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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The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha
Fantasy · Young Adult
1978
The Legends of Camber of Culdi #1
Camber of Culdi
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1976
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
Fantasy · Arthuriana · Celtic Mythology · Mythology · Historical Fiction
1975
Elric
The Jade Man's Eyes
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
1973
Return to Nevèrÿon #1
Tales of Nevèrÿon
Fantasy · Short Stories
1979
Out of Space and Time: Volume 1
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories
1974
Beyond the Fields We Know
Fantasy · Short Stories
1972
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever #3
The Power That Preserves
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · British Fantasy Award
1977
The Chronicles of Amber #4
The Hand of Oberon
Fantasy
1976
Elric Saga #3
The Weird of the White Wolf
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories
1977
The Chronicles of Amber #3
Sign of the Unicorn
Fantasy
1975
Corum #4
The Bull and the Spear
Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
1973
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever #2
The Illearth War
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · British Fantasy Award
1977
The Chronicles of the Deryni #1
Deryni Rising
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1970
Jack of Shadows
Fantasy · Science Fiction
1971
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction
1971
Hawkmoon: The History of the Runestaff
The History of the Runestaff
Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Collection
1979
Corum #2
The Queen of the Swords
Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
1971
Gloriana
Fantasy · World Fantasy Award · Alternate History
1978
The Chronicles of Amber #5
The Courts of Chaos
Fantasy
1978
The Dread Empire (main sequence) #1
A Shadow of All Night Falling
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
1979
Elric Saga #5
The Bane of the Black Sword
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories
1977
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
Fantasy · Young Adult · World Fantasy Award
1974
The Lurking Fear and Other Stories
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction
1971
The Tomb and Other Tales
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories
1970
A Midsummer Tempest
Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards · Alternate History
1974
The Halloween Tree
Fantasy · Young Adult
1972
Xanth #1
A Spell for Chameleon
Fantasy · British Fantasy Award
1977
Elric Saga #2
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
1976
Xanth #3
Castle Roogna
Fantasy
1979
Xanth #2
The Source of Magic
Fantasy
1978
Dragon Knight #1
The Dragon and the George
Fantasy · Dragons · British Fantasy Award
1976
Elric
The Singing Citadel
Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories
1970
Dalemark #3
The Spellcoats
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1979
The Chronicles of the Deryni #3
High Deryni
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1973
The Chronicles of the Deryni #2
Deryni Checkmate
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1972