Most Popular Fantasy Books of the 1970s
Discover popular Fantasy books from the 1970s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.
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Watership Down
Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Carnegie Medal
1972
The Brothers Lionheart
Fantasy · Childrens · Translation
1973
The Silmarillion
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Locus Award · Middle-earth
1977
Chrestomanci #1
Charmed Life
Fantasy · Witches · Young Adult
1977
Earthsea #3
The Farthest Shore
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series
1972
Earthsea #2
The Tombs of Atuan
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series
1971
The Moomin Books #8
Moominvalley in November
Fantasy · Childrens · Translation
1970
Farthing Wood #1
The Animals of Farthing Wood
Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Young Adult
1979
Momo
Fantasy · Childrens · Translation
1973
The Chronicles of Amber #1
Nine Princes in Amber
Fantasy
1970
The Satanic Mill
Fantasy · Childrens · Translation
1972
The Chronicles of Amber #2
The Guns of Avalon
Fantasy
1972
The Dark Is Rising #4
The Grey King
Fantasy · Young Adult
1975
The Dark Is Rising #5
Silver on the Tree
Fantasy · Young Adult
1977
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories
1975
The Plague Dogs
Fantasy · Animal Fantasy
1977
The Dark Is Rising #2
The Dark Is Rising
Fantasy · Young Adult
1973
Elric Saga #1
Elric of Melniboné
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
1972
The Father Christmas Letters
Fantasy
1976
The Neverending Story
Fantasy · Childrens · Translation
1979
Merlin / The Arthurian Saga #1
The Crystal Cave
Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards
1970
The Dark Is Rising #3
Greenwitch
Fantasy · Young Adult
1974
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories
1970
Shardik
Fantasy · Animal Fantasy
1974
Which Witch?
Fantasy · Young Adult
1979
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Fantasy
1970
The Tales of Viriconium #1
The Pastel City
Fantasy · Science Fiction
1971
Thieves' World (original novels) #1
Thieves' World
Fantasy · Anthology
1979
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantasy · Childrens
1970
The Great Ghost Rescue
Fantasy · Young Adult
1975
Kane #1
Darkness Weaves
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
1970
Lankhmar #1
Swords and Deviltry
Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories
1970
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
Fantasy · Childrens · Short Stories
1977
The Shannara Trilogy #1
The Sword of Shannara
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series
1977
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Fantasy · Childrens
1972
Stonehenge
Fantasy
1972