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Fantasy: The 100 Best Books

A 1988 list compiled by James Cawthorne and Michael Moorcock which discusses famous fantasy novels written between 1726 to 1987. The title says 100 but some authors have multiple entries listed.
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Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
1
Jonathan Swift
The Castle of Ontranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Ontranto
2
Horace Walpole
Vathek (William Beckford)
Vathek
3
William Beckford
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
4
Matthew Lewis
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
5
Mary Shelley
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer
6
Charles Maturin
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
7
Edgar Allan Poe
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
8
Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
9
Emily Bronte
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
10
Herman Melville
Uncle Silas (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Uncle Silas
11
Sheridan Le Fanu
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
12
Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There
Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There
13
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott
14
She (H. Rider Haggard)
She
15
H. Rider Haggard
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
16
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales (Richard Garnett)
The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales
17
Richard Garnett
The Story of the Glittering Plain (William Morris)
The Story of the Glittering Plain
18
William Morris
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
19
Oscar Wilde
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
20
Bram Stoker
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
21
Henry James
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
22
G.K. Chesterton
The House on the Borderland
The House on the Borderland
23
Black Magic (Marjorie Bowen)
Black Magic
24
Marjorie Bowen
Zuleika Dobson (Max Beerbohm)
Zuleika Dobson
25
Max Beerbohm
A Princess of Mars (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
A Princess of Mars
26
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
27
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Lost World
The Lost World
28
The Night Land (William Hope Hodgson)
The Night Land
29
William Hope Hodgson
Herland (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
Herland
30
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Citadel of Fear (Francis Stevens)
The Citadel of Fear
31
Francis Stevens
A Voyage to Arcturus
A Voyage to Arcturus
32
The Worm Ouroboros
The Worm Ouroboros
33
The Haunted Woman (David Lindsay)
The Haunted Woman
34
David Lindsay
Lady Into Fox (David Garnett)
Lady Into Fox
35
David Garnett
The King of Elfland's Daughter (Lord Dunsany)
The King of Elfland's Daughter
36
Lord Dunsany
The Ship of Ishtar (A. Merritt)
The Ship of Ishtar
37
A. Merritt
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
38
Franz Kafka
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
39
Franz Kafka
Witch Wood (John Buchan)
Witch Wood
40
John Buchan
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