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With a panel of leading fantasy authors, TIME presents the 100 most engaging, inventive and influential works of fantasy fiction.
- Neverwhere
Here’s why it made the list. ... The 100 Best Fantasy Books...
- The Name of The Wind
I n detailed flashbacks, Patrick Rothfuss’s bestseller...
- The Arabian Nights
N early everyone is familiar with this collection of...
- Redwall
W hen the peaceful woodland creatures who make their home in...
- Who Fears Death
T o read a Nnedi Okorafor novel is to read a book featuring...
- The Changeling
O ver his two-decade career, Victor LaValle has excelled in...
- City of Glass
City of Bones, the first installment in the bestselling The...
- The Fellowship of The Ring
“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring...
- The Dark Is Rising
Cooper was at Oxford when both C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien...
- Angelfall
N orthern California is left devastated when angels of the...
- Neverwhere
- Reedsy
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865) Buy on Amazon. Even if you’re not a math geek, you’re probably familiar with the algebraist Charles Dodgson — you just know him his much more famous alter-ego, Lewis Carroll.
- The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany (1924) Buy on Amazon. The King of Elfland’s Daughter is a fairy tale with deep, dark roots — as well as a love story rendered with piercing emotional honesty.
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937) Buy on Amazon. It might be a childhood favorite, but The Hobbit gives adult fantasy readers one of the genre’s most relatable protagonists: a middle-aged homebody who just wants to chill.
- The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White (1938) Buy on Amazon. We all know what happens after King Arthur pulls the sword out of the stone; The Sword in the Stone takes a look at the before.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) J.R.R. Tolkien.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) J.K. Rowling.
- The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) J.K. Rowling.
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.
The Greatest Fantasy Books of All Time. This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 343 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books.
Oct 15, 2020 · Find out why The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman is on TIME's list of the best fantasy books of all time.
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Feb 20, 2023 · From the old and highly-influential to the new and popular, here are the 22 best fantasy books of all time.