Best Fantasy Books
Best Fantasy Books List is a structured books dataset with 149 entries. Its fields include Name, Title, Author. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
The page shows a 40-row preview for fast browsing. The complete dataset is available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- 40-row preview of 149
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Open Library
- Data updated
- Feb 21, 2026
Included fields: Name, Title, Author, First Published, Subjects, and 2 more.
Sorting and filtering apply to the 40 loaded preview rows. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 149 records.
Preview observations
- First Published range
- 0 to 1,943
- Across 40 preview rows
- Editions range
- 563 to 3,546
- Across 40 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Name, Title, and Author across books entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 149 downloadable records
Name↕ | Title↕ | Author↕ | First Published↕ | Subjects↕ | Editions↕ | Languages↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | 1865 | Alice (fictitious character : carroll), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, JUVENILE FICTION | 3,546 | guj, jpn, por |
A Christmas Carol | A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens, Groth | 1843 | Children's fiction, Toy and movable books, Christmas, fiction, Children's plays, English | 3,198 | arm, jpn, por |
The Picture of Dorian Gray | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | 1890 | British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Conduct of life, fiction, Fantasy fiction, Appearance (Philosophy) | 3,011 | arm, cos, jpn |
Robinson Crusoe | Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Defoe, J. J. Grandville | 1686 | Crusoe, robinson (fictitious character), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Survival, Fiction | 2,419 | arm, por, bre |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1899 | Witches, Toy and movable books, Spanish language materials, Fiction | 2,052 | arm, jpn, alb |
Treasure Island | Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson | 1880 | Fiction, Treasure Island (Imaginary place), Treasure-trove, Pirates | 1,988 | guj, jpn, alb |
Gulliver's Travels | Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan Swift | 1726 | YA, Young adult, Juvenile, Fiction | 1,810 | arm, jpn, por |
The Call of the Wild | The Call of the Wild | Jack London | 1903 | Gold discoveries, Bienestar, Lobos, Descubrimiento de oro | 1,699 | eng, gle, heb |
The Secret Garden | The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett | 1911 | Fiction, general, Friendship, fiction, People with disabilities, fiction, Great britain, fiction | 1,594 | spa, und, cat |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | 1600 | Drama, Courtship, Plays, Hippolyta (Greek mythology) | 1,483 | jpn, por, dan |
The Prince | The Prince | Niccolò Machiavelli | 1515 | Political science, early works to 1800, Machiavel, Nicolas, 1469-1527. Prince, Classic Literature, Fiction | 1,407 | jpn, por, spa |
Through the Looking-Glass | Through the Looking-Glass | Lewis Carroll | 1865 | Fantasy, Fiction, English Nonsense verses, Children's poetry, English | 1,378 | ger, jpn, ukr |
The Wind in the Willows | The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame | 1908 | Children's fiction, Animals, fiction, Friendship, fiction, England, fiction | 1,346 | pol, heb, spa |
Anne of Green Gables | Anne of Green Gables | Lucy Maud Montgomery | 1908 | Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Country life, Friendship | 1,299 | pol, spa, jpn |
The Great Gatsby | The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1920 | Married people, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Long island (n.y.), fiction | 1,176 | heb, fre, ger |
The Time Machine | The Time Machine | H. G. Wells | 1895 | Self-experimentation in medicine in fiction, Fiction, Time travel in fiction, Dystopias in fiction | 1,146 | epo, pol, spa |
Moby Dick | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | 1851 | American Sea stories, Mentally ill, Whaling, Science Fiction & Fantasy | 1,118 | jpn, kor, gre |
The Man Who Was Thursday | The Man Who Was Thursday | Gilbert Keith Chesterton | 1908 | Anarchists, Novela de misterio, Police, Libros en letra grande | 1,105 | pol, heb, spa |
King Solomon's Mines | King Solomon's Mines | H. Rider Haggard | 1880 | Children's fiction, Mines and mineral resources, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Large type books | 1,091 | eng, ger, tur |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Washington Irving | 1820 | Fiction, Ghosts, History, Children's stories, American | 1,017 | jpn, baq, por |
Die Verwandlung | Die Verwandlung | Franz Kafka | 1915 | Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction, Lectures et morceaux choisis, Fantastique | 953 | spa, jpn, ger |
Five Children and It | Five Children and It | Edith Nesbit | 1905 | Fiction, Fairies, Wishes, Brothers and sisters | 950 | eng, ger, spa |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Mark Twain | 1889 | Time travel, Fiction, Arthurian romances, Kings and rulers | 788 | eng, heb, spa |
Der Proceß | Der Proceß | Franz Kafka | 1825 | Fiction, Alegorical fiction, Manuscripts, Facsimiles | 783 | jpn, por, kor |
The Blue Fairy Book | The Blue Fairy Book | Andrew Lang, Andrew Lang | 1889 | Fairy tales, Folklore, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, general | 752 | eng, spa, rus |
The Princess and the Goblin | The Princess and the Goblin | George MacDonald | 1872 | Classic Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction | 750 | eng, chi, ger |
The Lost World | The Lost World | Arthur Conan Doyle | 1900 | Adventure stories, Atlantis, Dinosaurs, Discovery and exploration | 747 | spa, rus, cze |
Dracula | Dracula | Bram Stoker | 1897 | English literature, Fiction, Horror, Horror stories | 736 | eng, por, fre |
The Marvelous Land of Oz | The Marvelous Land of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1904 | Children's stories, American, Juvenile fiction, Translations into Russian, Children's literature, English | 724 | eng, ara, rus |
Ozma of Oz | Ozma of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1907 | Fantasy, Children's stories, Children's stories, American, Juvenile fiction | 701 | eng, fre, spa |
Le petit prince | Le petit prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | 1943 | adventure, fantasy, friendship, love | 688 | arm, jpn, por |
The Story of the Treasure Seekers | The Story of the Treasure Seekers | Edith Nesbit | 1899 | Fiction, Brothers and sisters, Imagination, Moneymaking projects in fiction | 653 | heb, und, ger |
The Emerald City of Oz | The Emerald City of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1910 | Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Oz (Imaginary place), Fantasy | 634 | eng |
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1908 | Fairy tales, Fiction, Oz (Imaginary place), Fantasy | 622 | eng, pol, spa |
The Lost Princess of Oz | The Lost Princess of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1917 | Fantasy, Juvenile literature, Children's stories, Classic Literature | 591 | eng |
Flatland | Flatland | Edwin Abbott Abbott | 1884 | Fourth dimension, Fiction, general, Open Library Staff Picks, Denkbeeldige landen | 584 | epo, heb, spa |
The Castle of Otranto | The Castle of Otranto | Horace Walpole | 1764 | Castles, Gothic revival (Literature), Translations into Russian, Vampires | 581 | spa, ita, fre |
The Story of the Amulet | The Story of the Amulet | Edith Nesbit | 1905 | Roman pour la jeunesse, Litterature fantastique, Classic Literature, Fiction | 578 | eng, heb, ger |
Carmilla | Carmilla | Sheridan Le Fanu | 1871 | English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction, English, Fiction, Lesbians | 571 | spa, ger, por |
The Invisible Man | The Invisible Man | H. G. Wells | 0 | Ciencia-ficción, Classic Literature, Fiction, Mentally ill | 563 | spa, rus, ger |
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