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The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time

Description: With a panel of leading fantasy authors—N.K. Jemisin, Neil Gaiman, Sabaa Tahir, Tomi Adeyemi, Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin, Cassandra Clare and Marlon James—TIME presents the most engaging, inventive and influential works of fantasy fiction, in chronological order beginning in the 9th century. Time Magazine 2020

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1

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

46,134 members

770 reviews

4.1

10 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Sakunade, archimediate, drpepperscool

2

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

27,362 members

482 reviews

4

10 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, MaskedMumbler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Sakunade, drpepperscool

3

25,044 members

580 reviews

4.1

9 Members: libraryhead, aprille, hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, drpepperscool

4

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

25,003 members

533 reviews

½ 4.3

9 Members: libraryhead, aprille, hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, ahef1963, Sakunade, archimediate, JohnGault

5

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

by Lewis Carroll

7,892 members

127 reviews

4

9 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, MaskedMumbler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, drpepperscool

6

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

107,806 members

989 reviews

½ 4.4

8 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, ahef1963, Sakunade, archimediate, drpepperscool

7

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

55,126 members

490 reviews

½ 4.4

8 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, MaskedMumbler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

by J. R. R. Tolkien

48,744 members

310 reviews

½ 4.4

8 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, MaskedMumbler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Return of the King

by J. R. R. Tolkien

47,124 members

285 reviews

½ 4.5

8 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, MaskedMumbler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

36,390 members

744 reviews

4.1

8 Members: libraryhead, Rtrace, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, archimediate, drpepperscool

11

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

39,784 members

963 reviews

4

7 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, JohnGault

12

by Terry Pratchett

34,996 members

794 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: libraryhead, aprille, hipdeep, Rtrace, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

American Gods {original}

33,719 members

933 reviews

4.1

7 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Sakunade, archimediate

14

The Subtle Knife

by Philip Pullman

25,022 members

355 reviews

4.1

7 Members: libraryhead, Rtrace, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, archimediate, drpepperscool

15

by L. Frank Baum

3,133 members

53 reviews

3.9

7 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

101,918 members

936 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: libraryhead, Rtrace, ahef1963, Sakunade, archimediate, drpepperscool

17

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

25,665 members

259 reviews

4

6 Members: libraryhead, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, archimediate

18

James and the Giant Peach

19,908 members

363 reviews

3.9

6 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Sakunade

19

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

16,066 members

377 reviews

4

6 Members: libraryhead, Rtrace, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Once and Future King

15,407 members

207 reviews

4.1

6 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,851 members

260 reviews

4.2

6 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

25,147 members

450 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: libraryhead, aprille, Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda, archimediate

23

by Richard Adams

25,038 members

473 reviews

4.2

5 Members: libraryhead, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, JohnGault

24

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

17,605 members

425 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, juicysweet

25

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

12,333 members

439 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: libraryhead, aprille, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

26

by Anne McCaffrey

9,124 members

182 reviews

3.9

5 Members: libraryhead, Rtrace, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963

27

The Tombs of Atuan

by Ursula K. Le Guin

8,997 members

164 reviews

4

5 Members: libraryhead, aprille, Rtrace, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

28

The Fifth Season

by N. K. Jemisin

8,149 members

366 reviews

4.2

5 Members: libraryhead, Rtrace, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

The Last Unicorn

by Peter S. Beagle

7,589 members

192 reviews

4.2

5 Members: libraryhead, aprille, Rtrace, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

30

by P. L. Travers

6,433 members

164 reviews

3.8

5 Members: libraryhead, Rtrace, merrystar, gypsysmom, Sakunade

31

The Crystal Cave

by Mary Stewart

5,878 members

111 reviews

4.1

5 Members: libraryhead, aprille, Rtrace, gypsysmom, ahef1963

32

by Guy Gavriel Kay

5,055 members

145 reviews

4.1

5 Members: libraryhead, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

33

by Diana Gabaldon

23,957 members

989 reviews

4.2

4 Members: libraryhead, aprille, gypsysmom, ahef1963

34

The Name of the Wind

by Patrick Rothfuss

20,625 members

795 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: libraryhead, aprille, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

35

The Eye of the World

by Robert Jordan

19,920 members

376 reviews

4

4 Members: libraryhead, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, Sakunade

36

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

18,673 members

1,270 reviews

4.1

4 Members: libraryhead, aprille, gypsysmom, ahef1963

37

Tuck Everlasting

by Natalie Babbitt

15,362 members

548 reviews

3.9

4 Members: libraryhead, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

by Madeleine L'Engle

12,094 members

108 reviews

4

4 Members: libraryhead, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

39

by Brian Jacques

11,276 members

143 reviews

4

4 Members: libraryhead, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, Sakunade

40

The Dark Is Rising

by Susan Cooper

8,513 members

228 reviews

4.1

4 Members: libraryhead, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

41

Five Children and It

4,720 members

75 reviews

3.9

4 Members: libraryhead, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

42

by N. K. Jemisin

3,787 members

169 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: libraryhead, Rtrace, gypsysmom, ahef1963

