{"id":18412,"date":"2022-01-08T23:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T04:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=18412"},"modified":"2022-01-08T23:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T04:34:25","slug":"best-fantasy-novels-by-decade-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/best-fantasy-novels-by-decade-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Best fantasy novels by decade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an update to this<\/a> list.<\/p>\n

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 <\/td>\nWinner<\/strong><\/td>\nRunner Ups<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decade<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020s<\/td>\nMatt Haig<\/td>\nThe Midnight Library<\/td>\nRobert Jackson Bennett<\/td>\nShorefall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nClaire North<\/td>\nNotes from the Burning Age<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJo Walton<\/td>\nOr What You Will<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010s<\/td>\nClaire North<\/td>\nThe First Fifteen Lives of Harry August<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nA Turn of Light<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nMatt Haig<\/td>\nHow to Stop Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nErin Morgenstern<\/td>\nThe Night Circus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJo Walton<\/td>\nMy Real Children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000s<\/td>\nAudrey Niffenegger<\/td>\nThe Time Traveler’s Wife<\/td>\nGuy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\nThe Last Light of the Sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nChristopher Moore<\/td>\nLamb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJo Walton<\/td>\nTooth and Claw<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nSarah Zettel<\/td>\nA Sorcerer’s Treason<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990s<\/td>\nGuy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\nTigana<\/td>\nJoanne Bertin<\/td>\nThe Last Dragonlord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nCharles de Lint<\/td>\nSomeplace to Be Flying<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobin Hobb<\/td>\nAssassin’s Apprentice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nGeorge R. R. Martin<\/td>\nA Game of Thrones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nYves Meynard<\/td>\nThe Book of Knights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nTerry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman<\/td>\nGood Omens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nAnne Rice<\/td>\nThe Witching Hour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nSean Russell<\/td>\nThe Initiate Brother<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nSean Stewart<\/td>\nNobody’s Son<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980s<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nSeventh Son<\/td>\nKen Grimwood<\/td>\nReplay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nBarbara Hambly<\/td>\nDragonsbane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nTim Powers<\/td>\nThe Anubis Gates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nFred Saberhagen<\/td>\nThe First Book of Swords<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970s<\/td>\nWilliam Goldman<\/td>\nThe Princess Bride<\/td>\nRichard Adams<\/td>\nWatership Down<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nTerry Brooks<\/td>\nThe Sword of Shannara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nStephen R. Donaldson<\/td>\nLord Foul’s Bane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nAnne Rice<\/td>\nInterview with the Vampire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960s<\/td>\nPeter S. Beagle<\/td>\nThe Last Unicorn<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nA Wizard of Earthsea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJack Vance<\/td>\nThe Eyes of the Overworld<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950s<\/td>\nJ. R. R. Tolkien<\/td>\nThe Lord of the Rings<\/td>\nJack Vance<\/td>\nThe Dying Earth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1940s<\/td>\nMervyn Peake<\/td>\nTitus Groan<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1930s<\/td>\nJ. R. R. Tolkien<\/td>\nThe Hobbit<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s an update to this list.   Winner Runner Ups Decade Author Title Author Title 2020s Matt Haig The Midnight Library Robert Jackson Bennett Shorefall       Claire North Notes from the Burning Age       Jo Walton Or What You Will 2010s Claire North The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Julie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[7,9,42,28],"class_list":["post-18412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-book","tag-fantasy","tag-lists","tag-novels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18412"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18414,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18412\/revisions\/18414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}