The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays

J.R.R. Tolkien

From Elvish to Klingon: Exploring Invented Languages

Michael Adams

From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine's Journey Through Myth and Legend

Valerie Estelle Frankel

The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building

David J. Peterson

Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen

David J. Skal

Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Desirina Boskovich

Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders

Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

How to Suppress Women's Writing

Joanna Russ

An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000

Jo Walton

The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy: The definitive illustrated guide

David Pringle

Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery

Brian Murphy

The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasists on Fantasy: A collection of Critical Reflections by Eighteen Masters of the Art

Robert H. Boyer

The Evolution of Modern Fantasy: From Antiquarianism to the Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series

Jamie Williamson

The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop, 13)

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

A Short History of Fantasy (Popular culture)

Farah Mendlesohn

Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons

Michael Witwer

Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy

Michael Moorcock

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

Cary Elwes

The War for Middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Confront the Gathering Storm, 1933–1945

Joseph Loconte

Rhetorics of Fantasy

Farah Mendlesohn

On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

C.S. Lewis

The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

Ursula K. Le Guin

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

Lisa Kröger