High Literary Fantasy

1.
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 33,784 ratings
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,824 ratings
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,475 ratings
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The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast, #1-3)
The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast, #1-3) 4.03 avg rating — 9,798 ratings
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The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 119,399 ratings
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The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun #2)
The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,900 ratings
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 2,673,838 ratings
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The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,365 ratings
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Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
Neverwhere (London Below, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 555,434 ratings
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The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion 4.03 avg rating — 325,008 ratings
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The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry, #1)
The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 26,217 ratings
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Soldier of the Mist (Latro, #1)
Soldier of the Mist (Latro, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 4,103 ratings
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The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 10,567 ratings
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Tales of Nevèrÿon (Return to Nevèrÿon, #1)
Tales of Nevèrÿon (Return to Nevèrÿon, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 1,673 ratings
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 1,004,420 ratings
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 1,084,146 ratings
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Nine Princes in Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1)
Nine Princes in Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 60,098 ratings
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The Darkest Road (The Fionavar Tapestry, #3)
The Darkest Road (The Fionavar Tapestry, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 18,712 ratings
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The Wandering Fire (The Fionavar Tapestry, #2)
The Wandering Fire (The Fionavar Tapestry, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 18,842 ratings
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Spring Song (Seasons Cycle, #1)
Spring Song (Seasons Cycle, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings
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In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1)
In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 9,242 ratings
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Lud-in-the-Mist
Lud-in-the-Mist 3.86 avg rating — 9,253 ratings
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Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 74,037 ratings
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Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)
Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 23,029 ratings
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 3,050,759 ratings
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Till We Have Faces
Till We Have Faces 4.20 avg rating — 77,512 ratings
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Riddle-Master (Riddle-Master, #1-3)
Riddle-Master (Riddle-Master, #1-3) 4.22 avg rating — 11,194 ratings
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The Lions of Al-Rassan
The Lions of Al-Rassan 4.30 avg rating — 25,407 ratings
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The Mabinogion Tetralogy
The Mabinogion Tetralogy 4.23 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
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Nightside the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #1)
Nightside the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 2,412 ratings
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Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,447 ratings
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The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,044 ratings
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,924 ratings
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The 13 Clocks
The 13 Clocks 3.99 avg rating — 8,406 ratings
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The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun, #4)
The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun, #4) 4.25 avg rating — 10,572 ratings
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Little, Big
Little, Big 3.80 avg rating — 12,096 ratings
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The Charwoman's Shadow
The Charwoman's Shadow 3.98 avg rating — 867 ratings
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Gormenghast (Gormenghast, #2)
Gormenghast (Gormenghast, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 14,680 ratings
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A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) 4.55 avg rating — 830,488 ratings
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The Night Land
The Night Land 3.48 avg rating — 1,833 ratings
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The Guns of Avalon (The Chronicles of Amber, #2)
The Guns of Avalon (The Chronicles of Amber, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 25,389 ratings
42.
The Book of Atrix Wolfe
The Book of Atrix Wolfe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,062 ratings
43.
A Song for Arbonne
A Song for Arbonne 4.24 avg rating — 15,347 ratings
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The Starless Sea
The Starless Sea 3.84 avg rating — 227,413 ratings
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On Blue's Waters (The Book of the Short Sun, #1)
On Blue's Waters (The Book of the Short Sun, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 2,036 ratings
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Shriek: An Afterword (Ambergris, #2)
Shriek: An Afterword (Ambergris, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 2,888 ratings
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Exodus from the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun #4)
Exodus from the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun #4) 4.09 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
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City of Saints and Madmen (Ambergris, #1)
City of Saints and Madmen (Ambergris, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 7,862 ratings
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Palimpsest
Palimpsest 3.66 avg rating — 5,220 ratings
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Neveryóna (Return to Nevèrÿon, #2)
Neveryóna (Return to Nevèrÿon, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 667 ratings
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Le Grand Meaulnes
