4.54 avg rating — 730,157 ratings

"One epic fantasy to rule them all :)"

3.99 avg rating — 436,194 ratings

"To be perfectly clear, you ALSO MUST READ Through the Looking-glass."

4.03 avg rating — 1,049,345 ratings

"Oh, look at me sneaking the most referenced Shakespeare on here because it has a fantastical element :-O"

3.87 avg rating — 196,517 ratings

"You have to have a vampire story. Should it be Dracula? It should probably be Dracula. I like Carmilla better though."

4.40 avg rating — 79,005 ratings

""The Garden of Forking Paths" alone would be enough to land this on either the SF or fantasy list, but this whole collection is every bit as important as you've heard."

3.85 avg rating — 88,641 ratings

"Poe has to be on the list, and I was so tempted to just add the complete works, but this is probably his best known and best crafted story."

4.13 avg rating — 1,873,833 ratings

"Referenced every ten minutes somewhere in the world."

3.94 avg rating — 4,600 ratings

"Yes, it's a fragment. Yes, it's his last solo work. Yes, other things are referenced more. But it's the only truly great Lovecraft fantasy story, and I'm putting it on the list."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 511,357 ratings

"This is one where I say watching the movie is perfectly sufficient (probably better!) but you have to experience this story somehow."

4.09 avg rating — 505,369 ratings

"The animated movie is great. Read the book."

3.99 avg rating — 421,675 ratings

"People say you shouldn't start with this one. I personally loved it. I hear the rest of the series is also good!"

3.88 avg rating — 6,766 ratings

"I had actually never heard of Jonathan Carroll until a few years ago, and I think we should remedy that. I like Teaching the Dog to Read better, but this is his first and best known work."

3.53 avg rating — 51,319 ratings

"Am I being cheeky adding something published in 2021 (in English)? Yes, possibly. But Murakami really is as good as you've heard. When I get the rest of his work read I will update this list with the best one, I promise!"

3.91 avg rating — 45,203 ratings

"Look at me being cheeky twice? But this book combines so many fantasy trends swirling in the zeitgeist right now that I'm adding it."

4.35 avg rating — 59,931 ratings

"OK this is a a personal indulgence, but I really do think almost everyone should read this book, and it happens to be a fantasy, albeit a wordless one, so I'm putting it on the list."