{"id":22502,"date":"2024-01-04T19:13:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T00:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=22502"},"modified":"2024-06-24T19:30:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T23:30:24","slug":"best-fantasy-novels-by-year-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/best-fantasy-novels-by-year-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Best fantasy novels by year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/best-fantasy-novels-by-year-9\/\">this<\/a> list. I haven&#8217;t yet read any fantasy novels published in 2023.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><strong>Winner<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><strong>Runner Ups<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Author<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Author<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2022<\/td>\n<td>Travis Baldree<\/td>\n<td>Legends &amp; Lattes<\/td>\n<td>Robert Jackson Bennett<\/td>\n<td>Lockland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>Claire North<\/td>\n<td>Notes from the Burning Age<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<td>Alix E. Harrow<\/td>\n<td>The Once and Future Witches<\/td>\n<td>Robert Jackson Bennett<\/td>\n<td>Shorefall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Margarita Montimore<\/td>\n<td>Oona Out of Order<\/td>\n<td>Matt Haig<\/td>\n<td>The Midnight Library<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>V. E. Schwab<\/td>\n<td>The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Jo Walton<\/td>\n<td>Or What You Will<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2019<\/td>\n<td>Alix E. Harrow<\/td>\n<td>The Ten Thousand Doors of January<\/td>\n<td>Melissa Caruso<\/td>\n<td>The Unbound Empire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Jo Walton<\/td>\n<td>Lent<\/td>\n<td>Ann Leckie<\/td>\n<td>The Raven Tower<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Erin Morgenstern<\/td>\n<td>The Starless Sea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Claire North<\/td>\n<td>The Pursuit of William Abbey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2018<\/td>\n<td>Jasper Fforde<\/td>\n<td>Early Riser<\/td>\n<td>Robert Jackson Bennett<\/td>\n<td>Foundryside<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Melissa Caruso<\/td>\n<td>The Defiant Heir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Matt Haig<\/td>\n<td>How to Stop Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Kate Morton<\/td>\n<td>The Clockmaker&#8217;s Daughter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2017<\/td>\n<td>Neal Stephenson &amp; Nicole Galland<\/td>\n<td>The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.<\/td>\n<td>James Alan Gardner<\/td>\n<td>All Those Explosions Were Someone Else\u2019s Fault<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Melissa Caruso<\/td>\n<td>The Tethered Mage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Barbara Gowdy<\/td>\n<td>Little Sister<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Fonda Lee<\/td>\n<td>Jade City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Claire North<\/td>\n<td>The End of the Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2016<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>Children of Earth and Sky<\/td>\n<td>Will McIntosh<\/td>\n<td>Faller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Matt Ruff<\/td>\n<td>Lovecraft Country<\/td>\n<td>Claire North<\/td>\n<td>The Sudden Appearance of Hope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Jo Walton<\/td>\n<td>Necessity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2015<\/td>\n<td>Claire North<\/td>\n<td>The Gameshouse<\/td>\n<td>Silvia Moreno-Garcia<\/td>\n<td>Signal to Noise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Claire North<\/td>\n<td>Touch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Karina Sumner-Smith<\/td>\n<td>Defiant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Karina Sumner-Smith<\/td>\n<td>Towers Fall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Jo Walton<\/td>\n<td>The Philosopher Kings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2014<\/td>\n<td>Claire North<\/td>\n<td>The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August<\/td>\n<td>Julie E. Czerneda<\/td>\n<td>A Play of Shadow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Gregory Maguire<\/td>\n<td>Egg &amp; Spoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Karina Sumner-Smith<\/td>\n<td>Radiant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Jo Walton<\/td>\n<td>The Just City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Jo