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The 39 Best Fantasy Books of All Time

The best fantasy books provide windows into imagined worlds, from medieval kingdoms to strange life on other planets.
Fantasy fiction is original, inventive, and thrilling, and it can be incredible to discover the places that authors dream up. When we pick up the best thriller books, the best romance books, and the best historical fiction books we know that, despite action, glamour or the passing of time, we will be reading about people in our world with recognizable human emotions. But fantasy offers something slightly different. We swap the world we know for another, one where magic exists in some form. It allows us to escape from our society, but also creates a space to explore real-life issues in a mirror world. Subsequently, many of the best books of all time are fantasy novels. (By Isabelle Broom, Anna Fielding)
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Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
1
Anna Kavan
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin)
A Wizard of Earthsea
2
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
3
David Mitchell
Wyrd Sisters (Terry Pratchett)
Wyrd Sisters
4
Terry Pratchett
Uprooted (Naomi Novik)
Uprooted
5
Naomi Novik
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
6
Angela Carter
The Dark Is Rising (Susan Cooper)
The Dark Is Rising
7
Susan Cooper
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye (A.S. Byatt)
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
8
A.S. Byatt
Redwall (Brian Jacques)
Redwall
9
Brian Jacques
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
10
Marlon James
Storyland (Amy Jeffs)
Storyland
11
Amy Jeffs
City of Dark Magic
City of Dark Magic
12
The Devourers (Indra Das)
The Devourers
13
Indra Das
Swamplandia!
Swamplandia!
14
Rivers of London (Ben Aaronovitch)
Rivers of London
15
Ben Aaronovitch
A Darker Shade of Magic (V.E. Schwab)
A Darker Shade of Magic
16
V.E. Schwab
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
17
George R.R. Martin
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
18
Terry Pratchett
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch)
The Lies of Locke Lamora
19
Scott Lynch
Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)
Six of Crows
20
Leigh Bardugo
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
21
Erin Morgenstern
The Coven (Lizzie Fry)
The Coven
22
Lizzie Fry
House of Earth and Blood Crescent City #1 (Sarah J. Maas)
House of Earth and Blood Crescent City #1
23
Sarah J. Maas
The City of Brass (S.A.Chakraborty)
The City of Brass
24
S.A.Chakraborty
Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Lani Taylor)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
25
Lani Taylor
A Discovery of Witches (Deborah Harkness)
A Discovery of Witches
26
Deborah Harkness
The Bear and the Nightingale (Katherine Arden)
The Bear and the Nightingale
27
Katherine Arden
The Poppy War (R. F. Kuang)
The Poppy War
28
R. F. Kuang
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
29
Madeline Miller
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
30
Frank Herbert
Thread Needle (Cari Thomas)
Thread Needle
31
Cari Thomas
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
32
Diana Gabaldon
The Mermaid of Black Conch (Monique Roffey)
The Mermaid of Black Conch
33
Monique Roffey
Under the Whispering Door (T J Klune)
Under the Whispering Door
34
T J Klune
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
35
Susanna Clarke
The Kingdoms (Natasha Pulley)
The Kingdoms
36
Natasha Pulley
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
37
Neil Gaiman
The Diviners (Libba Bray)
The Diviners
38
Libba Bray
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Stephanie Garber)
Once Upon a Broken Heart
39
Stephanie Garber
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