50 of the Best Fantasy Books Ever

1954

The Fellowship of the Ring

By J.R.R. Tolkien

1958

The Once and Future King

By T.H. White

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1968

Dragonflight

By Anne McCaffrey

1968

Wizard of Earthsea

By Ursula K. Le Guin

1970

Swords and Deviltry

By Fritz Leiber

1976

Camber of Culdi

By Katherine Kurtz

1982

Pawn of Prophecy

By David Eddings

1982

The Gunslinger

By Stephen King

1982

Magician

By Raymond E. Feist

1984

Dragons of Autumn Twilight

By Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

1984

The Ladies of Mandrigyn

By Barbara Hambly

1985

Flight from Nevèrÿon

By Samuel R. Delany

1987

Mort

By Terry Pratchett

1988

Sister Light, Sister Dark

By Jane Yolen

1990

Homeland

By R.A. Salvatore

1984

The Black Company

By Glen Cook

1990

The Eye of the World

By Robert Jordan

1990

Tigana

By Guy Gavriel Kay

1991

Boy's Life

By Robert R. McCammon

1993

The Iron Dragon's Daughter

By Michael Swanwick

1994

Wizard's First Rule

By Terry Goodkind

1995

Assassin's Apprentice

By Robin Hobb

1995

The Golden Compass

By Philip Pullman

1996

Neverwhere

By Neil Gaiman

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1996

A Game of Thrones

By George R.R. Martin

1997

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

By J.K. Rowling

1999

Gardens of the Moon

By Steven Erikson

2000

Storm Front

By Jim Butcher

2001

American Gods

By Neil Gaiman

2001

Thief of Time

By Terry Pratchett

2003

Eragon

By Christopher Paolini

2003

Sunshine

By Robin McKinley

2004

The Salt Roads

By Nalo Hopkinson

2004

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

By Susanna Clarke

2006

The Lies of Locke Lamora

By Scott Lynch

2006

The Blade Itself

By Joe Abercrombie

2007

The Name of the Wind

By Patrick Rothfuss

2009

The Magicians

By Lev Grossman

2009

Leviathan

By Scott Westerfield

2010

The Warded Man

By Peter V. Brett

2010

The Way of Kings

By Brandon Sanderson

2010

Mistborn

By Brandon Sanderson

2011

The Night Circus

By Erin Morgenstern

2012

The Killing Moon

By N.K. Jemisin

2012

Throne of the Crescent Moon

By Saladin Ahmed

2013

Promise of Blood

By Brian McLellan

2014

The Goblin Emperor

By Katherine Addison

2015

Uprooted

By Naomi Novik

2017

The Changeling

By Victor LaValle