Most Popular Fantasy Books of the 1980s
Discover popular Fantasy books from the 1980s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.
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The Night of Wishes
Fantasy · Childrens · Translation
1989
The Malloreon #2
King of the Murgos
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1988
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn #1
The Dragonbone Chair
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1988
The Malloreon #1
Guardians of the West
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1987
The Malloreon #4
Sorceress of Darshiva
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1989
The Malloreon #3
Demon Lord of Karanda
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1988
Redwall #3
Mattimeo
Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Young Adult
1989
The Conan Chronicles #3
Conan the Unconquered
Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
1983
The Haunting of Hiram C. Hopgood
Fantasy · Young Adult
1987
Young Wizards #2
Deep Wizardry
Fantasy · Young Adult
1985
Dirk Gently #2
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Fantasy · Science Fiction
1988
George's Marvelous Medicine
Fantasy · Childrens
1981
Gilgamesh the King
Fantasy · Historical Fiction
1984
The Deptford Mice #2
The Crystal Prison
Fantasy · Young Adult
1989
Not Just a Witch
Fantasy · Young Adult
1989
Rose of the Prophet #1
The Will of the Wanderer
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1988
Young Wizards #1
So You Want to Be a Wizard?
Fantasy · Young Adult
1983
Dragonlance: Heroes #1
The Legend of Huma
Fantasy · Dragonlance · Dungeons and Dragons
1988
The Elenium #1
The Diamond Throne
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1989
Rose of the Prophet #3
The Prophet of Akhran
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1989
The Conan Chronicles #2
Conan the Defender
Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
1982
The Deptford Mice #1
The Dark Portal
Fantasy · Young Adult
1989
The Twits
Fantasy · Childrens
1980
Rose of the Prophet #2
The Paladin of the Night
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1989
Von Bek #1
The War Hound and the World's Pain
Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
1981
The Conan Chronicles #1
Conan the Invincible
Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
1982
Mr. Bliss
Fantasy · Childrens
1982
Count Karlstein
Fantasy · Young Adult
1982
The Darksword Trilogy #2
Doom of the Darksword
Fantasy
1988
The Darksword Trilogy #3
Triumph of the Darksword
Fantasy · Science Fiction
1988
The Dragonrealm #1
Firedrake
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy
1989
The Darksword Trilogy #1
Forging the Darksword
Fantasy
1987
Night's Daughter
Fantasy
1985
The Sleeping Beauty Quartet #1
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Fantasy · Romance
1983
Portraits of His Children
Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories
1987
Garrett, P.I. #4
Old Tin Sorrows
Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
1989