List of fantasy novels (A–H)

This page lists a broad variety of fantasy novels (and novel series)--some old, some new; some famous, some obscure; some well-written, some ill-written--and so may be considered a representative slice of the field. The books appear in alphabetical order by title (ignoring "A", "An", and "The"); series are alphabetical by author-designated name or, if there is no such, some reasonable designation.

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A

• Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix
  • namely, Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen
• Acacia: The War With The Mein by David Anthony Durham
• Aegypt series by John Crowley
  • namely Aegypt, Love and Sleep, Daemonomania, and last forthcoming
• Alice duo by Lewis Carroll
  • namely Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass
• All Hallows' Eve by Charles Williams
• All the Bells on Earth by James Blaylock
• Alphabet Thorn by Patricia McKillip
• The Tales of Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card
  • namely, Seventh Son, Red Prophet, Prentice Alvin, Alvin Journeyman, Heartfire, The Crystal City, Master Alvin (forthcoming)
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (apparently mainstream but has a fantasy element) by Michael Chabon
• Amber series by Roger Zelazny
  • namely, Nine Princes in Amber, The Guns of Avalon, Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon, The Courts of Chaos, Trumps of Doom, Blood of Amber, Sign of Chaos, Knight of Shadows, Prince of Chaos
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• Apprentice Adept series by Piers Anthony
  • namely, Split Infinity, Blue Adept, Juxtaposition, Out of Phaze, Robot Adept, Unicorn Point, Phaze Doubt
• Arafel duo by C. J. Cherryh
  • namely, The Dreamstone, The Tree of Swords and Jewels
• Argo by R. A. Lafferty, a complex mythos encompassing nested sub-series
  • namely, The Devil Is Dead series: Archipelago, The Devil is Dead; More Than Melchisedech (one novel in three volumes): Tales of Chicago, Tales of Midnight, Argo; Episodes of the Argo (possibly subsumed in Argo): How Many Miles to Babylon?; Coscuin (the final two of this quartet exist only in mss form):The Flame Is Green, Half a Sky, Dotty
• The Artefacts of Power by Maggie Furey
  • namely, Aurian, The Harp of Winds, The Sword of Flame and Dhiammara
• Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer.
• At Amberleaf Fair by Phyllis Ann Karr
• At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
• At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald

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• The Bard of Sorcery by Gerard Daniel Houarner
• Bardic Voices series by Mercedes Lackey
  • namely, The Lark and the Wren, The Robin and the Kestrel, The Eagle and the Nightingale, Four and Twenty Blackbirds
• Barking (forthcoming) by Tom Holt
• Bas-Lag by China Miéville
  • namely, Perdido Street Station, The Scar
• Beauty by Robin McKinley
• Bedlam's Bard series by Mercedes Lackey
  • namely, Knight of Ghosts and Shadows with Ellen Guon, Summoned to Tourney with Ellen Guon, Bedlam Boyz with Ellen Guon, Beyond World's End with Rosemary Edghill, Spirits White as Lightning with Rosemary Edghill, Mad Maudlin with Rosemary Edghill, Bedlam's Edge with Rosemary Edghill, Music to My Sorrow with Rosemary Edghill
• The Belgariad series by David Eddings
  • namely, Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician's Gambit, Castle of Wizardry, Enchanters' End Game
• Biography of Manuel cycle by James Branch Cabell
  • contains 20 (or more, depending on how counted) works; the Storisende Edition in 18 volumes is definitive
• Black Cocktail (novella) by Jonathan Carroll
• The Black Company saga by Glen Cook, a nested set of sub-series:
  • Annals of the Black Company
    • namely, The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose
  • Books of the South
    • namely, The Silver Spike (not listed as a "Book of the South," but it is), Shadow Games, and Dreams of Steel
  • Glittering Stone
    • namely, Bleak Seasons, She is the Darkness, Water Sleeps, and Soldiers Live
• The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey
• The Blessing of Pan by Lord Dunsany
• Bloodring by Faith Hunter
• The Blue Hawk by Peter Dickinson
• The Blue Star by Fletcher Pratt
• Boggart series by Susan Cooper
  • namely, The Boggart and The Boggart and the Monster
• The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia McKillip
• Book of Enchantments by Patricia C. Wrede
• The Book of Shadows by James Killus
• Books of the House series by James Stoddard
  • namely, The High House and The False House
• The Books of Parable duology by Walter Wangerin, Jr.
  • namely, The Book of the Dun Cow and The Book of Sorrows
• The Borders of Life by G. A. Kathryns (pen name of Gael Baudino)
• The Boss in the Wall by Avram Davidson
• The Bitterbynde trilogy by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
  • namely, The Ill-Made Mute, The Lady of the Sorrows, and The Battle of Evernight.

