Most Popular Fantasy Books of the 1980s

The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1982

Lyonesse #3

Madouc

Jack Vance

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · World Fantasy Award

1989

Darkwar Trilogy #3

Ceremony

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1986

Darkwar Trilogy #2

Warlock

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1985

Darkwar Trilogy #1

Doomstalker

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1985

Lyonesse #2

The Green Pearl

Jack Vance

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1985

The Darkangel Trilogy #1

The Darkangel

Meredith Ann Pierce

Fantasy · Young Adult

1982

The Bridge

Iain M. Banks

Fantasy · Mainstream

1986

Gormenghast

The Gormenghast Trilogy

Mervyn Peake

Fantasy · Collection

1983

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1987

A Chronicle of the Black Company

The Silver Spike

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

September 1989

War for the Oaks

Emma Bull

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Locus Award

1987

A Chronicle of the Black Company #4

Shadow Games

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

June 1989

H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus #3

The Haunter of the Dark

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1985

The Dunwich Horror and Others

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1984

Stones of Power #2

Last Sword of Power

David Gemmell

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1988

Stones of Power #1

Ghost King

David Gemmell

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1988

Jon Shannow #1

Wolf in Shadow

David Gemmell

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1987

Chronicles of the Kencyrath #1

God Stalk

P. C. Hodgell

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1982

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #3

All Darkness Met

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1980

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #2

October's Baby

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1980

Forgotten Realms: The Pools Trilogy #1

Pool of Radiance

James M. Ward, Jane Cooper Hong

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1989

The Stress of Her Regard Universe #1

The Stress of Her Regard

Tim Powers

Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards · Historical Fiction

1989

The Tower of Fear

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1989

Soldier Series #2

Soldier of Arete

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Historical Fiction

1989

Forgotten Realms: The Finder's Stone Trilogy #1

Azure Bonds

Kate Novak, Jeff Grubb

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms

1988

Garrett, P.I. #2

Bitter Gold Hearts

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

June 1988

Garrett, P.I. #1

Sweet Silver Blues

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

1987

The Histories of King Kelson #3

The Quest for Saint Camber

Katherine Kurtz

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1986

The Histories of King Kelson #2

The King's Justice

Katherine Kurtz

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1985

Chronicles of the Cheysuli #2

The Song of Homana

Jennifer Roberson

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1985

The Legends of Camber of Culdi #3

Camber the Heretic

Katherine Kurtz

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1981

Dragonlance: Preludes #2

Kendermore

Mary Kirchoff

Fantasy · Dragonlance · Dungeons and Dragons

1989

Dragonlance: Preludes #3

Brothers Majere

Kevin Stein

Fantasy · Dragonlance · Dungeons and Dragons

1989

The King of Ys #4

The Dog and the Wolf

Poul Anderson, Karen Anderson

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1988

The Indigo Saga #2

Inferno

Louise Cooper

Fantasy

1988