The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Time Magazine

Updated 15 days ago
95 Books
time.com

Time Magazine called upon top fantasy authors (e.g., N.K. Jemisin, Neil Gaiman, Sabaa Tahir, Tomi Edeyemi, Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin, Cassandra Clare, and Marlon James) to collect the most influential works of fantasy fiction in chronological order starting in the 9th century A.D.

Details	Rating	Readers Count
A Hero Born Jin Yong	3.67	27 reads
Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor	4	149 reads
Alanna: The First Adventure Tamora Pierce	4.11	228 reads
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales Lewis Carroll	4.44	14 reads
Alice Through the Looking-glass: And What Alice Found There Lewis Carroll	3.94	191 reads
All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders	3.57	241 reads
American Gods Neil Gaiman	4.03	1,896 reads
An Ember in the Ashes Sabaa Tahir	4.14	381 reads
Angelfall Susan Ee	3.91	96 reads
Aru Shah and the Song of Death Roshani Chokshi	4.5	8 reads
A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin	4.54	1,618 reads
A Stranger in Olondria Sofia Samatar	3.5	19 reads
A Swiftly Tilting Planet Madeleine L'Engle	4.03	157 reads
A Torch Against the Night Sabaa Tahir	4.11	218 reads
A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	3.89	901 reads
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle	3.77	1,170 reads
Beasts Made of Night Tochi Onyebuchi	3	2 reads
Blanca & Roja Anna-Marie McLemore	3.79	17 reads
Brown Girl in the Ring Nalo Hopkinson	3.52	31 reads
Challenge to Efrafa Judy Allen	0	0 reads
Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi	3.97	392 reads
Circe Madeline Miller	4.24	1,639 reads
City of Glass Cassandra Clare	3.95	680 reads
Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey	3.93	13 reads
Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine	4.1	33 reads
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1) Gail Carson Levine	4	301 reads
Empire of Sand Tasha Suri	3.77	55 reads
Five Children and It Edith Nesbit	3.75	36 reads
Get in Trouble Kelly Link	3.38	56 reads
Gods of Jade and Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia	3.83	207 reads
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Neil Gaiman Terry Pratchett	4.17	1,527 reads
Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie	4.04	81 reads
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling	4.39	4,044 reads
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4.29	6,015 reads
Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones	4.17	782 reads
Jade City Fonda Lee	4.09	603 reads
James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl	3.82	516 reads
Le Morte D'Arthur Sir Thomas Malory	3.58	53 reads
Mary Poppins P. L. Travers	3.76	129 reads
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson	4.45	2,649 reads
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Amos Tutuola	3	2 reads
Neverwhere Neil Gaiman	4.12	1,042 reads
Outlander Diana Gabaldon	3.9	589 reads
Ozma of Oz L. Frank Baum	3.53	55 reads
Pet Akwaeke Emezi	4.33	127 reads
Redwall Brian Jacques	3.97	305 reads
Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach: The Book and Movie Scrapbook	4	4 reads
Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo	4.31	1,307 reads
Spindle's End Robin McKinley	3.96	35 reads
Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners Ellen Kushner	3.15	51 reads
The Arabian Nights Husain Haddawy (Translator)	3.8	80 reads
The BFG Roald Dahl	4.14	453 reads
The Bloody Chamber Angela Carter	3.72	80 reads
The Bone Clocks David Mitchell	3.9	206 reads
The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro	3.52	211 reads
The Changeling Victor LaValle	3.76	107 reads
The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart	3.91	69 reads
The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart	3.91	69 reads
The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper	4	34 reads
The Dragon Republic R.F. Kuang	4.17	429 reads
The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	4.01	1,340 reads
The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien	4.38	2,963 reads
The Fifth Season N.K. Jemisin	4.34	1,203 reads
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman	4.03	1,639 reads
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N.K. Jemisin	3.87	297 reads
The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle	3.89	193 reads
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis	3.97	2,036 reads
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Graphic Novel Robin Lawrie C. S. Lewis	4.54	33 reads
The Lives of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones	4.22	59 reads
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss	4.41	1,866 reads
The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern	3.91	1,156 reads
The Once and Future King T. H. White	3.8	177 reads
The Palm-Wine Drinkard Amos Tutuola	3.67	10 reads
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster	4.26	414 reads
The Poppy War R.F. Kuang	4.01	921 reads
The Princess Bride William Goldman	4.18	842 reads
The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien	4.57	1,200 reads
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller	4.27	1,775 reads
The Stone Sky N.K. Jemisin	4.36	685 reads
The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman	4.11	899 reads
The Tombs of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin	4.04	370 reads
The Two Towers J.R.R. Tolkien	4.45	1,984 reads
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis	3.93	673 reads
The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Láinez	0	1 read
The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett	4.19	295 reads
The Wrath and the Dawn Renée Ahdieh	3.79	185 reads
Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay	4.04	203 reads
Trail of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse	3.83	201 reads
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt	3.79	228 reads
We Hunt the Flame Hafsah Faizal	3.74	124 reads
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin	4.08	42 reads
Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor	3.82	79 reads
Witchmark C. L. Polk C. L Polk	3.99	81 reads
Woven in Moonlight Isabel Ibañez	3.45	21 reads