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An Alternate 100 Best Fantasy Novels of All Time

I found this excellent alternative to Time's list of The 100 Greatest Fantasy Novels on Reddit, so I thought I'd share it.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
1
Anonymous
The Iliad and the Odyssey (Homer)
The Iliad and the Odyssey
2
Homer
The Three Theban Plays (Sophocles)
The Three Theban Plays
3
Sophocles
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
4
Virgil
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
5
Anonymous
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
6
Dante Alighieri
Le Mort D'Arthur - Thomas Malory
Le Mort D'Arthur - Thomas Malory
7
Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en)
Journey to the West
8
Wu Cheng'en
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
9
William Shakespeare
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
10
John Milton
One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
One Thousand and One Nights
11
Anonymous
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
12
Jonathan Swift
Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
13
The Brothers Grimm
The Rose and the Ring (William Makepeace Thackeray)
The Rose and the Ring
14
William Makepeace Thackeray
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
15
Lewis Carroll
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
16
Mark Twain
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
17
Oscar Wilde
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
18
Bram Stoker
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
19
L. Frank Baum
Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
20
J. M. Barrie
The Worm Ouroboros
The Worm Ouroboros
21
The King of Elfland's Daughter (Lord Dunsany)
The King of Elfland's Daughter
22
Lord Dunsany
Lud-In-The-Mist (Hope Mirrlees)
Lud-In-The-Mist
23
Hope Mirrlees
Conan the Barbarian (Robert C. Howard)
Conan the Barbarian
24
Robert C. Howard
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
Mary Poppins
25
P.L. Travers
Omnibus 1: At the Mountain of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
Omnibus 1: At the Mountain of Madness
26
H.P. Lovecraft
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (Series) (Fritz Leiber)
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (Series)
27
Fritz Leiber
Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Fictions
28
Jorge Luis Borges
Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
Gormenghast
29
Mervyn Peake
Chronicles of Narnia (C S Lewis)
Chronicles of Narnia
30
C S Lewis
The Dying Earth
The Dying Earth
31
The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Amos Tutuola)
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
32
Amos Tutuola
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
33
J.R.R.Tolkien
Legend of the Condor Heroes (Louis Cha)
Legend of the Condor Heroes
34
Louis Cha
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
35
T.H. White
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
36
Shirley Jackson
The Elric Saga
The Elric Saga
37
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
38
Norton Juster
The Letter for the King (Tonke Dragt)
The Letter for the King
39
Tonke Dragt
The Chronicles of Prydain (Lloyd Alexander)
The Chronicles of Prydain
40
Lloyd Alexander
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