Most Popular Fantasy Books of the 20th century

Archer's Goon

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Young Adult

1984

The Book of the New Sun #3

The Sword of the Lictor

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award

1982

Dragonlance: The Raistlin Chronicles #2

Brothers in Arms

Margaret Weis, Don Perrin

Fantasy · Dragonlance · Dungeons and Dragons

1999

The Dark Is Rising #4

The Grey King

Susan Cooper

Fantasy · Young Adult

1975

The Land of Laughs

Jonathan Carroll

Fantasy · Prix Apollo

1980

The Sword of Truth #3

Blood of the Fold

Terry Goodkind

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1996

Dragonlance Legends #1

Time of the Twins

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Fantasy · Dragonlance · Dungeons and Dragons

1986

The Dark Is Rising #5

Silver on the Tree

Susan Cooper

Fantasy · Young Adult

1977

Discworld #22

The Last Continent

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy

May 1998

Green Town

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Horror

1962

Dragonlance Legends #3

Test of the Twins

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Fantasy · Dragonlance · Dungeons and Dragons

1986

Derkholm #1

Dark Lord of Derkholm

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Young Adult · Mythopoeic Awards

1998

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1975

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1943

The Witches

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens

1983

The Wheel of Time #4

The Shadow Rising

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1992

The Wheel of Time #7

A Crown of Swords

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1996

The Chronicles of Narnia #1

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Movie

1950

The Dark Elf Trilogy #3

Sojourn

R. A. Salvatore

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1991

Mythago Cycle #1

Mythago Wood

Robert Holdstock

Fantasy · BSFA Award · World Fantasy Award

1984

The Book of the New Sun #4

The Citadel of the Autarch

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Prix Apollo

December 1982

The Wheel of Time #1

The Eye of the World

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1990

Discworld #10

Moving Pictures

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy

1990

Wicked Years #1

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Gregory Maguire

Fantasy · Witches · Retellings

1995

Belgarian Universe

Polgara the Sorceress

David Eddings, Leigh Eddings

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1997

Discworld #5

Sourcery

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy

1988

The Dark Is Rising #2

The Dark Is Rising

Susan Cooper

Fantasy · Young Adult

1973

Mio, My Son

Astrid Lindgren

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1954

Mythago Cycle #2

Lavondyss

Robert Holdstock

Fantasy · BSFA Award

1988

The Dark Elf Trilogy #2

Exile

R. A. Salvatore

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1990

Memory, Sorrow and Thorn #3

To Green Angel Tower

Tad Williams

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1993

Dying Earth #1

The Dying Earth

Jack Vance

Fantasy · Short Stories

1950

Stardust

Neil Gaiman

Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards

1998

The Wheel of Time #3

The Dragon Reborn

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1991

Earthsea #4

Tehanu

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1990

The Wheel of Time #5

The Fires of Heaven

Robert Jordan

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1993