Le Grand Meaulnes 3.72 avg rating — 14,906 ratings
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Sinai Tapestry (The Jerusalem Quartet, #1)
Sinai Tapestry (The Jerusalem Quartet, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 437 ratings
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Tales of the Dying Earth
Tales of the Dying Earth 4.12 avg rating — 5,965 ratings
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Tigana
Tigana 4.08 avg rating — 51,015 ratings
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Death's Master (Flat Earth, #2)
Death's Master (Flat Earth, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 1,480 ratings
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The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2)
The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 34,179 ratings
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Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was
Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was 3.93 avg rating — 1,587 ratings
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 3.82 avg rating — 44,811 ratings
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The Worm Ouroboros
The Worm Ouroboros 3.70 avg rating — 5,024 ratings
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Sign of the Unicorn (The Chronicles of Amber, #3)
Sign of the Unicorn (The Chronicles of Amber, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 20,571 ratings
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Zothique
Zothique 4.23 avg rating — 1,220 ratings
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The Chronicles of Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1-5)
The Chronicles of Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1-5) 4.36 avg rating — 11,454 ratings
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Calenture
Calenture 3.89 avg rating — 169 ratings
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The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, #1)
The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 9,546 ratings
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Last Memoria (Memoria Duology, #1)
Last Memoria (Memoria Duology, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 282 ratings
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Nifft the Lean
Nifft the Lean 3.99 avg rating — 780 ratings
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Scars of Cereba (Memoria Duology, #2)
Scars of Cereba (Memoria Duology, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Silvermist: Lady of the Lakes
Silvermist: Lady of the Lakes 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Outworlder
The Outworlder 4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Book of Words (Book of Words, #1-3)
The Book of Words (Book of Words, #1-3) 4.16 avg rating — 308 ratings
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In Green's Jungles (The Book of the Short Sun, #2)
In Green's Jungles (The Book of the Short Sun, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 1,816 ratings
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The King of Elfland's Daughter
The King of Elfland's Daughter 3.82 avg rating — 8,686 ratings
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Lake of the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #2)
Lake of the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 1,821 ratings
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Return to the Whorl (The Book of the Short Sun, #3)
Return to the Whorl (The Book of the Short Sun, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 1,699 ratings
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The Labyrinth
The Labyrinth 3.67 avg rating — 307 ratings
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 211,202 ratings
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The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,584 ratings
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The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles 4.31 avg rating — 1,861,301 ratings
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Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 142,177 ratings
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Caldé of the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #3)
Caldé of the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 1,729 ratings
80.
Latro in the Mist (Latro #1-2)
Latro in the Mist (Latro #1-2) 4.20 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
82.
Jerusalem Poker (The Jerusalem Quartet, #2)
Jerusalem Poker (The Jerusalem Quartet, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 209 ratings
82.
Jericho Mosaic (The Jerusalem Quartet, #4)
Jericho Mosaic (The Jerusalem Quartet, #4) 4.36 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Not Wanted on the Voyage
Not Wanted on the Voyage 3.98 avg rating — 7,182 ratings
85.
Soldier of Sidon (Latro #3)
Soldier of Sidon (Latro #3) 4.01 avg rating — 1,538 ratings
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Nile Shadows (The Jerusalem Quartet, #3)
Nile Shadows (The Jerusalem Quartet, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 108 ratings
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The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2)
The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 4,988 ratings
88.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,662 ratings
89.
Wraeththu (Wraeththu #1-3)
Wraeththu (Wraeththu #1-3) 3.94 avg rating — 2,683 ratings
90.
In the Cities of Coin and Spice (The Orphan's Tales, #2)
In the Cities of Coin and Spice (The Orphan's Tales, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 2,959 ratings
91.
A Voyage to Arcturus
A Voyage to Arcturus 3.54 avg rating — 3,826 ratings
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The Crown of Silence (The Chronicles of Magravandias, #2)
The Crown of Silence (The Chronicles of Magravandias, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 585 ratings
93.
Sailing to Sarantium (The Sarantine Mosaic, #1)
Sailing to Sarantium (The Sarantine Mosaic, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 16,531 ratings
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Lord of Emperors (The Sarantine Mosaic, #2)
Lord of Emperors (The Sarantine Mosaic, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 13,975 ratings
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The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber, #5)
The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber, #5) 4.18 avg rating — 23,961 ratings
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Trumps of Doom (The Chronicles of Amber, #6)
Trumps of Doom (The Chronicles of Amber, #6) 4.06 avg rating — 16,210 ratings
97.
Blood of Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #7)
Blood of Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #7) 4.04 avg rating — 13,934 ratings
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The City & the City
The City & the City 3.90 avg rating — 76,290 ratings
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Eulogy
Eulogy 3.92 avg rating — 63 ratings
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Foundation for the Lost (Ryoku: the Game of Power Book 1)
Foundation for the Lost (Ryoku: the Game of Power Book 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings
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