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• Caliban's Hour by Tad Williams
• Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor by Mervyn Peake
• The Cat's Cradle-Book by Sylvia Townsend Warner
• Cats Have No Lord by Will Shetterly
• Chalion series by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • namely, The Curse of Chalion, Paladin of Souls, The Hallowed Hunt
• Chamiel by Edward Pearson
• The Changeling Sea by Patricia McKillip
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• Charlie Bone Series by Jenny Nimmo
  • namelyMidnight for Charlie Bone, Charlie Bone and the Time Twister, Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy, Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors, Charlie Bone and the Hidden King, Charlie Bone and the Beast (some have different titles in the U.S.A and the U.K)
• Chimera by John Barth
• Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones
  • namely, Charmed Life, The Lives of Christopher Chant, The Magicians of Caprona, Witch Week, Conrad's Fate, The Pinhoe Egg
• The Chronicles of Narnia by Clive Staples Lewis
• Cinder by Rick DeMarinis
• The Circle series by Tamora Pierce (comprises three sub-series)
  • Circle of Magic
    • namely, Sandry's Book, Tris's Book, Daja's Book and Briar's Book
  • The Circle Opens
    • namely, Magic Steps, Street Magic, Cold Fire and Shatterglass
  • The Circle Reforged
    • namely, The Will of the Empress, Melting Stones
• The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney
• Cloud's End by Sean Stewart
• The Claidi Journals by Tanith Lee
  • namely, Law of the Wolf Tower, Wolf Star Rise, Queen of the Wolves, Wolf Wing
• College of Magics series by Caroline Stevermer
  • namely, A College of Magics, A Scholar of Magics
• Conclave of the Shadows trilogy by Raymond E. Feist
  • namely, Talon of the Silver Hawk, King of Foxes and Exile's Return
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman
• The Course of the Heart by M. John Harrison
• The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series by Stephen R. Donaldson - see at T, below
• Crane's View series by Jonathan Carroll
  • namely, Kissing the Beehive, The Marriage of Sticks, The Wooden Sea
• Cray Ormoru by Phyllis Eisenstein
  • namely, Sorcerer's Son, The Crystal Palace, The City in Stone (forthcoming)
• The Crock of Gold by James Stephens
• Curdie series by George MacDonald
  • namely, The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie
• The Curse of the Wise Woman by Lord Dunsany
• Cygnet series by Patricia McKillip
  • namely, The Sorceress and the Cygnet, The Cygnet and the Firebird
• Cyrion by Tanith Lee

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• Dalemark Quartet by Diana Wynne Jones
  • namely, Cart and Cwidder, Drowned Ammet, The Spellcoats, The Crown of Dalemark
• The Dalkey Archive by Flann O'Brien
• Damiano series by R. A. MacAvoy
  • namely, Damiano, Damiano's Lute, Raphael
• Dark Castle, White Horse (two novellas) by Tanith Lee
• Dark Cities Underground by Lisa Goldstein
• The Dark Lord of Pengersick by Richard Carlyon
• The Dark Is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper
  • namely, Over Sea, Under Stone, The Dark Is Rising, Greenwitch, The Grey King, and Silver on the Tree
• Darkangel series by Meredith Ann Pierce
  • namely, The Darkangel, A Gathering of Gargoyles, The Pearl of the Soul of the World
• Daughter of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce
  • namely, Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen
• The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
• Deliverers of Their Country by E. Nesbit
• Derkholm series by Diana Wynne Jones
  • namely, Dark Lord of Derkholm and Year of the Griffin
• Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams
• The Devil Wives of Li-Fong by E. Hoffmann Price
• Dirk Gently series by Douglas Adams
  • namely, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
• Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
  • 30 titles, starting with The Colour of Magic, the latest being Thud!
• The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A. S. Byatt
• Djinn Rummy by Tom Holt
• The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
• Dorothea Dreams by Suzy McKee Charnas
• Dragon Raja by Lee Yeongdo
• Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
• Dragon Winter
• Dragons in Our Midst series by Bryan Davis
  • namely, Raising Dragons, The Candlestone, Circles of Seven, and Tears of a Dragon
• Dragonvarld trilogy by Margaret Weis
  • namely, Mistress of Dragons, The Dragon's Son', and Master of Dragons
• The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers
• Dread Empire series by Glen Cook]], With Mercy Toward None (prequel), The Fire in His Hands (prequel), A Shadow of All Night Falling, October's Baby, All Darkness Met, Reap the East Wind, [[An Ill Fate Marshalling
• Drinker of Souls series by Jo Clayton
  • namely, Drinker of Souls, Blue Magic, A Gathering of Stones
• Druid's Blood by Esther Friesner
• The Dying Earth series by Jack Vance
  • namely, The Dying Earth (aka Mazirian the Magician), The Eyes of the Overworld (aka Cugel the Clever), Rhialto the Marvelous, and Cugel's Saga (aka Cugel: Skybreak Spatterlight)

