Time Magazine called upon top fantasy authors (e.g., N.K. Jemisin, Neil Gaiman, Sabaa Tahir, Tomi Edeyemi, Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin, Cassandra Clare, and Marlon James) to collect the most influential works of fantasy fiction in chronological order starting in the 9th century A.D.
Lang's Fairy Books
800 • 113 Readers • 518 pages • 3.7
#2 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes
2016 • 185 Readers • 464 pages • 4
#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time
1990 • 1,216 Readers • 708 pages • 4
1979 • 135 Readers • 149 pages • 3.7
2002 • 2 Readers • 144 pages
#1 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle
1968 • 864 Readers • 320 pages • 3.8
1985 • 6 Readers • 320 pages
1996 • 4 Readers • 57 pages • 4
#1 of 3 in The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1957 • 68 Readers • 394 pages • 3.6
1995 • 16 Readers • 64 pages • 4.7
2016 • 9 Readers • 560 pages • 4.3
#1 of 2 in Le Morte d'Arthur Volumes
1485 • 86 Readers • 643 pages • 3.5
1952 • 19 Readers • 128 pages • 5
2020 • 333 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2018 • 1,610 Readers • 353 pages • 4.3
#1 of 3 in Legacy of Orïsha
2018 • 481 Readers • 352 pages • 3.9
2018 • 39 Readers • 375 pages • 4.1
2020 • 9 Readers • 400 pages • 4.5
2017 • 171 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
2017 • 5 Readers • 18 pages • 3.3
#1 of 1 in All the Birds in the Sky
2016 • 274 Readers • 317 pages • 3.7
#1 of 2 in The Wrath and the Dawn
2015 • 208 Readers • 418 pages • 3.8
2015 • 55 Readers • 336 pages • 3.2
#1 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes
2015 • 457 Readers • 456 pages • 4.1
2016 • 234 Readers • 3.5
2014 • 223 Readers • 595 pages • 4
2011 • 1,517 Readers • 299 pages • 4.2
2011 • 1,144 Readers • 401 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in Inheritance Trilogy
2010 • 378 Readers • 432 pages • 3.9
2009 • 41 Readers • 288 pages • 4.2
2013 • 5 Readers • 496 pages • 3.7
#1 of 3 in The Kingkiller Chronicle
2007 • 1,618 Readers • 672 pages • 4.4
#1 of 7 in The Mistborn Saga
1 • 1,944 Readers • 541 pages • 4.4
#6 of 8 in Harry Potter
1983 • 2,058 Readers • 672 pages • 4.4
#3 of 7 in A Song of Ice and Fire
2000 • 987 Readers • 1,000 pages • 4.5
#1 of 8 in Harry Potter
1997 • 2,985 Readers • 320 pages • 4.3
1998 • 54 Readers • 8 pages • 3.5
#1 of 2 in Ella Enchanted
1997 • 190 Readers • 232 pages • 4
#1 of 2 in London Below, The World of Neverwhere
1996 • 923 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
#1 of 2 in Khalifa Brothers
1990 • 70 Readers • 224 pages • 4.3
1990 • 1,239 Readers • 432 pages • 4.2
#2 of 6 in Chrestomanci
1988 • 40 Readers • 319 pages • 4.3
#1 of 3 in Howl's Moving Castle
1986 • 701 Readers • 329 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Song of the Lioness
1983 • 182 Readers • 274 pages • 4.1
1982 • 260 Readers • 199 pages • 4.2
#3 of 5 in Time Quintet
1978 • 113 Readers • 312 pages • 4
1975 • 163 Readers • 51 pages • 3.8
1973 • 798 Readers • 465 pages • 4.2
1999 • 73 pages
1971 • 7 Readers • 146 pages • 2.8
1970 • 3 Readers • 384 pages • 3.5
1988 • 282 Readers • 268 pages • 4.2
1961 • 276 Readers • 126 pages • 3.8
#1 of 5 in The Once and Future King
1958 • 314 Readers • 650 pages • 3.8
#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings
1954 • 761 Readers • 432 pages • 4.6
1954 • 6 Readers • 174 pages • 3
#1 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings
1954 • 1,847 Readers • 398 pages • 4.4
#3 of 7 in The Chronicles of Narnia (Publication Order)
1952 • 375 Readers • 216 pages • 3.9
#1 of 7 in The Chronicles of Narnia (Publication Order)
1950 • 1,117 Readers • 180 pages • 3.9
#1 of 6 in Mary Poppins
1934 • 117 Readers • 192 pages • 3.7
#2 of 2 in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1871 • 117 Readers • 112 pages • 3.8