🐉 Fantasy · United States
Best Fantasy Books from United States
Fantasy literature is the literature of the impossible made believable. United States has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in fantasy, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best fantasy from United States by editorial consensus.
#1
literary-fiction
Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders· 2017
★Booker Prize
Editorial Score100/100
#2
fantasy
The Obelisk Gate
N.K. Jemisin· 2017
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score78/100
#3
fantasy
The Stone Sky
N.K. Jemisin· 2018
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score78/100
#4
fantasy
The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin· 2016
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score78/100
#5
fantasy
Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros· 2023
Goodreads Choice Award
Editorial Score75/100
#6
fantasy
Circe
Madeline Miller· 2018
Goodreads Choice Award
Editorial Score72/100
#7
historical-fiction
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller· 2012
Goodreads Choice Award
Editorial Score70/100
#8
fantasy
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern· 2011
Goodreads Choice Award
Editorial Score69/100
#9
fantasy
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas· 2015
Goodreads Choice Award
Editorial Score68/100
#10
fantasy
Paladin of Souls
Lois McMaster Bujold· 2004
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score66/100
#11
historical-fiction
The Years of Rice and Salt
Kim Stanley Robinson· 2003
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score66/100
#12
fantasy
The Poppy War
R.F. Kuang· 2018
Goodreads Choice Award
Editorial Score64/100
#13
fantasy
Tehanu
Ursula K. Le Guin· 1991
★Nebula Award
Editorial Score60/100
#14
science-fiction
Dune
Frank Herbert· 1966
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score60/100
#15
science-fiction
The Claw of the Conciliator
Gene Wolfe· 1982
★Nebula Award
Editorial Score57/100
#16
science-fiction
Lord of Light
Roger Zelazny· 1968
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score55/100
#17
literary-fiction
The Gunslinger
Stephen King· 1976
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#18
literary-fiction
Rose Madder
Stephen King· 1995
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#19
historical-fiction
The Healer's War
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough· 1989
★Nebula Award
Editorial Score50/100
#20
literary-fiction
Night Shift
Stephen King· 1960
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#21
literary-fiction
The Eyes of the Dragon
Stephen King· 1959
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#22
literary-fiction
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ray Bradbury· 1962
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#23
literary-fiction
The Regulators
Stephen King· 1996
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#24
science-fiction
The Institute
Stephen King· 2019
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#25
science-fiction
Sleeping Beauties
Stephen King· 2014
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#26
fantasy
If It Bleeds
Stephen King· 2020
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#27
fantasy
Gwendy's button box
Stephen King· 2017
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#28
fantasy
Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson· 2014
Goodreads Choice Award
Editorial Score48/100
#29
fantasy
The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson· 2010
Goodreads Choice Award
Editorial Score47/100
#30
science-fiction
The Falling Woman
Pat Murphy· 1988
★Nebula Award
Editorial Score46/100
#31
fantasy
Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven
Mark Twain· 1909
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#32
fantasy
The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss· 2007
Goodreads Choice Award
Editorial Score45/100
#33
literary-fiction
The talisman
Stephen King· 1925
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score45/100
#34
literary-fiction
Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales
Stephen King· 2002
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score45/100
#35
literary-fiction
Wolves of the Calla
Stephen King· 2003
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score45/100
#36
fantasy
The Outsider
Stephen King· 2018
Library Journal
Editorial Score45/100
#37
fantasy
Later
Stephen King· 2021
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score45/100
#38
fantasy
A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin· 1996
Goodreads Choice Award
Editorial Score43/100
#39
fantasy
Words from the Myths
Isaac Asimov· 1961
Notable Work
Editorial Score43/100
#40
literary-fiction
The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby
Charles Kingsley· 1863
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#41
literary-fiction
The Centaur
John Updike· 1962
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#42
literary-fiction
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin· 1968
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#43
literary-fiction
Hänsel und Gretel
Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm]· 1900
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#44
literary-fiction
The Mysterious Stranger
Mark Twain· 1916
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#45
literary-fiction
Wizard and Glass
Stephen King· 1997
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#46
literary-fiction
A Torre Negra
Stephen King· 1991
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#47
literary-fiction
Black house
Stephen King· 2001
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#48
literary-fiction
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Susanna Clarke· 2001
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#49
literary-fiction
The blue hawk
Peter Dickinson· 1976
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#50
classic-literature
Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven
Mark Twain· 1909
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