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E

• Earthsea series by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • namely, The Word of Unbinding (a short story), The Rule of Names (a short story), A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind
• Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
• The Element of Fire by Martha Wells
• The Elephant and the Kangaroo by T. H. White
• The Eleventh Hour by Brian Stableford
• The Empire Trilogy by Raymond E. Feist
  • namely, Daughter of the Empire, Servant of the Empire, and Mistress of the Empire
• The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit
• Enchanted Forest series by Patricia C. Wrede
  • namely, Dealing with Dragons (aka Dragonsbane), Searching for Dragons (aka Dragon Search), Calling on Dragons, and Talking to Dragons
• Enchanted Night (novella) by Steven Millhauser
• The Enquiries of Dr. Eszterhazy by Avram Davidson
• Euryale by Kara Dalkey
• Expecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt
• The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

F

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• The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs
• Falling Sideways by Tom Holt
• Fanuilh series by Daniel Hood
  • namely, Fanuilh, Wizard's Heir, Beggar's Banquet, Scales of Justice
• Farsala trilogy by Hilari Bell
  • namely, The Fall of a Kingdom , The Rise of a Hero , and Forging the Sword
• The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
  • namely, Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest
• Faust Among Equals by Tom Holt
• The Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs
• A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle
• Fisher King series by Tim Powers
  • namely, Last Call, Expiration Date, Earthquake Weather, Declare
• Five Children series by E. Nesbit
  • namely, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet
• Florida series by James Branch Cabell
  • namely, The St. Johns (with A.J. Hanna) - nonfiction that reads like fantasy, There Were Two Pirates, The Devil's Own Dear Son
• Flying Dutch by Tom Holt
• The Fool on the Hill by Matt Ruff
• Forest Kingdom series by Simon R. Green
  • namely, Blue Moon Rising, Blood and Honor, Down Among the Dead Men
• The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip
• Forgotten Realms series by R. A. Salvatore
  • namely, The Icewind Dale Trilogy, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Legacy of the Drow, Paths of Darkness, The Cleric Quintet and others.
• Fortress series by C. J. Cherryh
  • namely, Fortress in the Eye of Time, Fortress of Eagles, Fortress of Owls, Fortress of Dragons, Fortress of Ice
• The Fortress City by K. G. Childs
• The Four Wise Men by Michel Tournier
• Fourth Mansions by R. A. Lafferty
• Freddy's Book by John Gardner
• From the Realm of Morpheus by Steven Millhauser

G

• Galveston by Sean Stewart
• Garrett series by Glen Cook
  • namely, Sweet Silver Blues, Bitter Gold Hearts, Cold Copper Tears, Old Tin Sorrows, Dread Brass Shadows, Red Iron Nights, Deadly Quicksilver Lies, Petty Pewter Gods, Faded Steel Heat, Angry Lead Skies, Whispering Nickel Idols, Cruel Zinc Memories (forthcoming)
• Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
• The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams
• Gloriana, or The Unfulfill'd Queen by Michael Moorcock
• The Glorious Pool by Thorne Smith
• Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett) by Neil Gaiman
• Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake - see at T (Titus), below
• Grailblazers by Tom Holt
• The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
• Great Mischief by Josephine Pinckney
• The Greater Trumps by Charles Williams
• The Green Child by Herbert Read
• The Green Round by Arthur Machen
• Grendel by John Gardner
• Grimbold's Other World by Nicholas Stuart Gray