Walton<\/td>\n<td>My Real Children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2013<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>River of Stars<\/td>\n<td>Julie E. Czerneda<\/td>\n<td>A Turn of Light<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012<\/td>\n<td>Will McIntosh<\/td>\n<td>Hitchers<\/td>\n<td>Joanne Bertin<\/td>\n<td>Bard&#8217;s Oath<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2011<\/td>\n<td>Erin Morgenstern<\/td>\n<td>The Night Circus<\/td>\n<td>Carrie Vaughn<\/td>\n<td>After the Golden Age<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Jo Walton<\/td>\n<td>Among Others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2010<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>Under Heaven<\/td>\n<td>Matt Haig<\/td>\n<td>The Radleys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Karin Lowachee<\/td>\n<td>The Gaslight Dogs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Nnedi Okorafor<\/td>\n<td>Who Fears Death<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2009<\/td>\n<td>Brandon Sanderson<\/td>\n<td>Warbreaker<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2008<\/td>\n<td>Ursula K. Le Guin<\/td>\n<td>Lavinia<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2007<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>Ysabel<\/td>\n<td>Nalo Hopkinson<\/td>\n<td>The New Moon\u2019s Arms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Sarah Zettel<\/td>\n<td>Sword of the Deceiver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2006<\/td>\n<td>Daniel Quinn<\/td>\n<td>After Dachau<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2005<\/td>\n<td>Brandon Sanderson<\/td>\n<td>Elantris<\/td>\n<td>Orson Scott Card<\/td>\n<td>Magic Street<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Elizabeth Kostova<\/td>\n<td>The Historian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Michelle Sagara<\/td>\n<td>Cast in Shadow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2004<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>The Last Light of the Sun<\/td>\n<td>Sarah Zettel<\/td>\n<td>The Firebird&#8217;s Vengeance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Kelley Armstrong<\/td>\n<td>Industrial Magic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2003<\/td>\n<td>Audrey Niffenegger<\/td>\n<td>The Time Traveler&#8217;s Wife<\/td>\n<td>Orson Scott Card<\/td>\n<td>The Crystal City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Jo Walton<\/td>\n<td>Tooth and Claw<\/td>\n<td>Gregory Maguire<\/td>\n<td>Mirror Mirror<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Sarah Zettel<\/td>\n<td>The Usurper&#8217;s Crown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2002<\/td>\n<td>Sarah Zettel<\/td>\n<td>A Sorcerer&#8217;s Treason<\/td>\n<td>Christopher Moore<\/td>\n<td>Lamb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2001<\/td>\n<td>Ursula K. Le Guin<\/td>\n<td>The Other Wind<\/td>\n<td>Eoin Colfer<\/td>\n<td>Artemis Fowl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Jasper Fforde<\/td>\n<td>The Eyre Affair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Tanya Huff<\/td>\n<td>The Second Summoning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2000<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>Lord of Emperors<\/td>\n<td>Nalo Hopkinson<\/td>\n<td>Midnight Robber<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Mercedes Lackey<\/td>\n<td>Brightly Burning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1999<\/td>\n<td>Joanne Bertin<\/td>\n<td>Dragon and Phoenix<\/td>\n<td>Orson Scott Card<\/td>\n<td>Enchantment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Gregory Maguire<\/td>\n<td>Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1998<\/td>\n<td>Yves Meynard<\/td>\n<td>The Book of Knights<\/td>\n<td>Joanne Bertin<\/td>\n<td>The Last Dragonlord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Charles de Lint<\/td>\n<td>Someplace to Be Flying<\/td>\n<td>Orson Scott Card<\/td>\n<td>Heartfire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Barbara Gowdy<\/td>\n<td>The White Bone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Tanya Huff<\/td>\n<td>Summon the Keeper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>Sailing to Sarantium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Jim Munroe<\/td>\n<td>Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Sean Russell<\/td>\n<td>The Compass of the Soul<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1997<\/td>\n<td>Neil Gaiman<\/td>\n<td>Neverwhere<\/td>\n<td>Charles de Lint<\/td>\n<td>Trader<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Candas Jane Dorsey<\/td>\n<td>Black Wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Sean