Most Popular Fantasy Books of the 19th century

Discover popular Fantasy books from the 19th century, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Fantasy · Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Christmas Fiction

1843

8.2/10 38 ratings

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

Edgar Allan Poe

Fantasy

1838

7.8/10 26 ratings

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

Fantasy

1889

7.5/10 26 ratings

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Fantasy · Childrens

1865

7.4/10 118 ratings

Through the Looking-Glass

Lewis Carroll

Fantasy · Childrens

1872

7.4/10 58 ratings

She #1

She

H. Rider Haggard

Fantasy · Historical Fiction

1887

6.4/10 10 ratings

The Day Boy and the Night Girl

George MacDonald

Fantasy · Childrens

1882

10.0/10 1 ratings

Phantastes

George MacDonald

Fantasy

1858

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Princess and the Goblin

George MacDonald

Fantasy · Childrens

1872

9.5/10 4 ratings

The Well at the World's End

William Morris

Fantasy

1896

9.0/10 2 ratings

The Princess and Curdie

George MacDonald

Fantasy · Childrens

1883

9.0/10 2 ratings

The Second Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Short Stories

1895

8.0/10 1 ratings

The Sundering Flood

William Morris

Fantasy

1897

8.0/10 1 ratings

The Roots of the Mountains

William Morris

Fantasy

1890

8.0/10 1 ratings

The Water of the Wondrous Isles

William Morris

Fantasy

1897

7.5/10 2 ratings

Khaled

Francis Marion Crawford

Fantasy

1891

7.0/10 1 ratings

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Short Stories

1894

6.7/10 3 ratings

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

Oscar Wilde

Fantasy · Short Stories

1888

6.7/10 3 ratings

The King of the Golden River

John Ruskin

Fantasy · Childrens · Fairy Tale

1841

6.7/10 3 ratings

Erewhon #1

Erewhon

Samuel Butler

Fantasy

1872

6.7/10 3 ratings

Beowulf

Unknown Author

Fantasy · Celtic Mythology · Mythology · Historical Fiction

1815

6.4/10 5 ratings

Phantasmagoria and Other Poems

Lewis Carroll

Fantasy · Mainstream

1869

6.0/10 4 ratings

Tales of Space and Time

H. G. Wells

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1899

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Maker of Moons

Robert W. Chambers

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1896

6.0/10 1 ratings

Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair

William Morris

Fantasy

1895

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Finest Story in the World

Rudyard Kipling

Fantasy

1891

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Story of the Glittering Plain

William Morris

Fantasy

1891

6.0/10 1 ratings

A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark

William Morris

Fantasy

1889

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Hollow Land

William Morris

Fantasy

1856

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Rose and the Ring

William Makepeace Thackeray

Fantasy · Fairy Tale

1855

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Wood Beyond the World

William Morris

Fantasy

1894

5.5/10 2 ratings

Lilith

George MacDonald

Fantasy

1895

5.0/10 2 ratings

A House of Pomegranates

Oscar Wilde

Fantasy · Short Stories

1892

5.0/10 1 ratings

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Carlo Collodi

Fantasy · Childrens

1883

4.0/10 1 ratings

The Day's Work

Rudyard Kipling

Fantasy

1898

Fantastic Fables

Ambrose Bierce

Fantasy · Short Stories

1899