The Greatest Books of All Time on Magic

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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
14985 Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James 2022 Jamaican English
14985 In The Hand Of The Goddess Tamora Pierce 1984 American English
14985 The Woman Who Rides Like A Man Tamora Pierce 1986 American English
14985 Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce 1988 American English
14985 The Ninth Rain Jen Williams 2017 British English
14985 The 10,000 Doors Of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 American English
14985 The Magician King Lev Grossman 2011 American English
14985 Ship Of Magic Robin Hobb 1998 American English
14985 The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Robert E. Howard 2003 American English
14985 A Snake Falls To Earth Darcie Little Badger 2021 American English
14985 I Shall Wear Midnight Terry Pratchett 2010 British English
14985 The Spear Cuts Through Water Simon Jimenez 2022 American English
14985 Anita Blake Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 American English
14985 The Alchemyst Michael Scott 2007 Irish English
14985 Blood Of Elves Andrzej Sapkowski 1994 Polish Polish
14985 The Sea Of Monsters Rick Riordan 2006 American English
15686 Temnaya Zvezda Hroniki Artsii Vera Kamsha 2009 Russian Russian
15781 The Illusion Pierre Corneille 1636 French French
15858 Five Tales Valeri Petrov 1953 Bulgarian Bulgarian
15846 The Fellowship Of The Ring J. R. R. Tolkien 1981 British English
15915 Hagoromo Japan 1450 Japanese Japanese
15915 The Works of George Peele George Peele 1593 British English
15915 The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 1939 British English
15915 Gobbolino The Witch's Cat Ursula Williams 1942 British English
15915 Year Of The Unicorn Andre Norton 1965 American English
16549 A Walk Out Of The World Ruth Nichols 1969 Canadian English
16631 Badjelly The Witch Spike Milligan 1973 New Zealander English
16738 Croatian Tales of Long Ago Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic 1916 Croatian Croatian
17161 Wolf Brother Michelle Paver 2004 British English
17161 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Roald Dahl 1977 British English
17161 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
17161 The Song of Rhiannon Evangeline Walton 1972 British English
17161 When Voiha Wakes Joy Chant 1983 British English
17161 The Folk of the Air Peter S. Beagle 1986 American English
17161 Unicorn Mountain Michael Bishop 1988 American English
17161 The Porcelain Dove Delia Sherman 1993 American English
17161 Something Rich and Strange Patricia A. McKillip 1984 American English
17161 The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye A. S. Byatt 1994 British English
17161 Solstice Wood Patricia A. McKillip 2006 American English
17161 In the Cities of Coin and Spice Catherynne M. Valente 2007 American English
17161 Flesh and Spirit Carol Berg 2007 American English
17161 Lifelode Jo Walton 2009 British English
17161 The Uncertain Places Lisa Goldstein 2011 American English
17161 Tales from Rugosa Coven Sarah Avery 2013 American English
17161 Kingfisher Patricia A. McKillip 2016 American English
17161 Snow White Learns Witchcraft Theodora Goss 2019 American English
17161 Knight's Wyrd Debra Doyle 1992 American English
17161 The Crown of Dalemark Diana Wynne Jones 1993 British English
17161 Merlin Jane Yolen 2004 American English
17161 Dark Lord of Derkholm Diana Wynne Jones, Magali Mangin 1998 British English
17161 The Folk Keeper Franny Billingsley 1999 American English
17161 The Ropemaker Peter Dickinson 2001 British English
17161 Summerland Michael Chabon 2002 American English
17161 The Hollow Kingdom Clare B. Dunkle 2003 American English
17161 The Golem's Eye Jonathan Stroud 2004 British English
17161 Ptolemy's Gate Jonathan Stroud 2005 British English
17161 Vessel Sarah Beth Durst 2012 American English
17161 A Snicker of Magic Natalie Lloyd 2014 American English
17161 Castle Hangnail Ursula Vernon 2015 American English
17161 Bob Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass 2018 American English
17161 Dragon Pearl Yoon Ha Lee 2019 American English
17161 Pahua and the Soul Stealer Lori Lee 2021 American English
17161 Root Magic Eden Royce 2021 American English
17161 Monstress Vol. 1 Marjorie Liu 2015 American English
17161 Alice Christina Henry 2015 American English
17161 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
17161 The Golden Bird George Mackay Brown 1962 Scottish English
17161 The Thousand Crimes Of Ming Tsu Tom Lin 2021 American English
17161 Wizard And Glass Stephen King 1997 American English
17161 The Looking Glass Wars Frank Beddor 2004 American English
17161 Watchtower Elizabeth A. Lynn 1979 American English
17161 The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford 1983 American English
17161 Madouc Jack Vance 1989 American English
17161 Last Call Tim Powers 1992 American English
17161 Godmother Night Rachel Pollack 1996 American English
17161 Thraxas Martin Scott 1999 British English
17161 Galveston Sean Stewart 1997 American English
17161 The Other Wind Ursula K. Le Guin 2001 American English
17161 Soldier Of Sidon Gene Wolfe 2006 American English
17161 Trouble The Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson 2020 American English
17161 The Jasmine Throne Tasha Suri 2021 British English
17161 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English
17161 Solo Leveling 02 Dubu, CHUGONG 2020 Korean Korean
17161 The Empress Of Salt And Fortune Nghi Vo 2020 American English
17161 Marked (House Of Night) Unknown 2007 American English
17161 Searching For Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1991 American English
17161 Calling On Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1993 American English
17161 Talking To Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1985 American English
17161 Castle In The Air Diana Wynne Jones 1990 British English
17161 House Of Many Ways Diana Wynne Jones 2008 British English
17161 House Of Sky And Breath Sarah J. Maas 2022 American English
17161 The Black Company Glen Cook 1984 American English
17161 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
17161 Prince Of Thorns Mark Lawrence 2011 British English
17161 The Killing Moon N. K. Jemisin 2012 American English
17161 Blackwing Ed McDonald 2017 British English
17161 Daybreak On A Different Mountain Colin Greenland 1984 British English
17161 War For The Oaks Emma Bull 1987 American English
17161 Taltos Steven Brust 1988 American English
17161 The Hills Have Spies Mercedes Lackey 2018 American English
17161 Dawnthief James Barclay 1999 British English
17161 The Serpent Mage Greg Bear 1986 American English
17161 Dun Lady's Jess Doranna Durgin 1994 American English
17161 Rise Of The Dragons Morgan Rice 2014 American English
17161 The White Tower Michael Wisehart 2017 American English
17161 Riverland Fran Wilde 2019 American English
17161 Sister Mine Nalo Hopkinson 2013 Canadian English
17161 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making Catherynne M. Valente 2011 American English
17161 Flora's Dare Ysabeau S. Wilce 2008 American English
17161 Magic Or Madness Justine Larbalestier 2005 Australian English
17161 Valiant Holly Black 2005 American English
17161 City Of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 British English
17161 The House Of Shattered Wings Aliette de Bodard 2015 French English
17161 Lavondyss Robert Holdstock 1988 British English
17161 The Knight Of The Swords Michael Moorcock 1971 British English
17161 The King Of The Swords Michael Moorcock 1971 British English
17161 The Sword And The Stallion Michael Moorcock 1974 British English
17161 The Hollow Lands Michael Moorcock 1974 British English
17161 Death's Master Tanith Lee 1979 British English
17161 Light Errant Chaz Brenchley 1997 British English