Russell<\/td>\n<td>Beneath the Vaulted Hills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1996<\/td>\n<td>George R. R. Martin<\/td>\n<td>A Game of Thrones<\/td>\n<td>Terence M. Green<\/td>\n<td>Shadow of Ashland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Sean Russell<\/td>\n<td>Sea Without a Shore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Megan Whalen Turner<\/td>\n<td>The Thief<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1995<\/td>\n<td>Robin Hobb<\/td>\n<td>Assassin\u2019s Apprentice<\/td>\n<td>Robert T. Bakker<\/td>\n<td>Raptor Red<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Orson Scott Card<\/td>\n<td>Alvin Journeyman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Dave Duncan<\/td>\n<td>Past Imperative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>The Lions of Al-Rassan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Gregory Maguire<\/td>\n<td>Wicked<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Garth Nix<\/td>\n<td>Sabriel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Philip Pullman<\/td>\n<td>The Golden Compass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Sean Russell<\/td>\n<td>World Without End<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1994<\/td>\n<td>Sean Stewart<\/td>\n<td>Nobody\u2019s Son<\/td>\n<td>Charles de Lint<\/td>\n<td>Memory and Dream<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>James Morrow<\/td>\n<td>Towing Jehovah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Anne Rice<\/td>\n<td>Taltos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1993<\/td>\n<td>Anne Rice<\/td>\n<td>Lasher<\/td>\n<td>Peter S. Beagle<\/td>\n<td>The Innkeeper\u2019s Song<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Barbara Hambly<\/td>\n<td>Dog Wizard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Laurell K. Hamilton<\/td>\n<td>Guilty Pleasures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1992<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>A Song For Arbonne<\/td>\n<td>Sean Russell<\/td>\n<td>Gatherer of Clouds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1991<\/td>\n<td>Sean Russell<\/td>\n<td>The Initiate Brother<\/td>\n<td>Piers Anthony<\/td>\n<td>Tatham Mound<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Angela Carter<\/td>\n<td>Wise Children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1990<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>Tigana<\/td>\n<td>Barbara Hambly<\/td>\n<td>The Dark Hand of Magic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Pratchett &amp; Gaiman<\/td>\n<td>Good Omens<\/td>\n<td>Robert Jordan<\/td>\n<td>The Eye of the World<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Ursula K. Le Guin<\/td>\n<td>Tehanu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>James Morrow<\/td>\n<td>Only Begotten Daughter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Anne Rice<\/td>\n<td>The Witching Hour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>R.A. Salvatore<\/td>\n<td>Homeland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1989<\/td>\n<td>Orson Scott Card<\/td>\n<td>Prentice Alvin<\/td>\n<td>Peter David<\/td>\n<td>Howling Mad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Robert Charles Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Gypsies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1988<\/td>\n<td>Orson Scott Card<\/td>\n<td>Red Prophet<\/td>\n<td>Terry Brooks<\/td>\n<td>Wizard at Large<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Barbara Hambly<\/td>\n<td>The Silicon Mage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Anne Rice<\/td>\n<td>The Queen of the Damned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Fred Saberhagen<\/td>\n<td>Stonecutter\u2019s Story<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Tad Williams<\/td>\n<td>The Dragonbone Chair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1987<\/td>\n<td>Orson Scott Card<\/td>\n<td>Seventh Son<\/td>\n<td>Terry Brooks<\/td>\n<td>The Black Unicorn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Ken Grimwood<\/td>\n<td>Replay<\/td>\n<td>Peter David<\/td>\n<td>Knight Life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Stephen R. Donaldson<\/td>\n<td>A Man Rides Through<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Barbara Hambly<\/td>\n<td>The Witches of Wenshar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Moore &amp; Gibbons<\/td>\n<td>Watchmen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Terry Pratchett<\/td>\n<td>Mort<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Fred Saberhagen<\/td>\n<td>Sightblinder\u2019s Story<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1986<\/td>\n<td>Frank Miller<\/td>\n<td>Batman &#8211; The Dark Knight Returns<\/td>\n<td>Terry Brooks<\/td>\n<td>Magic Kingdom For Sale \u2013 Sold!