,

No horror books, no pretending Stephanie Meyer is fantasy, this is about REAL Fantasy books. Period.
1

by
4.41 avg rating — 3,153,169 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.50 avg rating — 1,126,462 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
4.58 avg rating — 1,041,983 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.52 avg rating — 1,083,084 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
4.45 avg rating — 2,736,210 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
4.51 avg rating — 273,378 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.01 avg rating — 361,197 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.24 avg rating — 3,154,512 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
4.29 avg rating — 168,394 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
4.49 avg rating — 974,832 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
4.19 avg rating — 401,420 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
4.04 avg rating — 336,057 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
4.66 avg rating — 670,312 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
3.87 avg rating — 255,294 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.14 avg rating — 135,368 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
3.98 avg rating — 484,984 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
4.30 avg rating — 341,503 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.09 avg rating — 507,851 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
4.19 avg rating — 593,493 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.05 avg rating — 607,608 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.55 avg rating — 620,900 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
3.98 avg rating — 75,430 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
3.96 avg rating — 330,994 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
4.09 avg rating — 505,895 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
4.07 avg rating — 111,988 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
4.12 avg rating — 66,940 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
4.08 avg rating — 52,011 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
4.01 avg rating — 305,928 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.22 avg rating — 11,295 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
3.91 avg rating — 392,417 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
4.70 avg rating — 37 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
4.29 avg rating — 242,435 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
4.31 avg rating — 3,440,266 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
4.22 avg rating — 195,199 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
4.55 avg rating — 1,148,855 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
4.22 avg rating — 311,987 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
4.29 avg rating — 16,570 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.07 avg rating — 21,345 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
3.97 avg rating — 77,783 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
4.15 avg rating — 176,866 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
4.55 avg rating — 846,519 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
4.32 avg rating — 71,901 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
4.24 avg rating — 1,368,271 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
4.42 avg rating — 1,218,953 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
4.03 avg rating — 9,278 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
4.35 avg rating — 4,018 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
3.85 avg rating — 4,463 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49

by
3.91 avg rating — 664,549 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
3.98 avg rating — 25,086 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
3.88 avg rating — 31,137 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
4.37 avg rating — 1,217,375 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
4.39 avg rating — 2,982 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
54

by
3.99 avg rating — 4,419 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
4.19 avg rating — 34,775 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
4.23 avg rating — 7,833 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
4.06 avg rating — 609,601 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
4.07 avg rating — 118,953 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
4.42 avg rating — 1,021,310 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
4.09 avg rating — 23,285 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
4.23 avg rating — 131,935 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.18 avg rating — 42,848 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
4.13 avg rating — 113,643 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
3.92 avg rating — 217 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
4.10 avg rating — 52,964 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
66

by
3.66 avg rating — 4,291 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
4.12 avg rating — 253,686 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
4.23 avg rating — 4,727 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
3.93 avg rating — 14,064 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
3.93 avg rating — 54,757 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
4.03 avg rating — 4,756 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
4.17 avg rating — 348,240 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
4.03 avg rating — 1,618,499 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
4.26 avg rating — 35,759 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
75

by
4.11 avg rating — 68,536 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
3.93 avg rating — 137,493 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
77

by
3.85 avg rating — 9,702 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
4.03 avg rating — 27,367 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.01 avg rating — 122,758 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
80

by
4.08 avg rating — 26,166 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,144 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
82

by
4.33 avg rating — 14,118 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
4.19 avg rating — 5,413 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
4.20 avg rating — 71,693 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85

by
4.35 avg rating — 2,688 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85

by
4.01 avg rating — 10,653 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
4.07 avg rating — 13,256 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
88

by
3.79 avg rating — 39,435 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
3.89 avg rating — 17,775 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,261 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
91

by
3.92 avg rating — 39,484 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
92

by
4.26 avg rating — 1,154,311 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
93

by
3.98 avg rating — 6,941 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
3.86 avg rating — 17,359 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
95

by
3.73 avg rating — 51 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
96

by
3.58 avg rating — 8,944 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
97

by
3.96 avg rating — 1,765 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
98

by
4.05 avg rating — 6,649 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
99

by
4.56 avg rating — 592,309 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
100

by
4.02 avg rating — 84,236 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
331 books · 285 voters · list created December 8th, 2009 by Brad (votes) .
Tags: fantasy
39 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Brad 2678 books
704 friends
Judah 833 books
214 friends
Shane 2000 books
119 friends
Sean 1469 books
340 friends
Nancy 5364 books
929 friends
Jim 68 books
17 friends
Diane 6 books
0 friends
Kelly 305 books
264 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-11 of 11 (11 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

message 1: by Brad (new)

Brad I dunno if we're going to be able to cull books from the list that aren't really fantasy. But I will try.


message 2: by Judah (new)

Judah Well, I guess we'll find out!
If not, maybe we can ask for "defense" in the Comments section.


message 3: by Wealhtheow (last edited Dec 09, 2009 02:30PM) (new)

Wealhtheow I loved City of Bones by Martha Wells, but I read it as sf, not fantasy. Any thoughts?


message 4: by Brad (new)

Brad Yeah...City of Bones seems pretty sketchy. It certainly isn't pure fantasy, though I can see how it stretches the definition. I'd say no on that just to keep the list pure. Anyone else have any thoughts?


message 5: by Judah (new)

Judah Brad wrote: " no on that just to keep the list pure. Anyone else have any tho..."

I'm with you on that. There were several (okay, many!) books that I contemplated adding, but they didn't follow/fall in line with what I consider to be "true fantasy." Mostly they were either "new weird" or sci-fi that bordered fantasy such as the Pern series.


message 6: by Antoine (new)

Antoine So do we want to chop it or not? It can be done. Does anyone want to speak in its defense?


message 7: by Judah (new)

Judah I'm in favor of chopping, just to keep the poll genre-specific....though Brad's the original pollster, so....


message 8: by Antoine (new)

Antoine If Brad says he wants it gone, then I will oblige. Brad?


message 9: by Eric (new)

Eric This list is great. I' m sure i' ll discover plenty. Thanks so much


message 10: by Rafael (new)

Rafael Isn't The Book of the New Sun sci-fi?


message 11: by Mark (new)

Mark Burns I think V-positive should be chopped. It is a vampire book with a proper view on the siring of legions and the dark side of vampirism as opposed to the sparkly Meyer types but is not and can never be called Fantasy. Also it was put on the list by its author alone.


back to top



Related News

Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day, according to early...

Anyone can add books to this list.