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
5688 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
7111 The Fantastic Imagination Robert H. Boyer 1977 Unknown English
7762 Butterfly Swords Jeannie Lin 2010 Unknown English
8319 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8709 What We Can Know Ian McEwan 2025 Unknown English
8870 Death Of The Author Nnedi Okorafor 2025 Unknown English
8987 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
8990 Sunrise On The Reaping Suzanne Collins 2025 Unknown English
9083 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9088 The Dream Hotel Laila Lalami 2025 Unknown English
9098 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9378 The Abbot Of Montserrat William Child Green 1826 Unknown Unknown
9572 The Land Aleron Kong 2015 Unknown English
9785 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English
9984 This Inevitable Ruin Matt Dinniman 2024 Unknown English
9987 Greenmantle Charles de Lint 1916 Unknown English
10032 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown 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
10652 Prophet Helen MacDonald, Sin Blaché 2023 Unknown English
10673 The Hounding Xenobe Purvis 2025 Unknown English
11498 Ultramarine Mariette Navarro, Eve Hill-Agnus 2021 Unknown French
11837 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
12075 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown 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
12405 The Great Work Sheldon Costa 2025 Unknown English
12412 Daller Gut Dream Department Store Miye Lee Unknown Unknown
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
12493 Black Woods Blue Sky Eowyn Ivey 2025 Unknown English
12494 Old Soul Susan Barker 2025 Unknown English
12625 The Island Of Last Things Emma Sloley 2025 Unknown English
12681 Audition For The Fox Martin Cahill 2025 Unknown English
12710 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
12711 Beasts Of Carnaval Rosália Rodrigo 2025 Unknown English
12720 A Feast For The Eyes Alex Crespo 2025 Unknown 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
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
12979 Lessons In Magic And Disaster Charlie Jane Anders 2025 Unknown Unknown
13056 Engines Of War R.S. Ford 2025 Unknown English
13065 The Blackfire Blade James Logan 2025 Unknown English
13068 Aunt Tigress Emily Yu-Xuan Qin 2025 Unknown 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
13172 Deep Dark Zohra Nabi 2025 Unknown English
13188 The Witch's Egg Donya Todd 2025 Unknown English
13767 The Serpent And The Wings Of Night Carissa Broadbent 2022 Unknown English
14232 One Dark Window Rachel Gillig 2022 Unknown English
14713 Faebound Saara El-Arifi 2024 Unknown English
14986 The Mercy Of Gods James S. A. Corey 2024 Unknown Unknown
14986 Blood Over Bright Haven M. L. Wang 2024 Unknown Unknown
14986 Emily Wilde's Map Of The Otherlands Heather Fawcett 2024 Unknown English
14986 The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang 2023 Unknown English
14986 The Hurricane Wars Thea Guanzon 2023 Unknown English
14986 The Book Of Azrael Amber Nicole 2022 Unknown English
14986 Assistant To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
14986 A Touch Of Darkness Scarlett St. Clair 2019 Unknown English
14986 Powerless Lauren Roberts 2023 Unknown English
14986 This Will Be Fun E. B. Asher 2024 Unknown English
15718 A Song Of Wraiths And Ruin Roseanne A. Brown 2020 Unknown English
15720 King Of Battle And Blood Scarlett St. Clair 2021 Unknown English
15724 Immortal Longings Chloe Gong 2023 Unknown English
15724 What The River Knows Isabel Ibañez 2023 Unknown English
17172 The Coin Light Amidst Shadows 2007 Unknown Unknown
17172 Daughter Of The Moon Goddess Sue Lynn Tan 2022 Unknown English
17172 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Richard R. George 1976 Unknown English
17172 Rakesfall Vajra Chandrasekera 2024 Unknown English
17172 Clouds In Space Teresa Robeson 2024 Unknown English
17172 A Magical Girl Retires Park Seolyeon 2024 Unknown English
17172 Somewhere Beyond The Sea Tj Klune 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Mars House Natasha Pulley 2024 Unknown English
17172 An Academy For Liars Alexis Henderson 2024 Unknown English
17172 Not Quite A Ghost Anne Ursu 2024 Unknown English
17172 Queen Of Dreams Kit Rocha 2024 Unknown English
17172 Swordcrossed Freya Marske 2024 Unknown English
17172 The City In Glass Nghi Vo 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Deep Dark Molly Knox Ostertag 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Diablo's Curse Gabe Cole Novoa 2024 Unknown English
17172 The God And The Gumiho Sophie Kim 2024 Unknown English
17172 Lost Ark Dreaming Suyi Davies Okungbowa 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Scholar And The Last Faerie Door H.G. Parry 2024 Unknown English
17172 Aerth Deborah Tomkins 2024 Unknown Unknown
17172 Lost Wonders Tom Lathan 2024 Unknown English
17172 Firelight John Morrissey 2023 Unknown English
17172 Enlightenment Sarah Perry 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Maid And The Crocodile Jordan Ifueko 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Endless Vessel Charles Soule 2023 Unknown English
17172 A Riddle For A King Mark Forsyth 2024 Unknown Unknown
17172 The West Passage Jared Pechaček 2024 Unknown English
17172 Flowers From The Void Gianni Washington 2024 Unknown English
17172 This Great Hemisphere Mateo Askaripour 2024 Unknown English