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Stephen R. Donaldson<\/td>\n<td>The Mirror of Her Dreams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Barbara Hambly<\/td>\n<td>The Silent Tower<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>The Darkest Road<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>The Wandering Fire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Fred Saberhagen<\/td>\n<td>Woundhealer\u2019s Story<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Robert Charles Wilson<\/td>\n<td>A Hidden Place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1985<\/td>\n<td>Barbara Hambly<\/td>\n<td>Dragonsbane<\/td>\n<td>Terry Brooks<\/td>\n<td>The Wishsong of Shannara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Anne Rice<\/td>\n<td>The Vampire Lestat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1984<\/td>\n<td>Barbara Hambly<\/td>\n<td>The Ladies of Mandrigyn<\/td>\n<td>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/td>\n<td>The Summer Tree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Fred Saberhagen<\/td>\n<td>The Third Book of Swords<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1983<\/td>\n<td>Tim Powers<\/td>\n<td>The Anubis Gates<\/td>\n<td>Piers Anthony<\/td>\n<td>On a Pale Horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Fred Saberhagen<\/td>\n<td>The First Book of Swords<\/td>\n<td>Marion Zimmer Bradley<\/td>\n<td>The Mists of Avalon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Stephen R. Donaldson<\/td>\n<td>White Gold Wielder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Barbara Hambly<\/td>\n<td>The Armies of Daylight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Barbara Hambly<\/td>\n<td>The Walls of Air<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Fred Saberhagen<\/td>\n<td>The Second Book of Swords<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1982<\/td>\n<td>Barbara Hambly<\/td>\n<td>The Time of the Dark<\/td>\n<td>Terry Brooks<\/td>\n<td>The Elfstones of Shannara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Stephen R. Donaldson<\/td>\n<td>The One Tree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>David Eddings<\/td>\n<td>Pawn of Prophecy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Raymond E. Feist<\/td>\n<td>Magician: Apprentice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1980<\/td>\n<td>Stephen R. Donaldson<\/td>\n<td>The Wounded Land<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1979<\/td>\n<td>Stephen R. Donaldson<\/td>\n<td>The Power That Preserves<\/td>\n<td>Michael Ende<\/td>\n<td>The Neverending Story<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1978<\/td>\n<td>Stephen R. Donaldson<\/td>\n<td>The Illearth War<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1977<\/td>\n<td>Terry Brooks<\/td>\n<td>The Sword of Shannara<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Stephen R. Donaldson<\/td>\n<td>Lord Foul\u2019s Bane<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1976<\/td>\n<td>Anne Rice<\/td>\n<td>Interview with the Vampire<\/td>\n<td>Patricia A. McKillip<\/td>\n<td>The Riddle-Master of Hed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1975<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1974<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1973<\/td>\n<td>William Goldman<\/td>\n<td>The Princess Bride<\/td>\n<td>Ursula K. Le Guin<\/td>\n<td>The Farthest Shore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1972<\/td>\n<td>Richard Adams<\/td>\n<td>Watership Down<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1971<\/td>\n<td>Ursula K. Le Guin<\/td>\n<td>The Tombs of Atuan<\/td>\n<td>John Gardner<\/td>\n<td>Grendel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1970<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1969<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1968<\/td>\n<td>Peter S. Beagle<\/td>\n<td>The Last Unicorn<\/td>\n<td>Ursula K. Le Guin<\/td>\n<td>A Wizard of Earthsea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1967<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1966<\/td>\n<td>Jack Vance<\/td>\n<td>The Eyes of the Overworld<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update to this list. I haven&#8217;t yet read any fantasy novels published in 2023. &nbsp; Winner &nbsp; Runner Ups &nbsp; Year Author Title Author Title 2022 Travis Baldree Legends &amp; Lattes Robert Jackson Bennett Lockland 2021 Claire North Notes from the Burning Age &nbsp; &nbsp; 2020 Alix E. 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