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.
 The Arabian Nights
| 3.77 | 57 reads | |
 A Torch Against the Night
| 4.07 | 153 reads | |
 Angelfall
| 3.9 | 68 reads | |
 Ella Enchanted
| 4.11 | 23 reads | |
 Tigana
| 4 | 149 reads | |
 The Eye of the World
| 4.01 | 944 reads | |
 Redwall
| 3.98 | 214 reads | |
 The Bloody Chamber
| 3.67 | 54 reads | |
 The Crystal Cave
| 3.77 | 46 reads | |
 A Wizard of Earthsea
| 3.86 | 604 reads | |
 Dragonflight
| 3.94 | 12 reads | |
 The Wandering Unicorn
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach: The Book and Movie Scrapbook | 4 | 4 reads | |
 A Hero Born
| 3.59 | 23 reads | |
 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Graphic Novel
| 4.56 | 20 reads | |
 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales
| 4.43 | 12 reads | |
 Le Morte D'Arthur
| 3.53 | 42 reads | |
 The Palm-Wine Drinkard
| 5 | 6 reads | |
 Woven in Moonlight
| 3.23 | 13 reads | |
 We Hunt the Flame
| 3.62 | 84 reads | |
 Pet
| 4.3 | 76 reads | |
 Gods of Jade and Shadow
| 3.84 | 143 reads | |
 The Dragon Republic
| 4.19 | 304 reads | |
 Witchmark
| 3.93 | 62 reads | |
 Trail of Lightning
| 3.81 | 141 reads | |
 The Poppy War
| 4.02 | 646 reads | |
 Empire of Sand
| 3.94 | 40 reads | |
 Circe
| 4.26 | 1,124 reads | |
 Children of Blood and Bone
| 3.86 | 268 reads | |
 Blanca & Roja
| 4.13 | 8 reads | |
 Aru Shah and the Song of Death
| 4.5 | 6 reads | |
 The Stone Sky
| 4.36 | 462 reads | |
 Jade City
| 4.1 | 464 reads | |
 The Changeling
| 3.85 | 78 reads | |
 Beasts Made of Night
| 3 | 1 read | |
 All the Birds in the Sky
| 3.64 | 159 reads | |
 The Wrath and the Dawn
| 3.73 | 99 reads | |
 Six of Crows
| 4.26 | 864 reads | |
 Get in Trouble
| 3.18 | 31 reads | |
 The Fifth Season
| 4.33 | 848 reads | |
 An Ember in the Ashes
| 4.16 | 269 reads | |
 The Buried Giant
| 3.54 | 144 reads | |
 The Bone Clocks
| 3.88 | 141 reads | |
 A Stranger in Olondria
| 3.4 | 13 reads | |
 The Song of Achilles
| 4.26 | 1,209 reads | |
 The Night Circus
| 3.88 | 821 reads | |
 Akata Witch
| 4.06 | 88 reads | |
 Who Fears Death
| 3.84 | 55 reads | |
 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
| 3.84 | 209 reads | |
 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
| 4.21 | 28 reads | |
 City of Glass
| 3.94 | 447 reads | |
 The Name of the Wind
| 4.4 | 1,282 reads | |
 Mistborn: The Final Empire
| 4.42 | 1,743 reads | |
 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
| 4.39 | 2,622 reads | |
 The Wee Free Men
| 4.42 | 52 reads | |
 American Gods
| 4.03 | 1,298 reads | |
 A Storm of Swords
| 4.54 | 1,072 reads | |
 Spindle's End
| 4.04 | 20 reads | |
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
| 4.29 | 4,016 reads | |
 Brown Girl in the Ring
| 3.43 | 21 reads | |
 The Subtle Knife
| 4.09 | 590 reads | |
 Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1)
| 4 | 169 reads | |
 Neverwhere | 4.15 | 713 reads | |
 The Golden Compass
| 4.05 | 1,074 reads | |
 Outlander
| 3.88 | 409 reads | |
 Haroun and the Sea of Stories
| 4.16 | 61 reads | |
 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
| 4.2 | 1,053 reads | |
 The Lives of Christopher Chant
| 4.28 | 37 reads | |
 Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners
| 3.03 | 37 reads | |
 Howl's Moving Castle
| 4.18 | 519 reads | |
 Alanna: The First Adventure
| 4.08 | 158 reads | |
 The BFG
| 4.15 | 298 reads | |
 A Swiftly Tilting Planet
| 4.03 | 114 reads | |
 Tuck Everlasting
| 3.8 | 140 reads | |
 The Princess Bride
| 4.21 | 558 reads | |
 The Dark Is Rising
| 4.1 | 27 reads | |
 Challenge to Efrafa
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 The Tombs of Atuan
| 3.17 | 6 reads | |
 The crystal cave
| 3.75 | 2 reads | |
 The Last Unicorn
| 3.86 | 137 reads | |
 A Wrinkle in Time
| 3.78 | 806 reads | |
 The Phantom Tollbooth
| 4.23 | 274 reads | |
 James and the Giant Peach
| 3.77 | 337 reads | |
 The Once and Future King
| 3.82 | 140 reads | |
 The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
| 4.58 | 733 reads | |
 The Two Towers
| 4.45 | 1,279 reads | |
 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
| 3 | 2 reads | |
 The Fellowship of the Ring
| 4.38 | 1,947 reads | |
 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
| 3.9 | 428 reads | |
 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
| 3.95 | 1,339 reads | |
 Mary Poppins
| 3.73 | 97 reads | |
 Ozma of Oz
| 3.45 | 35 reads | |
 Five Children and It
| 3.72 | 20 reads | |
 Alice Through the Looking-glass: And What Alice Found There
| 3.88 | 140 reads |
