I compiled all of the books on the BookRiot Best Fantasy Books of the Century So Far list. Current as of 1/15/26. https://bookriot.com/best-fantasy-books-of-the-century-so-far/
created by dishiereads
last updated March, 2026
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Grace Lin
Uprooted
Naomi Novik
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Stephenie Meyer
To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)
Moniquill Blackgoose
The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
Terry Pratchett
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna
The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
R.F. Kuang
The Night Circus
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan
The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)
Tasha Suri
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
N.K. Jemisin
The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)
Ken Liu
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
Philip Pullman
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
Nghi Vo
The Changeling
Victor LaValle
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
Zen Cho
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
Leigh Bardugo
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
Shelley Parker-Chan
Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1)
Saga, Volume 1
Brian K. Vaughan
Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)
Jordan Ifueko
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
Brandon Sanderson
Magic for Beginners
Kelly Link
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Travis Baldree
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
Tracy Deonn
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1)
Zoraida CĂłrdova
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Jacqueline Carey
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke
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