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 • 144 Readers • 518 pages • 3.8
#2 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes
2016 • 216 Readers • 464 pages • 4
1990 • 390 Readers • 687 pages • 4
#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time
1990 • 1,442 Readers • 708 pages • 4
1986 • 252 Readers • 356 pages • 4.1
1978 • 164 Readers • 164 pages • 3.7
#1 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle
1968 • 1,050 Readers • 210 pages • 3.9
1985 • 6 Readers • 320 pages
1996 • 6 Readers • 57 pages • 4
#1 of 3 in The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1957 • 74 Readers • 394 pages • 3.6
1995 • 21 Readers • 64 pages • 4.7
2016 • 15 Readers • 560 pages • 4.4
#1 of 2 in Le Morte d'Arthur Volumes
1485 • 105 Readers • 643 pages • 3.5
1952 • 21 Readers • 128 pages • 5
154 Readers • 4.2
2019 • 383 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2 • 1,980 Readers • 409 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in Legacy of Orïsha
2018 • 555 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2018 • 39 Readers • 375 pages • 4.1
2017 • 192 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
#1 of 2 in Beasts Made of Night
2017 • 4 Readers • 304 pages • 3
#1 of 1 in All the Birds in the Sky
2016 • 303 Readers • 3.7
#1 of 2 in The Wrath and the Dawn
1700 • 266 Readers • 418 pages • 3.7
2015 • 55 Readers • 336 pages • 3.2
#1 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes
2015 • 563 Readers • 470 pages • 4.1
2015 • 276 Readers • 3.5
2014 • 258 Readers • 595 pages • 3.9
28 • 1,927 Readers • 11h 15m • 4.3
2011 • 1,386 Readers • 387 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in Inheritance Trilogy
2010 • 436 Readers • 432 pages • 3.9
2009 • 47 Readers • 288 pages • 4.1
#1 of 3 in The Kingkiller Chronicle
1 • 1,938 Readers • 669 pages • 4.4
#1 of 7 in The Mistborn Saga
2006 • 2,417 Readers • 541 pages • 4.4
#6 of 8 in Harry Potter
1983 • 2,562 Readers • 672 pages • 4.4
#3 of 1 in Enhanced Edition): Parts 1 & 2 (A Song of Ice and Fire,
2000 • 1,166 Readers • 992 pages • 4.5
#1 of 8 in Harry Potter
1987 • 3,746 Readers • 309 pages • 4.3
1998 • 56 Readers • 8 pages • 3.5
223 Readers • 4
#1 of 2 in London Below, The World of Neverwhere
1996 • 1,084 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in His Dark Materials
1995 • 1,365 Readers • 399 pages • 4.1
#1 of 2 in Khalifa Brothers
1990 • 79 Readers • 224 pages • 4.2
1990 • 1,484 Readers • 432 pages • 4.2
#2 of 6 in Chrestomanci
1988 • 40 Readers • 319 pages • 4.3
98 Readers • 3.2
#1 of 3 in Howl's Moving Castle
1986 • 873 Readers • 448 pages • 4.2
#1 of 4 in Song of the Lioness
1983 • 220 Readers • 274 pages • 4.1
1982 • 311 Readers • 4 pages • 4.2
#3 of 5 in Time Quintet
1978 • 137 Readers • 320 pages • 4
1975 • 187 Readers • 151 pages • 3.8
1973 • 946 Readers • 465 pages • 4.2
1999 • 73 pages
1971 • 7 Readers • 146 pages • 2.8
1970 • 5 Readers • 384 pages • 3.8
1961 • 334 Readers • 268 pages • 4.2
1961 • 340 Readers • 126 pages • 3.8
#1 of 1 in The Once and Future King
1958 • 381 Readers • 650 pages • 3.8
#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings
1954 • 937 Readers • 432 pages • 4.6
1954 • 8 Readers • 174 pages • 3
#1 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings
1954 • 2,225 Readers • 398 pages • 4.4
#3 of 7 in The Chronicles of Narnia (Publication Order)
1952 • 453 Readers • 266 pages • 3.9
#1 of 7 in The Chronicles of Narnia (Publication Order)
1950 • 1,359 Readers • 146 pages • 4
#1 of 6 in Mary Poppins
1934 • 136 Readers • 192 pages • 3.7
#2 of 2 in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1866 • 152 Readers • 112 pages • 3.9