H

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• Halfblood Chronicles by Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton
  • namely, The Elvenbane, Elvenblood, Elvenborn, Elvenbred
• The Harem of Aman Akbar by Elizabeth Scarborough
• Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
• Harrowing the Dragon by Patricia McKillip
• Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
  • namely, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Hart's Hope by Orson Scott Card
• Haunted Waters by Mary Pope Osborne
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• Heirs and Assigns series by James Branch Cabell
  • namely, Hamlet Had an Uncle, The King Was in His Counting House, The First Gentleman of America
• Here Comes the Sun by Tom Holt
• The Hereafter Gang by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• Hexwood by Diana Wynne Jones
• The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen
• His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman
  • namely, Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass, and Lyra's Oxford
• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
• The House of Souls by Arthur Machen
• The House With a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs
• Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
• How the Gods Wove in Kyrannon by Ardath Mayhar

I

• If I Pay Thee Not in Gold by Piers Anthony and Mercedes Lackey
• Ile-Rien series by Martha Wells
  • namely, The Wizard Hunters, The Ships of Air
• The Immortals series by Tamora Pierce
  • namely, Wild Magic, Wolf-Speaker, The Emperor Mage and The Realm of the Gods
• In the Forests of Serre by Patricia McKillip
• The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (aka The War of Dreams) by Angela Carter
• Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
  • namely, Eragon, Eldest, and two unnamed sequels
• Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke
  • Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath(Not yet published)
• The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen
• The Innamorati by Midori Snyder
• Interstate Dreams by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• The Island Under the Earth by Avram Davidson
• Islandia by Austin Tappan Wright

J

• J. W. Wells & Co. series by Tom Holt
  • namely, The Portable Door, In Your Dreams, Earth, Air, Fire and Custard, You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps
• The Jade Enchantress by E. Hoffmann Price
• The Jerusalem Quartet by Edward Whittemore
  • namely, Sinai Tapestry, Jerusalem Poker, Nile Shadows, and Jericho Mosaic
• Jog Rummage by Grahame Wright
• The Jonah Watch by Jack Cady
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

K

• Kai Lung series by Ernest Bramah
  • namely, The Wallet of Kai Lung, Kai Lung's Golden Hours, Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat, Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree, Kai Lung: Six, and The Moon of Much Gladness (aka The Return of Kai Lung)
• Kencyrath Chronicles by P. C. Hodgell
  • namely, God Stalk, Dark of the Moon, Seeker's Mask, Blood and Ivory, To Ride a Rathorn
• The Khaavren Romances by Steven Brust
  • namely, The Phoenix Guards, Five Hundred Years After, and The Viscout of Adrilankha (which consists of The Paths of the Dead, The Lord of Castle Black, and Sethra Lavode)
• Khaled by F. Marion Crawford
• Kill the Dead by Tanith Lee
• The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
• King Kabul the First and Gawain the Kitchen Boy by Max Jacob
• The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany
• King Rat by China Miéville
• Kingdom of Argylle by Elizabeth Willey
  • namely, The Well-Favored Man, A Sorcerer and a Gentleman, The Price of Blood and Honor
• Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner
• The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone by Greg Keyes
  • namely, The Briar King, The Charnel Prince, The Blood Knight, and The Born Queen (Forthcoming)
• Krondor's Sons (The Riftwar Stories) by Raymond E. Feist
  • namely, Prince of the Blood, and The Kings Buccaneer
• Kushiel's Legacy by Jacqueline Carey
  • namely, Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen, and Kushiel's Avatar

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• Land of Dreams by James Blaylock
• The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll
• The Land of Unreason by Fletcher Pratt & amp; L. Sprague De Camp
• The Last Coin by James Blaylock
• The Last Days of the Edge of the World by Brian Stableford
• The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
• The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor by John Barth
• Latro series by Gene Wolfe
  • namely, Soldier of the Mist, Soldier of Arete, Soldier of Sidon
• The Lays of Beleriand by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Legends of the Riftwar by Raymond E. Feist
  • namely, Honoured Enemy, Murder in LaMut and Jimmy the Hand
• The Lemurian Stone by Stephen Hickman
• Lens of the World by R. A. MacAvoy
  • namely, Lens of the World, King of the Dead, The Belly of the Wolf aka Winter of the Wolf
• Letters From a Lost Uncle by Mervyn Peake
• The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr by E. T. A. Hoffmann
• Lilith by George MacDonald
• The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz by Russell Hoban
• Little People by Tom Holt
• Little, Big by John Crowley
• Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
• Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson
• The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • often issued in three separately titled volumes (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King), and thus wrongly called "a trilogy"
• Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
• Lyonesse series by Jack Vance
  • namely Suldrun's Garden, The Green Pearl, and Madouc
• Lyra series by Patricia Wrede
  • namely, Caught in Crystal, The Raven Ring, Shadow Magic, Daughter of Witches, and The Harp of Imach Thyssel

