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
| 3.78 | 61 reads | |
 A Torch Against the Night
| 4.08 | 169 reads | |
 Angelfall
| 3.89 | 75 reads | |
 Ella Enchanted
| 4.11 | 23 reads | |
 Tigana
| 4.01 | 156 reads | |
 The Eye of the World
| 4.01 | 1,036 reads | |
 Redwall
| 3.95 | 237 reads | |
 The Bloody Chamber
| 3.66 | 61 reads | |
 The Crystal Cave
| 3.84 | 57 reads | |
 A Wizard of Earthsea
| 3.89 | 663 reads | |
 Dragonflight
| 3.93 | 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
| 3.56 | 24 reads | |
 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Graphic Novel
| 4.58 | 24 reads | |
 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales
| 4.38 | 13 reads | |
 Le Morte D'Arthur
| 3.63 | 44 reads | |
 The Palm-Wine Drinkard
| 3.67 | 10 reads | |
 Woven in Moonlight
| 3.34 | 17 reads | |
 We Hunt the Flame
| 3.66 | 90 reads | |
 Pet
| 4.36 | 86 reads | |
 Gods of Jade and Shadow
| 3.84 | 159 reads | |
 The Dragon Republic
| 4.2 | 324 reads | |
 Witchmark
| 3.94 | 63 reads | |
 Trail of Lightning
| 3.83 | 158 reads | |
 The Poppy War
| 4.02 | 702 reads | |
 Empire of Sand
| 3.94 | 40 reads | |
 Circe
| 4.26 | 1,237 reads | |
 Children of Blood and Bone
| 3.89 | 294 reads | |
 Blanca & Roja
| 4 | 12 reads | |
 Aru Shah and the Song of Death
| 4.5 | 6 reads | |
 The Stone Sky
| 4.36 | 518 reads | |
 Jade City
| 4.09 | 493 reads | |
 The Changeling
| 3.81 | 82 reads | |
 Beasts Made of Night
| 3 | 1 read | |
 All the Birds in the Sky
| 3.61 | 183 reads | |
 The Wrath and the Dawn
| 3.81 | 132 reads | |
 Six of Crows
| 4.27 | 977 reads | |
 Get in Trouble
| 3.24 | 38 reads | |
 The Fifth Season
| 4.34 | 930 reads | |
 An Ember in the Ashes
| 4.17 | 293 reads | |
 The Buried Giant
| 3.56 | 156 reads | |
 The Bone Clocks
| 3.89 | 150 reads | |
 A Stranger in Olondria
| 3.33 | 15 reads | |
 The Song of Achilles
| 4.26 | 1,338 reads | |
 The Night Circus
| 3.89 | 900 reads | |
 Akata Witch
| 4 | 104 reads | |
 Who Fears Death
| 3.71 | 62 reads | |
 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
| 3.85 | 229 reads | |
 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
| 4.23 | 29 reads | |
 City of Glass
| 3.93 | 499 reads | |
 The Name of the Wind
| 4.39 | 1,419 reads | |
 Mistborn: The Final Empire
| 4.44 | 1,944 reads | |
 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
| 4.38 | 2,945 reads | |
 The Wee Free Men
| 4.43 | 56 reads | |
 American Gods
| 4.03 | 1,432 reads | |
 A Storm of Swords
| 4.54 | 1,203 reads | |
 Spindle's End
| 4.03 | 24 reads | |
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
| 4.29 | 4,478 reads | |
 Brown Girl in the Ring
| 3.43 | 21 reads | |
 The Subtle Knife
| 4.1 | 648 reads | |
 Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1)
| 3.96 | 205 reads | |
 Neverwhere | 4.14 | 786 reads | |
 The Golden Compass
| 4.04 | 1,204 reads | |
 Outlander
| 3.89 | 453 reads | |
 Haroun and the Sea of Stories
| 4.14 | 64 reads | |
 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
| 4.2 | 1,159 reads | |
 The Lives of Christopher Chant
| 4.28 | 37 reads | |
 Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners
| 3.03 | 37 reads | |
 Howl's Moving Castle
| 4.15 | 574 reads | |
 Alanna: The First Adventure
| 4.11 | 168 reads | |
 The BFG
| 4.17 | 340 reads | |
 A Swiftly Tilting Planet
| 4.02 | 116 reads | |
 Tuck Everlasting
| 3.81 | 173 reads | |
 The Princess Bride
| 4.21 | 614 reads | |
 The Dark Is Rising
| 4.1 | 27 reads | |
 Challenge to Efrafa
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 The Tombs of Atuan
| 3.63 | 7 reads | |
The Crystal Cave
| 3.84 | 57 reads | |
 The Last Unicorn
| 3.89 | 150 reads | |
 A Wrinkle in Time
| 3.77 | 873 reads | |
 The Phantom Tollbooth
| 4.24 | 300 reads | |
 James and the Giant Peach
| 3.79 | 380 reads | |
 The Once and Future King
| 3.81 | 150 reads | |
 The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
| 4.58 | 839 reads | |
 The Two Towers
| 4.45 | 1,448 reads | |
 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
| 3 | 2 reads | |
 The Fellowship of the Ring
| 4.39 | 2,178 reads | |
 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
| 3.88 | 480 reads | |
 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
| 3.95 | 1,489 reads | |
 Mary Poppins
| 3.78 | 103 reads | |
 Ozma of Oz
| 3.54 | 41 reads | |
 Five Children and It
| 3.76 | 24 reads | |
 Alice Through the Looking-glass: And What Alice Found There
| 3.9 | 151 reads |
