David Pringle's Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels

1
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
45,905 members
767 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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2
The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
50,505 members
451 reviews
½ 4.5
3 Members
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3
The Once and Future King
by T. H. White
15,353 members
206 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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4
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
9,799 members
433 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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5
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
16,006 members
376 reviews
4
3 Members
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6
Grendel
by John Gardner
6,057 members
108 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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7
The Last Unicorn
by Peter S. Beagle
7,556 members
190 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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8
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
24,940 members
472 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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10
Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
4,635 members
139 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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11
Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
7,577 members
189 reviews
4
2 Members
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12
The Shining
by Stephen King
23,230 members
453 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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13
‘Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
16,357 members
295 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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14
Titus Groan
by Mervyn Peake
4,094 members
100 reviews
4.1
Member
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15
Silverlock
by John Myers Myers
1,018 members
20 reviews
3.9
Member
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16
The Castle of Iron
by L. Sprague de Camp
185 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
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17
Conan the Conqueror
by Robert E. Howard
1,135 members
16 reviews
3.8
Member
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18
Gormenghast
by Mervyn Peake
2,679 members
44 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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19
The Dying Earth
by Jack Vance
1,440 members
35 reviews
3.8
Member
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20
Conjure Wife
by Fritz Leiber
653 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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21
The Magus
by John Fowles
1,458 members
30 reviews
3.9
Member
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22
The Broken Sword
by Poul Anderson
1,454 members
35 reviews
3.8
Member
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23
The Third Policeman
by Flann O'Brien
4,244 members
123 reviews
4
Member
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24
Tea with the Black Dragon
by R. A. MacAvoy
1,480 members
37 reviews
3.9
Member
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25
Witch World
by Andre Norton
1,291 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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26
Stormbringer
by Michael Moorcock
1,534 members
22 reviews
3.9
Member
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27
The Eyes of the Overworld
by Jack Vance
810 members
23 reviews
3.9
Member
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28
The Swords of Lankhmar
by Fritz Leiber
1,158 members
18 reviews
3.8
Member
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29
Black Easter
by James Blish
372 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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30
Jack of Shadows
by Roger Zelazny
1,250 members
31 reviews
3.8
Member
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31
The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever
by Stephen Donaldson
1,090 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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32
Gloriana
by Michael Moorcock
1,113 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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33
Sorcerer's Son
by Phyllis Eisenstein
454 members
4 reviews
3.8
Member
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34
The Land of Laughs
by Jonathan Carroll
1,435 members
47 reviews
3.9
Member
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35
The War Hound and the World's Pain
by Michael Moorcock
518 members
7 reviews
3.8
Member
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36
The Digging Leviathan
by James P. Blaylock
319 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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37
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
by Patricia A. McKillip
2,835 members
62 reviews
4.1
Member
