This article lists notable fantasy novels (and novel series).[1][2] The books appear in alphabetical order by title (beginning with A to H) (ignoring "A", "An", and "The"); series are alphabetical by author-designated name or, if there is no such, some reasonable designation. Science-fiction novels and short-story collections are not included here.
A
edit- Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix
- Acacia: The War With The Mein by David Anthony Durham
- Adam Binder series by David R. Slayton
- Aegypt series by John Crowley
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
- Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor
- Aladore by Henry Newbolt
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia McKillip
- The Tales of Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card
- An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
- The Amber series by Roger Zelazny
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- Among Others by Jo Walton
- An Awfully Beastly Business series by David Sinden, Matthew Morgan, and Guy Macdonald
- The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
- Apprentice Adept series by Piers Anthony
- Arafel duo by C. J. Cherryh
- The Artefacts of Power by Maggie Furey
- Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer.
- At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
- At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
B
edit- The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip
- Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
- Bas-Lag by China Miéville
- The Battle of Apocalypse by Eduardo Spohr
- Beauty by Robin McKinley
- Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper
- Beautiful Darkness (novel) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
- Beautiful Creatures (book) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
- The Belgariad series by David Eddings
- The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip
- Beyond the Golden Stair by Hannes Bok
- Beyonders: A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull
- Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black
- The BFG by Roald Dahl
- The Bitterbynde trilogy by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
- Black Blossom by Boban Knežević
- The Black Company saga by Glen Cook, a nested set of sub-series
- The Black Jewels trilogy by Anne Bishop
- The Black Magician (novel series) by Trudi Canavan
- The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey
- The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang
- Bloodring by Faith Hunter
- Blood Song by Anthony Ryan[3]
- The Blue Star by Fletcher Pratt
- The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
- Boggart series by Susan Cooper
- Bone Dance by Emma Bull
- The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia McKillip
- Book of Enchantments by Patricia C. Wrede
- The Book of the New Sun series by Gene Wolfe
- The Book of Stars series by Erik L'Homme
- The Books of Abarat by Clive Barker
- Brak the Barbarian by John Jakes
- Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
- Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
- Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
C
edit- Callipygia by Lin Carter
- Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor by Mervyn Peake
- Cats Have No Lord by Will Shetterly
- The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip
- Chapel of Ease by Alex Bledsoe
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- Charlie Bone Series by Jenny Nimmo
- The Chathrand Voyage Quartet by Robert V.S. Redick
- Chernevog by C. J. Cherryh
- Children of the Lamp series by P.B. Kerr
- Children of Blood and Bone series by Tomi Adeyemi
- Chimera by John Barth
- Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones
- Chronicles of an Age of Darkness by Hugh Cook
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver
- Chronicles of Brothers series by Wendy Alec
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
- Chronicles of The Raven by James Barclay
- The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series by Stephen R. Donaldson
- The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney
- The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
- City of Bones by Martha Wells
- The City of Brass (novel) by S. A. Chakraborty
- The Claidi Journals by Tanith Lee
- Coldfire Trilogy by Celia S. Friedman
- A Cold Season by Alison Littlewood
- A Cold Silence by Alison Littlewood
- Cold Tom by Sally Prue
- Conan series by Robert E. Howard and others
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
- The Cottingley Cuckoo by A. J. Elwood
- The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor
- The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
- The Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone
- The Crock of Gold by James Stephens
- The Cygnet and the Firebird by Patricia A. McKillip
D
edit- The Dagger and the Coin series by Daniel Abraham
- Dalemark Quartet by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Dalkey Archive by Flann O'Brien
- Damiano series by R. A. MacAvoy
- The Dark Artifices trilogy by Cassandra Clare
- The Dark Is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper
- The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
- Daughter of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce
- The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
- Deltora series by Emily Rodda
- The Deptford Mice by Robin Jarvis
- Deryni novels by Katherine Kurtz
- Descent into Hell by Charles Williams
- Dirk Gently series by Douglas Adams
- Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
- The Divine Cities series by Robert Jackson Bennett
- The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
- The Door Within Trilogy by Wayne Thomas Batson
- Dorothea Dreams by Suzy McKee Charnas
- The Dragon House by Darrell Schweitzer
- The Dragonslayer's Apprentice by David Calder
- Dragoncharm trilogy by Graham Edwards
- The Dragon's Familiar by Lawrence Jeffrey Cohen
- Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- Dragon Raja by Lee Yeongdo
- Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
- The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
- The Dragonology Chronicles: The Dragon's Eye by Dugald Steer
- Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey
- Dragonrouge by Lin Carter
- Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly
- Dragonvarld trilogy by Margaret Weis
- The Dreamwalker's Child by Steve Voake
- The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers
- The Dreamstone by C. J. Cherryh
- The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
- Drizzt Do'Urden novels by R. A. Salvatore
- Durand Col series by David Keck. Series has no official name, however Durand Col is generally used because he is the central focus of all the novels.
- The Dying Earth series by Jack Vance
E
edit- Ealdwood by C. J. Cherryh
- Earthsea series by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
- Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
- The Elenium series by David Eddings
- Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- The Empire Trilogy by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
- The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit
- Enchanted Forest series by Patricia C. Wrede
- Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini
- Eldest by Christopher Paolini
- Excalibur by Sanders Anne Laubenthal
- Expecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt
- The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
F
edit- Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull
- Faery in Shadow by C. J. Cherryh
- The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs
- The Faerie Wars Chronicles by Herbie Brennan
- Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber
- The Fairies of Sadieville by Alex Bledsoe
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling
- Farsala trilogy by Hilari Bell
- The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
- The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed by Kenneth Morris
- Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods by William T. Cox
- A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle
- The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Fisher King series by Tim Powers
- Fledgling by Octavia Butler
- Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman
- Flying Dutch by Tom Holt
- The Fool on the Hill by Matt Ruff
- The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip
- Fortress series by C. J. Cherryh
- Fourth Mansions by R. A. Lafferty
G
edit- Garrett series by Glen Cook
- Gather Her Round by Alex Bledsoe
- Gezeitenwelt series by Magus Magellan
- The Ghost and The Goth by Stacey Kade
- Ghost Blows Out the Light by Zhang Muye
- Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
- Giant of World's End by Lin Carter
- The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams
- Gloriana, or The Unfulfill'd Queen by Michael Moorcock
- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
- The Goblin Mirror by C. J. Cherryh
- Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Gods upon a time by Dai Idris and Martin Newman
- The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
- Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake - see at T (Titus), below
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
- The Green Child by Herbert Read
- The Green Round by Arthur Machen
- Green Rider by Kristen Britain
- Grendel by John Gardner
- Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo
- Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky
H
edit- The Hagwood Books by Robin Jarvis
- Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
- The Halfblood Chronicles by Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton
- Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
- Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
- Hart's Hope by Orson Scott Card
- The Haunted Woman by David Lindsay
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
- The Heart of What Was Lost by Tad Williams
- The Heavenly Fox by Richard Parks
- Here Comes the Sun by Tom Holt
- Hereafter, and After by Richard Parks
- Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud
- The Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
- The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood
- The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen
- His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman
- History of The Vollplaen by Daniel Johnson
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea
- The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
- House of Night by P.C. Cast
- The House on Parchment Street by Patricia A. McKillip
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
- Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
- Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hollands, Neil (2007). Read on... fantasy fiction : reading lists for every taste. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 9781591583301.
- ^ Andrews, Stephen E.; Rennison, Nick (2009). 100 must-read fantasy novels. London: A & C Black. ISBN 9781408136072.
- ^ "Welcome bestfantasybookshq.com - BlueHost.com".