Top100FantasySeries

Rank Author Title Year

1 J R R Tolkien The Lord of the Rings 1954


2 George R R Martin A Song of Ice and Fire 1996


3 J K Rowling Harry Potter Series 1997


4 Robert Jordan The Wheel of Time 1990


5 C S Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia 1950


6 Terry Pratchett Discworld 1983


7 Rick Riordan Percy Jackson and the Olympians 2005


8 Stephenie Meyer The Twilight Saga 2005


9 Philip Pullman His Dark Materials 1995


10 Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse 2001


11 Christopher Paolini The Inheritance Cycle 2002


12 Cassandra Clare The Mortal Instruments 2007


13 Stephen King The Dark Tower 1982


14 Jim Butcher Dresden Files 2000


15 Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth 1994


16 Laurell K Hamilton Anita Blake Series 1993


17 Anne Rice The Vampire Chronicles 1976


18 Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl Series 2001


19 Patrick Rothfuss Kingkiller Chronicle 2007


20 Diana Gabaldon The Outlander Series 1992


21 Brandon Sanderson Mistborn Trilogy 2006


22 David Eddings The Belgariad 1982


23 Kim Harrison The Hollows 2004


24 Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson 2006


25 Gregory Maguire The Wicked Years 1995


26 Rachel Caine The Morganville Vampires 2006


27 Cornelia Funke Inkheart Trilogy 2003


28 Brian Jacques Redwall Series 1986


29 Ursula K Le Guin Earthsea Cycle 1968


30 Maggie Stiefvater The Wolves of Mercy Falls 2009


31 Raymond E Feist The Riftwar Saga 1982


32 LaHaye & Jenkins Left Behind 1995


33 Kristin Cashore Graceling Realm 2008


34 Kelley Armstrong Women of the Otherworld 2001


35 Christine Feehan Carpathian 1999


36 Piers Anthony The Magic of Xanth 1977


37 Robin Hobb The Farseer Trilogy 1995


38 Garth Nix Abhorsen Trilogy 1995


39 Darren Shan Cirque du Freak 2000


40 Marion Zimmer Bradley Avalon 1983


41 Tamora Pierce Song of the Lioness 1983


42 Jasper Fforde Thursday Next 2002


43 Terry Brooks Original Shannara Trilogy 1977


44 Jonathan Stroud The Bartimaeus Trilogy 2003


45 Angie Sage Septimus Heap 2005


46 Jim Butcher Codex Alera 2004


47 David Eddings The Malloreon 1987


48 Lloyd Alexander Chronicles of Prydain 1964


49 D J MacHale Pendragon 2002


50 Anne McCaffrey The Dragonriders of Pern 1968


51 Joe Abercrombie The First Law 2007


52 Brent Weeks Night Angel 2008


53 Roger Zelazny The Chronicles of Amber 1970


54 Steven Erikson Malazan Book of the Fallen 1999


55 Maria V Snyder Study 2004


56 Susan Cooper The Dark Is Rising 1973


57 Suzanne Collins Underland Chronicles 2003


58 Weis & Hickman The Chronicles Trilogy (Dragonlance) 1984


59 Jacqueline Carey Kushiel's Legacy 2001


60 Patricia C Wrede Enchanted Forest Chronicles 1990


61 Piers Anthony Incarnations of Immortality 1983


62 Holly Black The Spiderwick Chronicles 2003


63 R A Salvatore The Dark Elf Trilogy 1990


64 Diana Wynne Jones Howl's Moving Castle 1986


65 Tad Williams Memory, Sorrow and Thorn 1988


66 Anne Bishop Black Jewels Trilogy 1998


67 Jenny Nimmo Children of the Red King 2003


68 Christopher Moore A Love Story 1995


69 Laini Taylor Daughter of Smoke and Bone 2011


70 Holly Black Modern Faerie Tales 2002


71 Orson Scott Card Tales of Alvin Maker 1987


72 Naomi Novik Temeraire 2006


73 Trudi Canavan Black Magician Trilogy 2001


74 Weis & Hickman Death Gate Cycle 1990


75 Simon R Green Nightside 2003


76 Stephen Donaldson Thomas Covenant - The Unbeliever 1977


77 Robert Lynn Asprin Myth Adventures 1978


78 Frank E Peretti Darkness 1986


79 Juliet Marillier Sevenwaters Trilogy 1999


80 Robin McKinley Damar 1982


81 Joseph Delaney The Last Apprentice 2004


82 Mary Stewart The Arthurian Saga 1970


83 Mary Norton The Borrowers 1952


84 Glen Cook The Chronicles of the Black Company 1984


85 Scott Lynch Gentleman Bastard 2006


86 Rachel Caine Weather Warden 2003


87 Darren Shan The Demonata 2005


88 David Eddings The Elenium 1989


89 Brandon Sanderson The Stormlight Archive 2010


90 L E Modesitt Jr Saga of Recluce 1991


91 Diane Duane Young Wizards 1983


92 Michael Moorcock The Elric Saga 1972


93 Steven Brust Vlad Taltos 1983


94 Lian Hearn Tales of the Otori 2002


95 David Gemmell Drenai Saga 1984


96 Charles de Lint Newford 1993


97 China Mieville New Crobuzon 2000


98 Mercedes Lackey The Last Herald-Mage 1989


99 Obert Skye Leven Thumps 2005


100 Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Den of Shadows 1999