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Jay's 100 Stand Alone Fantasy Books

This started when a friend who never reads fantasy asked me for some recs, but thought that anything in a series was too intimidating
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The 13 Clocks (James Thurber)
The 13 Clocks
1
James Thurber
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
2
Lewis Carroll
American Born Chinese (Gene Luen Yang)
American Born Chinese
3
Gene Luen Yang
Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales (Angela Carter)
Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales
4
Angela Carter
Anya's Ghost (Vera Brosgol)
Anya's Ghost
5
Vera Brosgol
Arabian Nights and Days (Naguib Mahfouz)
Arabian Nights and Days
6
Naguib Mahfouz
Archer's Goon (Diana Wynne Jones)
Archer's Goon
7
Diana Wynne Jones
The Arrival (Shaun Tan)
The Arrival
8
Shaun Tan
Aunt Maria (Diana Wynne Jones)
Aunt Maria
9
Diana Wynne Jones
Big Fish
Big Fish
10
The Big Over Easy
The Big Over Easy
11
Bitter Greens (Kate Forsyth)
Bitter Greens
12
Kate Forsyth
Bryony and Roses (T. Kingfisher)
Bryony and Roses
13
T. Kingfisher
C S Lewis Til We Have Faces
C S Lewis Til We Have Faces
14
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest (Charles De Lint)
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest
15
Charles De Lint
Cheshire Crossing (Andy Weir)
Cheshire Crossing
16
Andy Weir
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
17
Madeline Miller
Collected Folk Tales (Alan Garner)
Collected Folk Tales
18
Alan Garner
The Daughters of Ys (M.T. Anderson,)
The Daughters of Ys
19
M.T. Anderson,
Daytripper (Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba)
Daytripper
20
Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba
Deathless (Catherynne M. Valente)
Deathless
21
Catherynne M. Valente
Dogsbody (Diana Wynne Jones)
Dogsbody
22
Diana Wynne Jones
East (Edith Pattou)
East
23
Edith Pattou
Eight Days of Luke (Diana Wynne Jones)
Eight Days of Luke
24
Diana Wynne Jones
The Emperor's Soul
The Emperor's Soul
25
The Enchanted Castle
The Enchanted Castle
26
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth by Isabel Greenberg
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth by Isabel Greenberg
27
A Face Like Glass (Frances Hardinge)
A Face Like Glass
28
Frances Hardinge
Fire & Hemlock
Fire & Hemlock
29
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Patricia A. McKillip)
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
30
Patricia A. McKillip
Friends With Boys
Friends With Boys
31
The Girl Who Could Fly
The Girl Who Could Fly
32
The Glass Town Game (Catherynne M. Valente)
The Glass Town Game
33
Catherynne M. Valente
The Goblin (Ethan M. Aldridge)
The Goblin
34
Ethan M. Aldridge
Going Postal (Terry Pratchett)
Going Postal
35
Terry Pratchett
The Gospel of Loki (Joanne Harris)
The Gospel of Loki
36
Joanne Harris
Grimm Tales: For Young and Old (Philip Pullman)
Grimm Tales: For Young and Old
37
Philip Pullman
Grimoire Noir (Vera Greentea and Yana Bogatch)
Grimoire Noir
38
Vera Greentea and Yana Bogatch
Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett)
Guards! Guards!
39
Terry Pratchett
Gullstruck Island
Gullstruck Island
40
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