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Papa Z's Essential Fantasy Fiction

Like with my Science Fiction list, this Fantasy Fiction list is broad. A couple of notes to the reader: I will freely admit that I believe that "The Lord of the Rings" is currently the pinnacle of Fantasy Literature -- but I also have to give a certain pride of place to William Morris's classic "The Well at the World's End" which, in many respects pioneered the genre. Attention must also be paid to GK Chesterton. While most of his writing was not in the fantasy genre, the contributions he made and the influence he had on others (CS Lewis) gets him included in this list. Finally, I have chosen to list Anne McCaffrey's wonderful "Dragon" books in my Fantasy list; other readers may well have placed them in Science Fiction.
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The Well at the World's End
The Well at the World's End
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The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
2
G.K. Chesterton
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
3
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
4
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
5
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
6
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
7
J.R.R. Tolkien
Unfinished Tales
Unfinished Tales
8
Smith of Wooten Major
Smith of Wooten Major
9
Farmer Giles of Ham
Farmer Giles of Ham
10
Leaf by Niggle
Leaf by Niggle
11
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
12
C.S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
13
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
14
C.S. Lewis
The Silver Chair (C.S. Lewis)
The Silver Chair
15
C.S. Lewis
The Horse and His Boy (C.S. Lewis)
The Horse and His Boy
16
C.S. Lewis
The Magician's Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
The Magician's Nephew
17
C.S. Lewis
The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis)
The Last Battle
18
C.S. Lewis
Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis)
Out of the Silent Planet
19
C.S. Lewis
Perelandra (C.S. Lewis)
Perelandra
20
C.S. Lewis
That Hideous Strength (C.S. Lewis)
That Hideous Strength
21
C.S. Lewis
The Magic Cup
The Magic Cup
22
The Final Planet
The Final Planet
23
Lord Foul's Bane (Stephen R. Donaldson)
Lord Foul's Bane
24
Stephen R. Donaldson
The Illearth War
The Illearth War
25
The Power That Preserves
The Power That Preserves
26
The Wounded Land
The Wounded Land
27
The One Tree
The One Tree
28
White Gold Wielder
White Gold Wielder
29
The Runes of the Earth
The Runes of the Earth
30
Fatal Revenant
Fatal Revenant
31
Against All Things Ending
Against All Things Ending
32
The Last Dark
The Last Dark
33
The Mirror of Her Dreams
The Mirror of Her Dreams
34
A Man Rides Through
A Man Rides Through
35
New Spring
New Spring
36
The Eye of the World (Robert Jordan)
The Eye of the World
37
Robert Jordan
The Great Hunt
The Great Hunt
38
The Dragon Reborn (Robert Jordan)
The Dragon Reborn
39
Robert Jordan
The Shadow Rising (Robert Jordan)
The Shadow Rising
40
Robert Jordan
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