M

• Magic and Malice series by Patricia Wrede
  • namely, Mairelon the Magician and The Magician's Ward
• The Magic City by E. Nesbit
• The Magic Spectacles by James Blaylock
• The Magician Out of Manchuria by Charles G. Finney
• The Magician Trilogy by Jenny Nimmo
• Magyk by Angie Sage
  • namely The Snow Spider, Emlyn's Moon, The Chestnut Soldier
• Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson
  • namely, Gardens of the Moon, Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice, House of Chains, Midnight Tides, The Bonehunters, Reaper's Gale, Toll the Hounds, Dust of Dreams and The Crippled God
• The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton
• Many Dimensions by Charles Williams
• Marco Polo and the Sleeping Beauty by Avram Davidson
• Marianne by Sheri S. Tepper
  • namely, Marianne, the Magus, and the Manticore, Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods, Marianne, the Matchbox, and the Malachite Mouse
• Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser
• Mary Poppins series by P. L. Travers
  • namely, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, Mary Poppins in the Park, Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane, Mary Poppins and the House Next Door
• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
• Master Li by Barry Hughart
  • namely, Bridge of Birds, The Story of the Stone, Eight Skilled Gentlemen
• Mickelsson's Ghosts by John Gardner
• Millroy the Magician by Paul Theroux
• Mirage by Louise Cooper
• Mistress Masham's Repose by T. H. White
• Mojo and the Pickle Jar by Douglas Bell
• Moonheart by Charles de Lint
• The Moon's Fire-Eating Daughter by John Myers Myers
• Mordred series by Peter Hanratty
  • namely, The Last Knight of Albion, The Book of Mordred
• Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium by Suzanne Weyn
• Mr. Pye by Mervyn Peake
• Mustapha and His Wise Dog by Esther Friesner
• My Hero by Tom Holt
• My Talks With Dean Spanley by Lord Dunsany

N

• The Nightrunner Trilogy by Lynn Flewelling (author)
  • namely, Luck in the Shadows, Stalking Darkness, and Traitor Moon. There is also a prequel trilogy.
• The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
  • namely, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician's Nephew, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Last Battle
• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
• New York by Knight by Esther Friesner
• Nifft series by Michael Shea
  • namely, Nifft the Lean, The Mines of Behemoth, The A'Rak
• A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
• The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson
• The Night Life of the Gods by Thorne Smith
• Night Relics by James Blaylock
• The Nightmare Has Triplets series by James Branch Cabell
  • namely, Smirt, Smith, and Smire
• Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
• Nothing But Blue Skies by Tom Holt
• Number9Dream by David Mitchell

O

• The Once and Future King series by T.H. White
  • namely The Sword in the Stone, The Queen of Air and Darkness, The Witch in the Wood, The Ill-Made Knight, The Candle in the Wind, The Book of Merlyn
• Od Magic by Patricia McKillip
• Odds and Gods by Tom Holt
• Ombria in Shadow by Patricia McKillip
• On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
• Only Human by Tom Holt
• Open Sesame by Tom Holt
• Orlando by Virginia Woolf
• Ou Lu Khen and the Beautiful Madwoman by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• Our Ancestors a set by Italo Calvino
  • namely, The Baron in the Trees, The Cloven Viscount, and The Non-Existent Knight (Baron is arguably not truly fantasy)
• Overtime by Tom Holt
• Oz cycle (40 "canonical" titles) by L. Frank Baum, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Rachel R. Cosgrove, John R. Neill, Jack Snow, and Eloise Jarvis McGraw & Lauren McGraw Wagner (many more "non-canonical" Oz authors and titles exist)
  • Baum (who created Oz): 14 books, starting with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  • Thompson: 19 books, starting with The Royal Book of Oz
  • Cosgrove: 1 book, The Hidden Valley of Oz
  • Neill (who illustrated many earlier Oz books): 3 books, The Wonder City of Oz, The Scalawagons of Oz, Lucky Bucky in Oz
  • Snow: 2 books, The Magical Mimics in Oz and The Shaggy Man of Oz
  • McGraw & Wagner: 1 book, Merry-Go-Round in Oz

