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
| 3.79 | 62 reads |
 A Torch Against the Night
| 4.09 | 172 reads |
 Angelfall
| 3.93 | 80 reads |
 Ella Enchanted
| 4.11 | 23 reads |
 Tigana
| 4.01 | 156 reads |
 The Eye of the World
| 4.01 | 1,047 reads |
 Redwall
| 3.96 | 245 reads |
 The Bloody Chamber
| 3.66 | 61 reads |
 The Crystal Cave
| 3.86 | 56 reads |
 A Wizard of Earthsea
| 3.88 | 671 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
| 3.67 | 96 reads |
 Pet
| 4.35 | 90 reads |
 Gods of Jade and Shadow
| 3.83 | 163 reads |
 The Dragon Republic
| 4.2 | 326 reads |
 Witchmark
| 3.94 | 63 reads |
 Trail of Lightning
| 3.83 | 159 reads |
 The Poppy War
| 4.02 | 711 reads |
 Empire of Sand
| 3.89 | 44 reads |
 Circe
| 4.25 | 1,249 reads |
 Children of Blood and Bone
| 3.89 | 294 reads |
 Blanca & Roja
| 3.92 | 13 reads |
 Aru Shah and the Song of Death
| 4.5 | 6 reads |
 The Stone Sky
| 4.37 | 530 reads |
 Jade City
| 4.11 | 498 reads |
 The Changeling
| 3.78 | 83 reads |
 Beasts Made of Night
| 3 | 1 read |
 All the Birds in the Sky
| 3.61 | 183 reads |
 The Wrath and the Dawn
| 3.85 | 141 reads |
 Six of Crows
| 4.27 | 986 reads |
 Get in Trouble
| 3.24 | 38 reads |
 The Fifth Season
| 4.35 | 938 reads |
 An Ember in the Ashes
| 4.16 | 304 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 | 1,355 reads |
 The Night Circus
| 3.89 | 911 reads |
 Akata Witch
| 3.98 | 109 reads |
 Who Fears Death
| 3.71 | 62 reads |
 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
| 3.86 | 233 reads |
 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
| 4.23 | 29 reads |
 City of Glass
| 3.93 | 516 reads |
 The Name of the Wind
| 4.4 | 1,436 reads |
 Mistborn: The Final Empire
| 4.44 | 1,979 reads |
 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
| 4.38 | 2,974 reads |
 The Wee Free Men
| 4.42 | 59 reads |
 American Gods
| 4.03 | 1,444 reads |
 A Storm of Swords
| 4.54 | 1,222 reads |
 Spindle's End
| 4.03 | 24 reads |
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
| 4.29 | 4,534 reads |
 Brown Girl in the Ring
| 3.43 | 21 reads |
 The Subtle Knife
| 4.1 | 652 reads |
 Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1)
| 3.96 | 205 reads |
 Neverwhere | 4.14 | 792 reads |
 The Golden Compass
| 4.03 | 1,218 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 | 1,169 reads |
 The Lives of Christopher Chant
| 4.28 | 37 reads |
 Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners
| 3.03 | 37 reads |
 Howl's Moving Castle
| 4.16 | 582 reads |
 Alanna: The First Adventure
| 4.09 | 172 reads |
 The BFG
| 4.15 | 342 reads |
 A Swiftly Tilting Planet
| 4.02 | 116 reads |
 Tuck Everlasting
| 3.82 | 179 reads |
 The Princess Bride
| 4.21 | 614 reads |
 The Dark Is Rising
| 4.09 | 29 reads |
 Challenge to Efrafa
| 0 | 0 reads |
 The Tombs of Atuan
| 3.63 | 7 reads |
The Crystal Cave
| 3.86 | 56 reads |
 The Last Unicorn
| 3.89 | 150 reads |
 A Wrinkle in Time
| 3.75 | 889 reads |
 The Phantom Tollbooth
| 4.24 | 300 reads |
 James and the Giant Peach
| 3.8 | 383 reads |
 The Once and Future King
| 3.8 | 151 reads |
 The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
| 4.58 | 849 reads |
 The Two Towers
| 4.45 | 1,466 reads |
 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
| 3 | 2 reads |
 The Fellowship of the Ring
| 4.39 | 2,205 reads |
 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
| 3.89 | 497 reads |
 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
| 3.96 | 1,516 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 |
