Aloha Bibliofriends,
Several months ago (back last year!) I was scrolling through my news feed and the Time 100 Greatest Fantasy Novels of all time popped up! I couldn’t resist clicking on it and I knew back then in October that I wanted to do a post on it. If you love your fantasy fiction and you haven’t seen the list yet, you should definitely check it out here! Each cover takes you to a link giving more information about each novel that made the cut – very helpful for the ones you may not have heard of!
I wanted to see how many of them I had read altogether so split the 100 up into 3 different parts:
Books I’ve already read = 📖
Books currently purchased and on my physical TBR = 📚
Books I’m wishing to buy and read in the future = ✨
The run down – in chronological order:
The Arabian Nights ✨
Le Morte D’Arthur by Thomas Malory
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 📖
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 📖
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit ✨
Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers 📚
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 📚
The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis 📖
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 📖
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien 📖
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien 📖
A Hero Born by Jin Yong
The Once and Future King by T.H. White ✨
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 📖
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
The Wandering Unicorn by Manuel Mujica Lainez ✨
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin 📖
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart ✨
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚
Watership Down by Richard Adams 📚
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Princess Bride by William Goldman 📚
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter 📖
The BFG by Roald Dahl 📖
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce ✨
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Redwall by Brain Jacques
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Whynn Jones
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman 📖
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie 📚
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Tigana by Guy Gabriel Kay ✨
The Golden Compass (Northern Lights) by Philip Pullman 📖
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 📖
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman 📚
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 📖
Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley ✨
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin 📖
American Gods by Neil Gaiman 📖
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 📖
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson ✨
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss ✨
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare 📖
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin ✨
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin ✨
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor ✨
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern ✨
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller ✨
Angelfall by Susan Ee
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell 📚
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro 📚
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir 📚
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin ✨
Get in Trouble by Kelly Link
The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 📖
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh ✨
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders 📖
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir 📚
The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu
Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi
The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
The Changeling by Victor Lavalle
Jade City by Fonda Lee ✨
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi 📚
Blanca and Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore ✨
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 📚
Circe by Madeline Miller 📖
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang 📚
Song of Blood and Stone by L. Penelope
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Witchmark by C.L. Polk
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James ✨
Children on Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi ✨
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang 📚
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ✨
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal 📚
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibanez 📖
Books I’ve already read: 22/100
Books purchased and on my TBR: 16/100
Books I want to buy/read in the future: 22/100
Total: 60/100
Normally I’m quite bad with lists so I don’t feel that this isn’t too bad for me although it could be way better – hopefully 2021 will have me ticking lots more of these off my list as part of my reading goals! Obviously one of my all time favourites Tolkien was on the list (yay!) – not gonna lie, I’m happy my favourite Harry Potter book Half-Blood Prince was on there too! I was amazed to see one of my favourite reads of 2020, Woven in Moonlight, made it onto this list as well – I’m so excited for the sequel to come out later this month! I also can’t wait to start reading The Poppy War Series which is one of the ones I definitely will be reading in 2021 – I’ve heard nothing but amazing things about it.
How did you score? How many of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of all time have you read? Were there any surprises on the list for you or novels which you feel have been tragically missed off? Which ones are on your TBR? As always, drop me a comment to chat! ☺️
T xx