43

All the Birds in the Sky

by Charlie Jane Anders

2,887 members

179 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: libraryhead, aprille, Rtrace, gypsysmom

44

Trail of Lightning

by Rebecca Roanhorse

1,664 members

101 reviews

3.9

4 Members: libraryhead, aprille, Rtrace, gypsysmom

45

19,643 members

320 reviews

4.1

3 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

46

by Gail Carson Levine

13,345 members

401 reviews

4.1

3 Members: libraryhead, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

47

Alanna: The First Adventure

by Tamora Pierce

7,585 members

193 reviews

4.1

3 Members: libraryhead, aprille, merrystar

48

Le Morte d'Arthur

by Thomas Malory

7,141 members

51 reviews

3.9

3 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep, Rtrace

49

Children of Blood and Bone

by Tomi Adeyemi

5,858 members

222 reviews

3.9

3 Members: libraryhead, aprille, gypsysmom

50

The Buried Giant

by Kazuo Ishiguro

5,254 members

262 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: libraryhead, aprille, Rtrace

51

4,639 members

142 reviews

3.9

3 Members: libraryhead, aprille, archimediate

52

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

by N. K. Jemisin

4,188 members

291 reviews

3.9

3 Members: libraryhead, aprille, Rtrace

53

by Robin McKinley

3,937 members

82 reviews

3.9

3 Members: libraryhead, aprille, merrystar

54

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

by Marlon James

2,734 members

59 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: libraryhead, aprille, Rtrace

55

by Ellen Kushner

2,573 members

93 reviews

3.9

3 Members: libraryhead, aprille, merrystar

56

Children of Virtue and Vengeance

by Tomi Adeyemi

1,944 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: libraryhead, aprille, gypsysmom

57

The Grace of Kings

1,894 members

73 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: libraryhead, aprille, Rtrace

58

The Lives of Christopher Chant

by Diana Wynne Jones

1,890 members

29 reviews

4.2

3 Members: libraryhead, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

59

The Dragon Republic

1,849 members

40 reviews

4

3 Members: libraryhead, aprille, archimediate

60

Aru Shah and the End of Time

by Roshani Chokshi

1,440 members

39 reviews

3.9

3 Members: libraryhead, aprille, ManWithAnAgenda

61

by Cassandra Clare

13,709 members

409 reviews

4.1

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

62

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

13,332 members

515 reviews

4.2

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

63

The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson

12,928 members

445 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

64

by Madeline Miller

12,613 members

481 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: libraryhead, gypsysmom

65

by Leigh Bardugo

11,219 members

351 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

66

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

5,556 members

150 reviews

4

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

67

An Ember in the Ashes

5,126 members

215 reviews

4

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

68

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

4,034 members

234 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

69

The Wrath and the Dawn

by Renée Ahdieh

2,999 members

147 reviews

3.9

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

70

2,441 members

205 reviews

4

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

71

A Torch Against the Night

2,374 members

83 reviews

4

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

72

by Nnedi Okorafor

2,278 members

126 reviews

4

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

73

Who Fears Death

by Nnedi Okorafor

2,226 members

108 reviews

3.8

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

74

We Hunt the Flame

by Hafsah Faizal

2,224 members

41 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

75

Gods of Jade and Shadow

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

2,211 members

79 reviews

3.8

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

76

2,074 members

70 reviews

3.9

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

77

by Victor LaValle

1,358 members

77 reviews

3.8

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

78

Brown Girl in the Ring

by Nalo Hopkinson

1,191 members

53 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

79

Get in Trouble: Stories

1,149 members

75 reviews

3.8

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

80

by Akwaeke Emezi

1,091 members

43 reviews

4.1

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

81

The Rage of Dragons

1,073 members

27 reviews

4.1

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

82

by Daniel José Older

1,059 members

63 reviews

3.8

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

83

1,032 members

48 reviews

3.8

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

84

The Black Tides of Heaven

1,017 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

85

by Darcie Little Badger

952 members

51 reviews

4.1

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

86

The Arabian Nights

874 members

14 reviews

3.9

2 Members: libraryhead, hipdeep

87

A Stranger in Olondria

by Sofia Samatar

745 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

88

690 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

89

A Hero Born: Legends of the Condor Heroes Vol. 1

593 members

24 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

90

The Wall of Storms

580 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

91

Beasts Made of Night

by Tochi Onyebuchi

540 members

10 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

92

Woven in Moonlight

by Isabel Ibanez

535 members

11 reviews

3.8

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

93

The Palm-Wine Drinkard and his Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Deads' Town

by Amos Tutuola

499 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

94

Blanca and Roja

by Anna-Marie McLemore

383 members

12 reviews

3.8

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

95

Song of Blood and Stone

378 members

33 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

96

The Wandering Unicorn

by Manuel Mujica Lainez

348 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

97

Queen of the Conquered

by Kacen Callender

312 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

98

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

by Amos Tutuola

255 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: libraryhead, aprille

99

The Bone Clocks

by David Mitchell

5,022 members

290 reviews

3.8

Member: libraryhead

100

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

by Salman Rushdie

4,907 members

84 reviews

4

Member: libraryhead

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