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Charles Moffat's List of 101 Fantasy Books and Fantasy Authors
Charles Moffat created the following list of 101 fantasy books and this accompanying list of fantasy authors. The list below is organized roughly in order of popularity.
Moffat's personal favourites in this list include (in alphabetical order by last name): Marion Zimmer Bradley, Terry Brooks, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lewis Carroll, Elaine Cunningham, L. Sprague de Camp, Troy Denning, Dave Duncan, David Eddings, Terry Goodkind, Jeff Grubb, Tracy Hickman, Robert E. Howard, Robert Jordan, Guy Gavriel Kay, Stephen King, Richard A. Knaak, Mercedes Lackey, C.S. Lewis, H. P. Lovecraft, George R. R. Martin, Kate Novak, Terry Pratchett, J. K. Rowling, R.A. Salvatore, William Shakespeare, J. R. R. Tolkien, Margaret Weis and Tad Williams.
| 1 | J R R Tolkien | Lord of the Rings | 1954 | 2 | J K Rowling | Harry Potter Series | 1997 |
| 3 | J R R Tolkien | The Hobbit | 1937 | 4 | George R R Martin | A Song of Ice & Fire | 1996 |
| 5 | Robert Jordan | Wheel of Time Series | 1990 | 6 | Robert E Howard | Conan the Cimmerian | 1933 |
| 7 | David Eddings | The Belgariad Series | 1982 | 8 | Terry Goodkind | Wizard's First Rule | 1994 |
| 9 | Raymond E Feist | Magician | 1982 | 10 | Dave Duncan | A Man of His Word | 1990 |
| 11 | Philip Pullman | His Dark Materials Trilogy | 1995 | 12 | Terry Brooks | The Sword of Shannara | 1977 |
| 13 | Robin Hobb | The Farseer Trilogy | 1995 | 14 | R A Salvatore | Dark Elf Trilogy | 1990 |
| 15 | Ursula K Le Guin | A Wizard of Earthsea | 1968 | 16 | J R R Tolkien | The Silmarillion | 1977 |
| 17 | Stephen King | The Dark Tower Series | 1982 | 18 | Weis & Hickman | Dragonlance Chronicles | 1984 |
| 19 | Roger Zelazny | The Chronicles of Amber | 1970 | 20 | Lewis Carroll | Alice's Adventures In Wonderland | 1865 |
| 21 | Richard Adams | Watership Down | 1972 | 22 | Stephen Donaldson | Thomas Covenant - The Unbeliever | 1977 |
| 23 | Neil Gaiman | American Gods | 2001 | 24 | William Goldman | The Princess Bride | 1973 |
| 25 | Eoin Colfer | Artemis Fowl | 2001 | 26 | C S Lewis | The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe | 1950 |
| 27 | Anne Rice | Interview With the Vampire | 1976 | 28 | Madeleine L'Engle | A Wrinkle In Time | 1962 |
| 29 | Terry Pratchett | The Colour of Magic | 1983 | 30 | Patrick Rothfuss | The Name of the Wind | 2007 |
| 31 | Roald Dahl | Charlie & the Chocolate Factory | 1964 | 32 | David Eddings | The Malloreon | 1987 |
| 33 | George Orwell | Animal Farm | 1945 | 34 | Anne McCaffrey | Dragonflight | 1968 |
| 35 | Bram Stoker | Dracula | 1897 | 36 | Tad Williams | Memory, Sorrow & Thorn Series | 1988 |
| 37 | Marion Zimmer Bradley | The Mists Of Avalon | 1983 | 38 | Gaiman & Pratchett | Good Omens | 1990 |
| 39 | Steven Erikson | Gardens of the Moon | 1999 | 40 | Neil Gaiman | Neverwhere | 1997 |
| 41 | Garth Nix | Sabriel | 1995 | 42 | William Golding | The Lord Of the Flies | 1954 |
| 43 | Brian Jacques | Redwall | 1986 | 44 | Homer | The Odyssey | 800 BC |
| 45 | Terry Pratchett | Mort | 1987 | 46 | Piers Anthony | On a Pale Horse | 1983 |
| 47 | Cornelia Funke | Inkheart | 2003 | 48 | T H White | The Once & Future King | 1958 |
| 49 | Michael Ende | The Neverending Story | 1979 | 50 | Lloyd Alexander | The Chronicles of Prydain | 1964 |
| 51 | Tamora Pierce | Alanna: The First Adventure | 1983 | 52 | Mary Shelley | Frankenstein | 1818 |
| 53 | Unknown Author | Beowulf | 700 | 54 | Gail Carson Levine | Ella Enchanted | 1997 |
| 55 | Weis & Hickman | Death Gate Cycle | 1990 | 56 | William Shakespeare | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1600 |
| 57 | Michael Moorcock | Elric of Melnibone Series | 1972 | 58 | Anthony Burgess | A Clockwork Orange | 1962 |
| 59 | C S Lewis | The Screwtape Letters | 1942 | 60 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Tigana | 1990 |
| 61 | David Eddings | The Elenium | 1989 | 62 | David Gemmell | Legend | 1984 |
| 63 | Jonathan Stroud | The Amulet of Samarkand | 2003 | 64 | Paulo Coelho | The Alchemist | 1995 |
| 65 | Jim Butcher | Storm Front | 2000 | 66 | Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1891 |
| 67 | Susanna Clarke | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | 2004 | 68 | Peter S Beagle | The Last Unicorn | 1968 |
| 69 | Glen Cook | The Black Company | 1984 | 70 | Audrey Niffenegger | The Time Traveler's Wife | 2003 |
| 71 | Susan Cooper | The Dark Is Rising | 1973 | 72 | Jacqueline Carey | Kushiel's Dart | 2001 |
| 73 | Richard Matheson | I Am Legend | 1954 | 74 | Moore & Gibbons | Watchmen | 1987 |
| 75 | Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol | 1843 | 76 | Trudi Canavan | The Magician's Guild | 2001 |
| 77 | Diana Wynne Jones | Howl's Moving Castle | 1986 | 78 | Mitch Albom | The Five People You Meet in Heaven | 2003 |
| 79 | The Brothers Grimm | Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales | 1812 | 80 | Dr Seuss | The Cat in the Hat | 1957 |
| 81 | Frank Miller | Batman - The Dark Knight Returns | 1986 | 82 | L Frank Baum | The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz | 1900 |
| 83 | Ray Bradbury | Something Wicked This Way Comes | 1962 | 84 | Norton Juster | The Phantom Tollbooth | 1961 |
| 85 | Laurell K Hamilton | Guilty Pleasures | 1993 | 86 | Diana Gabaldon | Outlander | 1992 |
| 87 | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | The Little Prince | 1943 | 88 | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | One Hundred Years of Solitude | 1967 |
| 89 | Dante Alighieri | Inferno | 1321 | 90 | Mercedes Lackey | Magic's Pawn | 1989 |
| 91 | Yann Martel | Life of Pi | 2001 | 92 | China Mieville | Perdido Street Station | 2000 |
| 93 | Anne Bishop | Daughter of the Blood | 1998 | 94 | Gene Wolfe | Book of the New Sun | 1980 |
| 95 | Patricia C Wrede | Dealing With Dragons | 1990 | 96 | Stephenie Meyer | Twilight | 2005 |
| 97 | Alice Sebold | The Lovely Bones | 2002 | 98 | Brandon Sanderson | Mistborn Trilogy | 2006 |
| 99 | Franz Kafka | The Metamorphosis | 1915 | 100 | Orson Scott Card | Seventh Son | 1987 |
Last Updated: February 9th 2023.
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