P

• Paint Your Dragon by Tom Holt
• The Panorama Egg by A. E. Silas
• The Paper Grail by James Blaylock
• Paradys series by Tanith Lee
  • namely, The Book of the Damned, The Book of the Beast, The Book of the Dead, and The Book of the Mad
• Parsival series by Richard Monaco
  • namely, Parsival, a Knight's Tale, The Grail War, The Final Quest, Blood and Dreams
• Past Master by R. A. Lafferty (superficially science fiction but actually fantasy)
• Peace by Gene Wolfe
• The Pedant and the Shuffly by John Bellairs
• The Pendragon Adventure by D.J MacHale
• Peregrine by Avram Davidson
  • namely, Peregrine: Primus, Peregrine: Secundus
• Peter and Wendy aka Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
• Peter Pan aka Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie
• Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J. M. Barrie
• Phantastes by George MacDonald
• Pilgermann by Russell Hoban
• Pilgrim by Timothy Findley
• Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
• The Piratica Series by Tanith Lee
  • namely, Piratica, Piratica II: Return to Parrot Island, Piratica III: The Family Sea
• The Place of the Lion by Charles Williams
• Plantagenet series by Allen Andrews
  • namely, The Pig Plantagenet, Castle Crespin
• The Porcelain Dove by Delia Sherman
• Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan
• Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
• The Prince of Morning Bells by Nancy Kress
• Prince of Nothing trilogy by R. Scott Bakker
  • namely, The Darkness That Comes Before, The Warrior Prophet, The Thousandfold Thought
• Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce
  • namely, First Test, Page, Squire and Lady Knight
• The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
  • namely, The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron, The Castle of Llyr, Taran Wanderer, The High King, and The Foundling and Other Tales from Prydain

Q

• The Quest for the 36 by Stephen Billias

R

• Rain in the Doorway by Thorne Smith
• The Rainy Season by James Blaylock
• The Red Hand by Arthur Machen
• The Red Magician by Lisa Goldstein
• Resurrection Man by Sean Stewart
• The Revenants by Sheri S. Tepper
• Riddlemaster by Patricia McKillip
  • namely, Riddlemaster of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire, Harpist in the Wind
• Riftwar series by Raymond E. Feist
  • The Riftwar Legacy
    • namely, Krondor The Betrayal, Krondor The Assassins and Krondor Tear of the Gods
  • The Riftwar Saga
    • namely, Magician: Apprentice, Magician: Master, Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon
• Rondua series by Jonathan Carroll
  • namely, Bones of the Moon, Sleeping in Flame, A Child Across the Sky, From the Teeth of Angels, Outside the Dog Museum, and After Silence
• Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
• Roverandom by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Runelords series by David Farland
  • namely, The Runelords, Sum of All Men, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Wizardborn, Lair of Bones
• Rusalka series by C. J. Cherryh
  • namely, Rusalka, Chernevog, Yvgenie

S

• The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
• The Seekers of Shar-Nuhn by Ardath Mayhar
• Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage
  • namely Magyk, Flyte, Physik, and two future books
• Serpent War series by Raymond E. Feist
  • namely, Shadow of a Dark Queen, Rise of a Merchant Prince, Rage of a Demon King and Shards of a Broken Crown
• Shadowslayers by Charlie Martin
• Shadows Fall by Simon R. Green
• Shadows of Ecstasy by Charles Williams
• The Shadow Valley Chronicles by Lord Dunsany
  • namely, The Chronicles of Rodrigues (aka Don Rodriguez) and The Charwoman's Shadow
• Shannara series by Terry Brooks
  • namely, The Sword of Shannara Trilogy, The Heritage of Shannara Tetralogy, The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, High Druid of Shannara
• The Shape-Changer's Wife by Sharon Shinn
• Shardik by Richard Adams
• The Shattered Horse by S. P. Somtow
• The Shining Pyramid by Arthur Machen
• The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Silver John series by Manly Wade Wellman
  • namely, The Old Gods Waken, After Dark, The Lost and the Lurking, The Hanging Stones, The Voice of the Mountain
• Silverlock by John Myers Myers
• Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede
• Snow White and the Seven Samurai by Tom Holt
• Solstice Wood by Patricia McKillip
• Song for the Basilisk by Patricia McKillip
• Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin
  • namely, A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons (forthcoming), The Winds of Winter (forthcoming), A Dream of Spring (forthcoming)
• The Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce
  • namely, Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, The Women Who Rides Like A Man, and Lioness Rampant.
• Song of the Pearl by Ruth Nichols
• Sorcerors' World by Sean Russell, a nested set of sub-series:
  • Moontide and Magic Rise
    • namely, World Without End and Sea Without a Shore
  • River into Darkness
    • namely, Beneath the Vaulted Hills and The Compass of the Soul
  • Swans' War
    • namely, The One Kingdom, The Isle of Battle, and Shadow Roads
• Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
• Stardust by Neil Gaiman
• The Starcatchers trilogy series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
• namely, Peter and the Starcatchers, Peter and the Shadow Thieves, and Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
• The Stirk of Stirk by Peter Tinniswood
• The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders by Lord Dunsany
• The Stray Lamb by Thorne Smith
• The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers
• Stuart Little by E. B. White
• A Sudden Wild Magic by Diana Wynne Jones
• Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
• The Sundering Flood by William Morris
• The Sunlight Dialogs by John Gardner
• Sunset Warrior series by Eric Van Lustbader
  • namely, The Sunset Warrior, Shallows of Night, Dai-San, Beneath an Opal Moon
• Sword of the Demon by Richard Lupoff
• The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
  • namely, Wizard's First Rule, Stone of Tears, Blood of the Fold, Temple of the Winds, Soul of the Fire, Faith of the Fallen, The Pillars of Creation, Naked Empire, Chainfire, Phantom, Confessor
• The Sword Smith by Eleanor Arnason
• The Swordbearer by Glen Cook
• Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan
• Swords Against Death aka Two Sought Adventure by Fritz Leiber
• Symphony of Ages series by Elizabeth Haydon
  • namely, Rhapsody: Child of Blood, Prophecy: Child of Earth, Destiny: Child of the Sky, Requiem for the Sun, Elegy for a Lost Star

