12491 Black Woods Blue Sky Eowyn Ivey 2025 Unknown English
12492 Old Soul Susan Barker 2025 Unknown English
12623 The Island Of Last Things Emma Sloley 2025 Unknown English
12679 Audition For The Fox Martin Cahill 2025 Unknown English
12708 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
12709 Beasts Of Carnaval Rosália Rodrigo 2025 Unknown English
12718 A Feast For The Eyes Alex Crespo 2025 Unknown English
12756 Crumble Meredith McClaren, Andrea Bell 2025 Unknown English
12769 Blood On Her Tongue Johanna van Veen 2025 Unknown English
12770 The Burial Tide Neil Sharpson 2025 Unknown English
12774 The Confessional Paige Hender 2025 Unknown English
12778 Drome Jesse Lonergan 2025 Unknown English
12822 The Starving Saints Caitlin Starling 2025 Unknown English
12823 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 2025 Unknown English
12826 King Sorrow Joe Hill 2025 Unknown English
12827 Silver Elite Dani Francis 2025 Unknown English
12828 Bat Eater And Other Names For Cora Zeng Kylie Lee Baker 2025 Unknown English
12829 Harriet Tubman Bob the Drag Queen 2025 Unknown English
12830 Of Monsters And Mainframes Barbara Truelove 2025 Unknown English
12976 Lessons In Magic And Disaster Charlie Jane Anders 2025 Unknown Unknown
13053 Engines Of War R.S. Ford 2025 Unknown English
13062 The Blackfire Blade James Logan 2025 Unknown English
13065 Aunt Tigress Emily Yu-Xuan Qin 2025 Unknown English
13189 Blob Maggie Su 2025 Unknown English
13190 These Memories Do Not Belong To Us Yiming Ma 2025 Unknown English
13201 Awakened A.E. Osworth 2025 Unknown English
13111 The Conjuring Of America Lindsey Stewart 2025 Unknown English
13169 Deep Dark Zohra Nabi 2025 Unknown English
13185 The Witch's Egg Donya Todd 2025 Unknown English
13766 The Serpent And The Wings Of Night Carissa Broadbent 2022 Unknown English
14232 One Dark Window Rachel Gillig 2022 Unknown English
14712 Faebound Saara El-Arifi 2024 Unknown English
14983 The Mercy Of Gods James S. A. Corey 2024 Unknown Unknown
14983 Blood Over Bright Haven M. L. Wang 2024 Unknown Unknown
14983 Emily Wilde's Map Of The Otherlands Heather Fawcett 2024 Unknown English
14983 The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang 2023 Unknown English
14983 The Hurricane Wars Thea Guanzon 2023 Unknown English
14983 The Book Of Azrael Amber Nicole 2022 Unknown English
14983 Assistant To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
14983 A Touch Of Darkness Scarlett St. Clair 2019 Unknown English
14983 This Will Be Fun E. B. Asher 2024 Unknown English
15707 A Song Of Wraiths And Ruin Roseanne A. Brown 2020 Unknown English
15709 King Of Battle And Blood Scarlett St. Clair 2021 Unknown English
15713 Immortal Longings Chloe Gong 2023 Unknown English
15713 What The River Knows Isabel Ibañez 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Coin Light Amidst Shadows 2007 Unknown Unknown
17119 Daughter Of The Moon Goddess Sue Lynn Tan 2022 Unknown English
17119 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Richard R. George 1976 Unknown English
17119 Rakesfall Vajra Chandrasekera 2024 Unknown English
17119 Clouds In Space Teresa Robeson 2024 Unknown English
17119 A Magical Girl Retires Park Seolyeon 2024 Unknown English
17119 Somewhere Beyond The Sea Tj Klune 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Mars House Natasha Pulley 2024 Unknown English
17119 An Academy For Liars Alexis Henderson 2024 Unknown English
17119 Not Quite A Ghost Anne Ursu 2024 Unknown English
17119 Queen Of Dreams Kit Rocha 2024 Unknown English
17119 Swordcrossed Freya Marske 2024 Unknown English
17119 The City In Glass Nghi Vo 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Deep Dark Molly Knox Ostertag 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Diablo's Curse Gabe Cole Novoa 2024 Unknown English
17119 The God And The Gumiho Sophie Kim 2024 Unknown English
17119 Lost Ark Dreaming Suyi Davies Okungbowa 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Scholar And The Last Faerie Door H.G. Parry 2024 Unknown English
17119 Aerth Deborah Tomkins 2024 Unknown Unknown
17119 Lost Wonders Tom Lathan 2024 Unknown English
17119 Firelight John Morrissey 2023 Unknown English
17119 Enlightenment Sarah Perry 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Maid And The Crocodile Jordan Ifueko 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Endless Vessel Charles Soule 2023 Unknown English
17119 A Riddle For A King Mark Forsyth 2024 Unknown Unknown
17119 The West Passage Jared Pechaček 2024 Unknown English
17119 Flowers From The Void Gianni Washington 2024 Unknown English
17119 This Great Hemisphere Mateo Askaripour 2024 Unknown English
17119 Solstice Jen Breach 2024 Unknown English