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 • 121 Readers • 518 pages • 3.7
#2 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes
2016 • 201 Readers • 464 pages • 4
1990 • 359 Readers • 688 pages • 4
#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time
1990 • 1,291 Readers • 708 pages • 4
1986 • 229 Readers • 356 pages • 4.1
1978 • 144 Readers • 164 pages • 3.7
2002 • 5 Readers • 144 pages
#1 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle
1968 • 930 Readers • 320 pages • 3.8
1985 • 6 Readers • 320 pages
1996 • 5 Readers • 57 pages • 4
#1 of 3 in The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1957 • 73 Readers • 394 pages • 3.6
1995 • 17 Readers • 64 pages • 4.7
2016 • 11 Readers • 560 pages • 4.4
#1 of 2 in Le Morte d'Arthur Volumes
1485 • 95 Readers • 643 pages • 3.5
1952 • 21 Readers • 128 pages • 5
2020 • 349 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2 • 1,719 Readers • 409 pages • 4.3
#1 of 3 in Legacy of Orïsha
2018 • 512 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2018 • 39 Readers • 375 pages • 4.1
2020 • 13 Readers • 400 pages • 4.5
2017 • 179 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
2017 • 5 Readers • 18 pages • 3.3
#1 of 1 in All the Birds in the Sky
2016 • 285 Readers • 3.7
#1 of 2 in The Wrath and the Dawn
2015 • 217 Readers • 418 pages • 3.8
2015 • 55 Readers • 336 pages • 3.2
#1 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes
2015 • 504 Readers • 470 pages • 4.2
2015 • 251 Readers • 3.5
2014 • 236 Readers • 595 pages • 4
2011 • 1,641 Readers • 299 pages • 4.2
2011 • 1,236 Readers • 387 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in Inheritance Trilogy
2010 • 397 Readers • 432 pages • 3.8
2009 • 47 Readers • 288 pages • 4.1
2013 • 5 Readers • 496 pages • 3.7
#1 of 7 in The Mistborn Saga
2006 • 2,108 Readers • 541 pages • 4.4
#6 of 8 in Harry Potter
1983 • 2,219 Readers • 672 pages • 4.4
#3 of 1 in Enhanced Edition): Parts 1 & 2 (A Song of Ice and Fire,
2000 • 1,052 Readers • 976 pages • 4.5
#1 of 8 in Harry Potter
1 • 3,212 Readers • 320 pages • 4.3
1998 • 56 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 • 974 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in His Dark Materials
1995 • 1,219 Readers • 399 pages • 4.1
#1 of 2 in Khalifa Brothers
1990 • 73 Readers • 224 pages • 4.3
1990 • 1,322 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 • 750 Readers • 329 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Song of the Lioness
1983 • 203 Readers • 274 pages • 4.2
1982 • 279 Readers • 4 pages • 4.2
#3 of 5 in Time Quintet
1978 • 122 Readers • 320 pages • 4
1975 • 169 Readers • 151 pages • 3.8
1973 • 857 Readers • 465 pages • 4.2
1999 • 73 pages
1971 • 7 Readers • 146 pages • 2.8
1970 • 5 Readers • 384 pages • 3.8
1961 • 296 Readers • 268 pages • 4.2
1961 • 295 Readers • 126 pages • 3.8
#1 of 5 in The Once and Future King
1958 • 341 Readers • 650 pages • 3.8
#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings
1954 • 821 Readers • 432 pages • 4.6
1954 • 8 Readers • 174 pages • 3
#1 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings
1954 • 1,969 Readers • 398 pages • 4.4
#3 of 7 in The Chronicles of Narnia (Publication Order)
1952 • 394 Readers • 266 pages • 4
#1 of 7 in The Chronicles of Narnia (Publication Order)
1950 • 1,191 Readers • 180 pages • 3.9
#1 of 5 in Mary Poppins
1934 • 120 Readers • 192 pages • 3.8
#2 of 2 in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1866 • 128 Readers • 112 pages • 3.8