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The 31 Best Fantasy Books Everyone Should Read

WIRED's team has summoned some of the strangest creatures in the most fantastic worlds in this list of the best fantasy books everyone should read.

A Court of Thorns and Roses

2014 • 2,303 Readers • 440 pages 3.8

A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones
ByGeorge R.R. Martin

1996 • 3,019 Readers • 819 pages 4.4

American Gods

American Gods
ByNeil Gaiman

2001 • 2,423 Readers • 635 pages 4

Assassin's Apprentice

1995 • 956 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

A Wizard of Earthsea

A Wizard of Earthsea
ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1968 • 1,335 Readers • 210 pages 3.9

Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1)

2019 • 491 Readers • 612 pages 3.1

Circe

Circe
ByMadeline Miller

2018 • 2,576 Readers • 409 pages 4.3

Dune

Dune
ByFrank Herbert

1965 • 4,323 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

Earthlings

Earthlings
BySayaka Murata,Ginny Tapley Takemori(Translator)

2018 • 524 Readers • 247 pages 3.7

Gardens of the Moon

Gardens of the Moon
BySteven Erikson

1999 • 1,087 Readers • 559 pages 4

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

1990 • 1,899 Readers • 432 pages 4.2

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

2004 • 1,142 Readers • 1,028 pages 4

Kindred

Kindred
ByOctavia E. Butler

1979 • 856 Readers • 292 pages 4.3

La Belle Savage

La Belle Savage
ByPhilip Pullman

2017 • 398 Readers • 466 pages 4

Midnight Riot

Midnight Riot
ByBen Aaronovitch

2011 • 190 Readers • 320 pages 3.8

Mort

Mort
ByTerry Pratchett

7 • 856 Readers • 272 pages 4.1

Perdido Street Station

Perdido Street Station
ByChina Miéville

2000 • 571 Readers 4

Riot Baby

Riot Baby
ByTochi Onyebuchi(Author, Narrator)

2020 • 159 Readers 3.8

Stone of Farewell

Stone of Farewell
ByTad Williams

1990 • 200 Readers • 610 pages 3.9

Storm Front

Storm Front
ByJim Butcher

1997 • 1,173 Readers • 372 pages 3.7

The Eye of the World

The Eye of the World
ByRobert Jordan

1990 • 1,809 Readers • 708 pages 4

The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season
ByN.K. Jemisin

2015 • 2,121 Readers • 421 pages 4.3

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass
ByPhilip Pullman

1995 • 1,788 Readers • 399 pages 4

The Golem and the Jinni

2013 • 497 Readers 4.2

The Gunslinger

The Gunslinger
ByStephen King

1976 • 1,498 Readers • 238 pages 3.6

The Iron King

The Iron King
ByMaurice Druon

1955 • 78 Readers • 340 pages 3.9

The Lies of Locke Lamora

2006 • 1,743 Readers • 745 pages 4.3

The Power

The Power
ByNaomi Alderman

2016 • 640 Readers 3.7

Titus Groan

Titus Groan
ByMervyn Peake

1946 • 235 Readers • 382 pages 3.4

Who Fears Death

Who Fears Death
ByNnedi Okorafor

2010 • 203 Readers • 386 pages 3.7