{"id":9748,"date":"2016-10-24T21:40:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T01:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=9748"},"modified":"2016-10-26T10:13:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T14:13:55","slug":"best-fantasy-novels-by-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/best-fantasy-novels-by-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Best fantasy novels by decade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the fantasy list. As I read more books things might change, especially in the decade that’s not done yet.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/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
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>\nWill McIntosh<\/td>\nHitchers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCarrie Vaughn<\/td>\nAfter the Golden Age<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJo Walton<\/td>\nAmong Others<\/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>\nElizabeth Kostova<\/td>\nThe Historian<\/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>\nAnne Rice<\/td>\nInterview with the Vampire<\/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>\nWilliam Goldman<\/td>\nThe Princess Bride<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960s<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nA Wizard of Earthsea<\/td>\nPeter S. Beagle<\/td>\nThe Last Unicorn<\/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 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 […]<\/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-9748","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\/9748","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=9748"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9780,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9748\/revisions\/9780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}