Fantasy Novels Ranked and Rated

Highly Recommended

Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien. Rating: 9.4

Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss. Rating: 9.1

The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon. Rating: 8.9

Ysabel, Guy Gavriel Kay. Rating: 8.8

Malazan Book of the Fallen, Steven Erikson. Rating: 8.7

Mistborn Trilogy, Brandon Sanderson. Rating: 8.6

The Magicians, Lev Grossman. Rating: 8.6

Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling. Rating: 8.5

Recommended

Black Company novels, Glen Cook. Rating: 8.3

The Magic of Recluce/The Death of Chaos, L.E. Modesitt, Jr.. Rating: 8.3

The Fionavar Tapestry, Guy Gavriel Kay. Rating: 8.2

The Coldfire Trilogy, C.S. Friedman. Rating: 8.2

Song of Fire and Ice, George R.R. Martin. Rating: 8.0

Songs of Earth and Power, Greg Bear. Rating: 8.0

Wheel of Time series, Robert Jordan. Rating: 8.0

The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher. Rating: 7.9

The War of Flowers, Tad Williams. Rating: 7.9

Song for Arbonne, Guy Gavriel Kay. Rating: 7.8

Moonheart, Charles de Lint. Rating: 7.8

Elantris, Brandon Sanderson. Rating: 7.8

The Crystal Cave, Mary Stewart. Rating: 7.8

The Free Bards, Mercedes Lackey. Rating: 7.8

The Lions of Al-Rassan, Guy Gavriel Kay. Rating: 7.7

The Enchantment Emporium, Tanya Huff. Rating: 7.7

Small Gods, Terry Pratchett. Rating: 7.7

Warbreaker, Brandon Sanderson. Rating: 7.6

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, Tad Williams. Rating: 7.6

Night of Knives, Ian Esslemont. Rating: 7.6

The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien. Rating: 7.6

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson. Rating: 7.6

The hollow chocolate bunnies of the apocalypse, Robert Rankin. Rating: 7.5

The Obsidian Trilogy, Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory. Rating: 7.5

Magician: Apprentice/Magician: Master, Raymond Feist. Rating: 7.4

The Farseer Trilogy, Robin Hobb. Rating: 7.4

Shaman's Crossing, Robin Hobb. Rating: 7.3

The Sleeping God, Violette Malan. Rating: 7.3

The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe. Rating: 7.2

The Hidden Stars, Madeline Howard. Rating: 7.1

The Wizard Knight, Gene Wolfe. Rating: 7.0

Enjoyable, but I would not rush to buy

Wizard's First Rule, Terry Goodkind. Rating: 6.6

The Prince of Nothing, R. Scott Bakker. Rating: 6.5

The Sword in the Storm, David Gemmell. Rating: 6.4

Mediocre, would not buy again

The Baker's Boy, J.V. Jones. Rating: 5.5

Lamentation, Ken Scholes. Rating: 5.3