Time magazine has released a list of the “100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time“, curated by Time editors and a panel of authors consisting of Tomi Adeyemi, Cassandra Clare, Diana Gabaldon, Neil Gaiman, N.K. Jemisin, Marlon James, George R.R. Martin, and Sabaa Tahir.
The list is presented in chronological order, starting with 9th-century The Arabian Nights and ending with Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez (Page Street), released January 2020.
- The Arabian Nights
Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
A Hero Born by Jin Yong
The Once & Future King by T.H. White
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
The Wandering Unicorn by Manuel Mujica Lainez
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Angelfall by Susan Ee
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Get in Trouble by Kelly Link
The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
The Wrath & the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu
Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi
The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
The Changeling by Victor LaValle
Jade City by Fonda Lee
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Circe by Madeline Miller
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Song of Blood & Stone by L. Penelope
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Witchmark by C.L. Polk
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez
A huge thanks to EvilBeeker for the heads on this list!
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