T

• Alvin Maker, see at A, above
• Tales From The Flat Earth series by Tanith Lee
  • namely, Night's Master, Death's Master, Delusion's Master, Delirium's Mistress, and Night's Sorceries
• The Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn
• Talking Man by Terry Bisson
• Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
• Tex and Molly in the Afterlife by Richard Grant
• The Adventures of Puddin Pickney by C.M. Rigoli
• The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
• The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
• The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
• The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen
• The Three Worlds Cycle by Ian Irvine
• The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series by Stephen R. Donaldson
  • namely, Lord Foul's Bane, The Illearth War, The Power that Preserves, Gildenfire, The Wounded Land, The One Tree, White Gold Wielder, The Runes of the Earth"
• Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson
• Three to See the King by Magnus Mills
• The Throme of the Erril of Sherill by Patricia McKillip
• Through a Brazen Mirror by Delia Sherman
• Thunder on the Left by Christopher Morley
• Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
• Tinker series by Wen Spencer
  • namely, Tinker and Wolf Who Rules
• Titus series (aka Gormenghast) by Mervyn Peake
  • namely, Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone, and the short story Boy in Darkness
• Tomoe Gozen series by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
  • namely, The Disfavored Hero, The Golden Naginata, Thousand Shrine Warrior
• Topper duo by Thorne Smith
  • namely, Topper, Topper Takes a Trip
• Topher by Sean Corrigan
• The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia McKillip
• The Tower of Fear by Glen Cook
• Two Sought Adventure aka Swords Against Death by Fritz Leiber
• Twombley Town series by James Blaylock
  • namely, The Elfin Ship, The Disappearing Dwarf, and The Stone Giant (aka The Goblin Keeper)
• Tyrants and Kings by John Marco
  • namely, The Jackal of Nar, The Grand Design, and The Saints of the Sword

U

• Unfinished Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Unholy City by Charles G. Finney
• The Unicorn Creed by Elizabeth Scarborough
• The Unicorn Series series by Tanith Lee
  • namely, Black Unicorn, Gold Unicorn, Red Unicorn
• The Unicorns of Balinor by Mary Stanton
  • namely, Road to Balinor, Sunchaser's Quest, Valley of Fear, By Fire, By Moonlight, Search for the Star, Secrets of the Scepter, Night of the Shifter's Moon, Shadows Over Balinor
• Ursus of Ultima Thule by Avram Davidson

V

• Valhalla by Tom Holt
• Vanity of Vanities by Martin Bertram
• Velgarth series by Mercedes Lackey
  • namely, Heralds of Valdemar trilogy and prequels, The Mage Winds trilogy, The Mage Storms trilogy, Darian's Tale trilogy, The Last Herald Mage trilogy, Vows and Honor trilogy, Exile's Valor and Exile's Honor, Take a Thief
• Venus series by Tanith Lee
  • namely, Faces Under Water, Saint Fire, A Bed of Earth, and Venus Preserved
• Vergil Magus series by Avram Davidson
  • namely, The Phoenix and the Mirror, Vergil in Averno, and The Scarlet Fig
• Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward
• Viriconium cycle by M. John Harrison
  • namely, The Pastel City, A Storm of Wings, In Viriconium (aka The Floating Gods), and Viriconium Nights
• The Vlad Taltos books by Steven Brust
  • namely, Jhereg, Yendi, Taltos, Phoenix, Athyra, Orca, Dragon, Issola, and Dzur
• Voice of Our Shadow by Jonathan Carroll
• Von Bek series by Michael Moorcock
  • namely, The Warhound and the World's Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars, The Dragon in the Sword, The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittaruis
• A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay