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38
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
by Robert A. Heinlein
1,929 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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39
Glory Road
by Robert A. Heinlein
3,636 members
52 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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40
Our Lady of Darkness
by Fritz Leiber
557 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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41
Day of the Minotaur
by Thomas Burnett Swann
229 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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42
Titus Alone
by Mervyn Peake
2,067 members
33 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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43
Hawksmoor
by Peter Ackroyd
1,866 members
42 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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44
The Crying of Lot 49
by Thomas Pynchon
11,012 members
194 reviews
½ 3.7
45
Winter's Tale
by Mark Helprin
4,717 members
141 reviews
4
46
Little, Big
by John Crowley
4,196 members
114 reviews
4
47
Time and Again
by Jack Finney
4,138 members
140 reviews
3.9
48
The Anubis Gates
by Tim Powers
3,793 members
114 reviews
3.9
49
Replay
by Ken Grimwood
3,331 members
139 reviews
4.1
50
The Witches of Eastwick
by John Updike
3,251 members
46 reviews
½ 3.3
51
Nights at the Circus
by Angela Carter
2,670 members
52 reviews
3.9
52
Mythago Wood
by Robert Holdstock
2,278 members
60 reviews
3.8
53
The Bridge
by Iain Banks
2,173 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
54
Lanark
by Alasdair Gray
2,051 members
37 reviews
4
55
The Owl Service
by Alan Garner
1,955 members
46 reviews
3.8
56
The Dragon and the George
by Gordon R. Dickson
1,644 members
14 reviews
½ 3.6
57
Cities of the Red Night
by William S. Burroughs
1,467 members
14 reviews
3.8
58
A Fine and Private Place
by Peter S. Beagle
1,407 members
48 reviews
4
59
Three Hearts and Three Lions
by Poul Anderson
1,377 members
24 reviews
½ 3.6
60
Aegypt
by John Crowley
1,155 members
22 reviews
3.9
61
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
by Angela Carter
1,093 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
62
The Passion of New Eve
by Angela Carter
1,053 members
16 reviews
½ 3.5
63
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
by Doris Lessing
937 members
14 reviews
½ 3.5
64
Grimus
by Salman Rushdie
920 members
8 reviews
½ 3.3
65
The Green Man
by Kingsley Amis
908 members
23 reviews
½ 3.6
66
Peace
by Gene Wolfe
895 members
23 reviews
4.1
67
Pincher Martin
by William Golding
891 members
23 reviews
½ 3.6
68
The Shrinking Man
by Richard Matheson
842 members
36 reviews
3.8
69
The Book of Ptath
by A. E. van Vogt
817 members
11 reviews
3.1
70
The Vampire Tapestry
by Suzy McKee Charnas
770 members
25 reviews
½ 3.7
71
The Day of Creation
by J. G. Ballard
757 members
12 reviews
½ 3.3
72
Red Moon and Black Mountain
by Joy Chant
646 members
12 reviews
3.9
73
Darker Than You Think
by Jack Williamson
629 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
74
The Unlimited Dream Company
by J. G. Ballard
596 members
18 reviews
½ 3.4
75
The Well of the Unicorn
by Fletcher Pratt
535 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
76
The Malacia Tapestry
by Brian W. Aldiss
526 members
9 reviews
½ 3.5
77
The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything
by John D. MacDonald
460 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
78
A Feast Unknown
by Philip José Farmer
391 members
6 reviews
3
79
White Light
by Rudy Rucker
390 members
5 reviews
3.8
80
The Hungry Moon
by Ramsey Campbell
386 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
81
The Phoenix and the Mirror
by Avram Davidson
364 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
82
Nifft the Lean
by Michael Shea
346 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
83
Seven Days in New Crete
by Robert Graves
313 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
84
Fourth Mansions
by R. A. Lafferty
311 members
2 reviews
3.9
85
Fata Morgana
by William Kotzwinkle
262 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
86
The Businessman
by Thomas M. Disch
259 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
87
The Glamour
by Christopher Priest
219 members
5 reviews
3.8
88
The Dream Years
by Lisa Goldstein
210 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
89
The Sound of His Horn
by Sarban
188 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
90
A Storm of Wings
by M. John Harrison
185 members
6 reviews
3.8
91
Ariosto
by Chelsa quinn yarbro
176 members
5 reviews
3
92
Cold Heaven
by Brian Moore
169 members
1 review
3.8
93
The Sinful Ones [novella]
by Fritz Leiber
156 members
1 review
3.8
94
The Unconquered Country
by Geoff Ryman
143 members
4 reviews
3.8
95
The Great Victorian Collection
by Brian Moore
141 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
96
Sweet Dreams
by Michael Frayn
134 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
97
Who Made Stevie Crye?
by Michael Bishop
92 members
3 reviews
3.8
98
Gog
by Andrew Sinclair
61 members
1 review
3.8
99
Soul Eater
by K. W. Jeter
58 members
½ 3.3
100
Hotel De Dream
by Emma Tennant
52 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3