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Here’s an update to this list. It only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I’ve read in the last 12 years).

Best of the best

• Dragon and Phoenix by Joanne Bertin
• Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
• Replay by Ken Grimwood
• How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
• Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
• The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay
• Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay
• River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
• Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay
• Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
• Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
• The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
• The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
• Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North
• The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
• The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
• Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
• Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
• Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
• Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
• Lent by Jo Walton
• My Real Children by Jo Walton
• Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
• A Sorcerer’s Treason by Sarah Zettel

Runner ups

• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
• The Innkeeper’s Song by Peter S. Beagle
• Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
• Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
• Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
• The Last Dragonlord by Joanne Bertin
• The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
• The Defiant Heir by Melissa Caruso
• The Unbound Empire by Melissa Caruso
• The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso
• A Turn of Light by Julie E. Czerneda
• Trader by Charles de Lint
• Black Wine by Candas Jane Dorsey
• Past Imperative by Dave Duncan
• Shadow of Ashland by Terence M. Green
• The Second Summoning by Tanya Huff
• Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff
• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
• All Those Explosions Were Someone Else’s Fault by James Alan Gardner
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman (*)
• Little Sister by Barbara Gowdy
• The Radleys by Matt Haig
• The New Moon’s Arms by Nalo Hopkinson
• Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
• The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
• Jade City by Fonda Lee
• Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee
• Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
• Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire
• Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire
• Wicked by Gregory Maguire
• Faller by Will McIntosh
• Hitchers by Will McIntosh
• Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Towing Jehovah by James Morrow
• The End of the Day by Claire North
• The Gameshouse by Claire North
• The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North
• The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North
• Touch by Claire North
• Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
• Mort by Terry Pratchett
• Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice (*)
• Beneath the Vaulted Hills by Sean Russell
• The Compass of the Soul by Sean Russell
• Sea Without a Shore by Sean Russell
• World Without End by Sean Russell
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
• The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland
• Defiant by Karina-Sumner Smith
• Radiant by Karina Sumner-Smith
• Towers Fall by Karina Sumner-Smith
• The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
• After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
• Among Others by Jo Walton
• The Just City by Jo Walton
• Necessity by Jo Walton
• Or What You Will by Jo Walton
• The Philosopher Kings by Jo Walton
• Gypsies by Robert Charles Wilson
• The Firebird’s Vengeance by Sarah Zettel
• Sword of the Deceiver by Sarah Zettel
• The Usurper’s Crown by Sarah Zettel

Honourable mentions

• Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
• A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle
  
• Bard’s Oath by Joanne Bertin
• Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
• The Black Unicorn by Terry Brooks (+)
• Magic Kingdom For Sale — Sold! by Terry Brooks (+)
• Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• A Play of Shadow by Julie E. Czerneda
• The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
• Brightly Burning by Mercedes Lackey
• The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
• An Opening Act of Unspeakable Evil by Jim Munroe
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance
• A Hidden Place by Robert Charles Wilson