The best fantasy books of all time
The top 3 according to 18 votes from people: The Lord of the Rings · The Neverending Story · A Game of Thrones. (Updated Mar 3, 2023.)
From Tolkien and Michael Ende to Sanderson and Rothfuss: the fantasy novels that appear on every best-of list.
Automatically translated (original in Deutsch). See the original
Top 18
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The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien, 1954–1955. Frodo, the Ring and Mount Doom.
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The Neverending Story
Michael Ende, 1979. Bastian, Atreyu and Fantastica.
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3
A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin, 1996. The start of A Song of Ice and Fire.
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A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin, 1968. Ged and his shadow.
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Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, 2006. A heist against a god-emperor.
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The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien, 1937. Bilbo's journey to the dragon Smaug.
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The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, 2007. Kvothe tells his life story.
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The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, 2010. The Stormlight Archive begins.
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Krabat
Otfried Preußler, 1971. The apprentice in the black mill.
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The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, 1990. The beginning of The Wheel of Time.
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11
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, 2006. Thieves in a Venice-like city.
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12
Inkheart
Cornelia Funke, 2003. Characters read out of books.
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13
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J. K. Rowling, 1997. The boy who lived.
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14
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis, 1950. Through the wardrobe into Narnia.
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15
The Colour of Magic
Terry Pratchett, 1983. The first Discworld novel.
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Gardens of the Moon
Steven Erikson, 1999. The Malazan Book of the Fallen begins.
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The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley, 1983. The Arthurian legend from the women's side.
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18
The Dwarves
Markus Heitz, 2003. German fantasy about the dwarf Tungdil.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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