W

• The Wandering Unicorn by Manuel Mujica Lainez
• War in Heaven by Charles Williams
• The War of Dreams (aka The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman) by Angela Carter
• War of the Gods on Earth by Andrew Offutt
  • namely, The Iron Lords, Shadows Out of Hell, The Lady of the Snowmist
• Warhorse of Esdragon series by Susan Dexter
  • namely, The Prince of Ill Luck, The Wind-Witch, The True Knight
• The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
• The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris
• Watership Down by Richard Adams
• Wayfarer's Redemption series by Sara Douglass
  • comprising six novels.
• Weaveworld by Clive Barker
• The Well at the World's End by William Morris
• The Well of the Unicorn by Fletcher Pratt
• Wet Magic by E. Nesbit
• Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells
• Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
  • namely The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, The Shadow Rising, The Fires of Heaven, Lord of Chaos, A Crown of Swords, The Path of Daggers, Winter's Heart, Crossroads of Twilight, Knife of Dreams, and New Spring
• When the King Comes Home by Caroline Stevermer
• Where the Blue Begins by Christopher Morley
• White Apples series by Jonathan Carroll
  • namely, White Apples, Glass Soup, last forthcoming
• Who's Afraid of Beowulf? by Tom Holt
• Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf
• The Wicked Enchantment by Margot Benary-Isbert
• Wild Magic series by Jo Clayton
  • namely, Wild Magic, Wildfire, The Magic Wars
• Wild Roads series by "Gabriel King" (M. John Harrison and Jane Johnson)
  • namely, The Wild Road, The Golden Cat, The Knot Garden, Nonesuch
• Wildraith's Last Battle by Phyllis Ann Karr
• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
• Windameir by Niel Hancock, a nested set of sub-series:
  • Circle of Light
    • namely, Greyfax Grimwald, Faragon Fairingay, Calix Stay, and Squaring the Circle
  • Wilderness of Four
    • namely, Across the Far Mountain, The Plains of the Sea, On the Boundaries of Darkness, and The Road to the Middle Islands
  • Windameir Circle
    • namely, The Fires of Windameir, The Sea of Silence, A Wanderer's Return, and Bridge of Dawn
• Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip
• Winter Tides by James Blaylock
• Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
• Wish You Were Here by Tom Holt
• Witch Blood by Will Shetterly
• The Witch of Prague by F. Marion Crawford
• The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
• Wizard of the Pigeons by Megan Lindholm
• The Wizard's Shadow by Susan Dexter
• Wizenbeak series by Alexis A. Gilliland
  • namely, Wizenbeak, The Shadow Shaia, Lord of the Troll Bats
• The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman
• The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris
• World in Amber series by A. Orr
  • namely, The World in Amber, The Ice King's Palace, Emperor of Irish
• The World of Winnie-the-Pooh set by A. A. Milne
  • namely, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner
• The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

X

• Xanth series by Piers Anthony
  • comprising 31 novels

Y

• Ye Gods! by Tom Holt
• Yesterday We Saw Mermaids by Esther Friesner
• Young Wizards series by Diane Duane
  • namely, So You Want to Be a Wizard, Deep Wizardry, High Wizardry, A Wizard Abroad, The Wizard's Dilemma, A Wizard Alone, Wizard's Holiday, Wizards at War, and A Wizard of Mars (forthcoming).

Z

• Zimiamvia series by E. R. Eddison
  • namely, Mistress of Mistresses, A Fish Dinner in Memison, and The Mezentian Gate

Please note that neither science-fiction novels nor short-story collections should be included here: they have their own lists.

External links

• The Recommended Fantasy Author List - from Amy Sheldon & some friends
• The Big-Ass Fantasy List - compiled by Jeff VanderMeer
• David Pringle's 100 Best Fantasy Novels
• The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List - by fan votes [old]
• Internet Book List: Fantasy Fiction
• Top Fantasy Fiction - various "top 100" lists
• The Science-Fiction & Fantasy Book List - a comprehensive bibliography