Best fantasy novels by decade
Here’s the fantasy list. As I read more books things might change, especially in the decade that’s not done yet.
Winner | Runner Ups | |||
Decade | Author | Title | Author | Title |
2010s | Claire North | The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August | Julie E. Czerneda | A Turn of Light |
Will McIntosh | Hitchers | |||
Carrie Vaughn | After the Golden Age | |||
Jo Walton | Among Others | |||
2000s | Audrey Niffenegger | The Time Traveler’s Wife | Guy Gavriel Kay | The Last Light of the Sun |
Elizabeth Kostova | The Historian | |||
Jo Walton | Tooth and Claw | |||
Sarah Zettel | A Sorcerer’s Treason | |||
1990s | Guy Gavriel Kay | Tigana | Joanne Bertin | The Last Dragonlord |
Charles de Lint | Someplace to Be Flying | |||
Robin Hobb | Assassin’s Apprentice | |||
George R. R. Martin | A Game of Thrones | |||
Yves Meynard | The Book of Knights | |||
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman | Good Omens | |||
Anne Rice | The Witching Hour | |||
Sean Russell | The Initiate Brother | |||
Sean Stewart | Nobody’s Son | |||
1980s | Orson Scott Card | Seventh Son | Ken Grimwood | Replay |
Barbara Hambly | Dragonsbane | |||
Tim Powers | The Anubis Gates | |||
Fred Saberhagen | The First Book of Swords | |||
1970s | Anne Rice | Interview with the Vampire | Richard Adams | Watership Down |
Terry Brooks | The Sword of Shannara | |||
Stephen R. Donaldson | Lord Foul’s Bane | |||
William Goldman | The Princess Bride | |||
1960s | Ursula K. Le Guin | A Wizard of Earthsea | Peter S. Beagle | The Last Unicorn |
Jack Vance | The Eyes of the Overworld | |||
1950s | J. R. R. Tolkien | The Lord of the Rings | Jack Vance | The Dying Earth |
1940s | Mervyn Peake | Titus Groan | ||
1930s | J. R. R. Tolkien | The Hobbit |