Time Magazine called upon top fantasy authors (e.g., N.K. Jemisin, Neil Gaiman, Sabaa Tahir, Tomi Edeyemi, Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin, Cassandra Clare, and Marlon James) to collect the most influential works of fantasy fiction in chronological order starting in the 9th century A.D.
 The Arabian Nights
| 3.74 | 51 reads | |
 A Torch Against the Night
| 4 | 127 reads | |
 Angelfall
| 3.93 | 61 reads | |
 Ella Enchanted
| 4 | 19 reads | |
 Tigana
| 3.96 | 139 reads | |
 The Eye of the World
| 3.98 | 824 reads | |
 Redwall
| 4.09 | 144 reads | |
 The Bloody Chamber
| 3.73 | 49 reads | |
 Tuck Everlasting
| 0 | 2 reads | |
 The Crystal Cave
| 3.71 | 40 reads | |
 A Wizard of Earthsea
| 3.85 | 513 reads | |
 Dragonflight
| 3.79 | 11 reads | |
 The Wandering Unicorn
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach: The Book and Movie Scrapbook | 4 | 4 reads | |
 A Hero Born
| 3.59 | 22 reads | |
 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Graphic Novel
| 4.69 | 16 reads | |
 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales
| 4.43 | 11 reads | |
 Le Morte D'Arthur
| 3.52 | 38 reads | |
 The Palm-Wine Drinkard
| 5 | 6 reads | |
 Woven in Moonlight
| 3.29 | 7 reads | |
 We Hunt the Flame
| 3.63 | 71 reads | |
 Pet
| 4.21 | 61 reads | |
 Gods of Jade and Shadow
| 3.82 | 129 reads | |
 The Dragon Republic
| 4.15 | 256 reads | |
 Witchmark
| 3.88 | 53 reads | |
 Trail of Lightning
| 3.81 | 134 reads | |
 The Poppy War
| 4 | 554 reads | |
 Empire of Sand
| 3.88 | 30 reads | |
 Circe
| 4.25 | 926 reads | |
 Children of Blood and Bone
| 3.84 | 229 reads | |
 Blanca & Roja
| 4.13 | 8 reads | |
 Aru Shah and the Song of Death
| 4.5 | 6 reads | |
 The Stone Sky
| 4.33 | 378 reads | |
 Jade City
| 4.07 | 405 reads | |
 The Changeling
| 3.8 | 62 reads | |
 Beasts made of night
| 3.25 | 2 reads | |
 All the Birds in the Sky
| 3.66 | 147 reads | |
 The Wrath and the Dawn
| 3.84 | 78 reads | |
 Six of Crows
| 4.27 | 725 reads | |
 Get in Trouble
| 3.18 | 25 reads | |
 The Fifth Season
| 4.33 | 707 reads | |
 An Ember in the Ashes
| 4.14 | 222 reads | |
 The Buried Giant
| 3.48 | 119 reads | |
 The Bone Clocks
| 3.96 | 109 reads | |
 A Stranger in Olondria
| 3.4 | 13 reads | |
 The Song of Achilles
| 4.25 | 961 reads | |
 The Night Circus
| 3.91 | 674 reads | |
 Akata Witch
| 3.99 | 70 reads | |
 Who Fears Death
| 3.84 | 47 reads | |
 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
| 3.84 | 189 reads | |
 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
| 4.15 | 21 reads | |
 Stad van glas
| 3.5 | 5 reads | |
 The Name of the Wind
| 4.4 | 1,080 reads | |
 Mistborn: The Final Empire
| 4.43 | 1,472 reads | |
 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
| 4.4 | 2,141 reads | |
 The Wee Free Men
| 4.44 | 47 reads | |
 American Gods
| 4.02 | 1,094 reads | |
 A Storm of Swords
| 4.53 | 887 reads | |
 Spindle's End
| 4.04 | 20 reads | |
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
| 4.29 | 3,260 reads | |
 Brown Girl in the Ring
| 3.45 | 17 reads | |
 The Subtle Knife
| 4.11 | 503 reads | |
 Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1)
| 4 | 169 reads | |
 Neverwhere | 4.16 | 591 reads | |
 The Golden Compass
| 4.05 | 913 reads | |
 Outlander
| 3.89 | 352 reads | |
 Haroun and the Sea of Stories
| 4.25 | 44 reads | |
 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
| 4.22 | 885 reads | |
 The Lives of Christopher Chant
| 4.29 | 28 reads | |
 Swordspoint
| 3.17 | 35 reads | |
 Redwall
| 3.83 | 54 reads | |
 Howl's Moving Castle
| 4.15 | 431 reads | |
 Alanna: The First Adventure
| 4.14 | 134 reads | |
 The BFG
| 4.16 | 247 reads | |
 A Swiftly Tilting Planet
| 3.95 | 89 reads | |
 Tuck Everlasting
| 3.75 | 127 reads | |
 The Princess Bride
| 4.2 | 490 reads | |
 The Dark Is Rising
| 4.18 | 22 reads | |
 Challenge to Efrafa
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 The Tombs of Atuan
| 2.75 | 5 reads | |
 The crystal cave
| 3.75 | 2 reads | |
 The Last Unicorn
| 3.9 | 123 reads | |
 A Wrinkle in Time
| 3.76 | 682 reads | |
 The Phantom Tollbooth
| 4.19 | 235 reads | |
 James and the Giant Peach
| 3.78 | 275 reads | |
 The Once and Future King
| 3.81 | 130 reads | |
 The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
| 4.57 | 611 reads | |
 The Two Towers
| 4.44 | 1,060 reads | |
 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
| 3 | 2 reads | |
 The Fellowship of the Ring
| 4.38 | 1,618 reads | |
 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
| 3.93 | 363 reads | |
 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
| 3.94 | 1,082 reads | |
 Mary Poppins
| 3.74 | 81 reads | |
 Ozma of Oz
| 3.45 | 35 reads | |
 Five Children and It
| 3.72 | 20 reads | |
 Alice Through the Looking-glass: And What Alice Found There
| 3.89 | 119 reads |
