What is the best fantasy book series of all time?

By YPB Team

Fantasy literature has produced some of the most immersive worlds ever imagined — but which series towers above the rest? From Tolkien's foundational Middle-earth to Brandon Sanderson's cosmere, vote for the fantasy book series that captured your imagination most completely.

The Dresden Files — ranked #11
The Dresden Files
Jim Butcher's bestselling urban fantasy series following Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard-for-hire, across 17+ novels.
1000pts
The Malazan Book of the Fallen — ranked #22
The Malazan Book of the Fallen
Steven Erikson's dense 10-book epic regarded as the most ambitious and complex fantasy series ever written, with thousands of characters.
918pts
A Song of Ice and Fire — ranked #33
A Song of Ice and Fire
George R.R. Martin's gritty ongoing epic about power, betrayal, and survival across the Seven Kingdoms, inspiration for Game of Thrones.
857pts
The Wheel of Time — ranked #44
The Wheel of Time
Robert Jordan's (completed by Brandon Sanderson) monumental 14-book epic spanning a war between the forces of Light and the Dark One.
803pts
Mistborn — ranked #55
Mistborn
Brandon Sanderson's six-book series beginning with a heist story set in an ash-covered world where ash falls from the sky and mist rules the night.
734pts
The First Law — ranked #66
The First Law
Joe Abercrombie's darkly subversive grimdark trilogy (and sequels) that deconstructs classic fantasy archetypes with brutal realism.
734pts
The Dark Tower — ranked #77
The Dark Tower
Stephen King's eight-book magnum opus following gunslinger Roland Deschain across a post-apocalyptic fantasy universe to reach the Dark Tower.
734pts
The Kingkiller Chronicle — ranked #88
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Patrick Rothfuss's ongoing trilogy following the legendary wizard and musician Kvothe as he narrates the story of his own mythologized life.
642pts
The Chronicles of Narnia — ranked #99
The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis's classic 1950–1956 seven-book children's fantasy series set in the magical land of Narnia, entered through a wardrobe.
514pts
His Dark Materials — ranked #1010
His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman's 1995–2000 trilogy following young Lyra Belacqua across parallel universes in a world where human souls take animal form.
514pts
The Stormlight Archive — ranked #1111
The Stormlight Archive
Brandon Sanderson's ongoing epic-fantasy series set on the storm-ravaged world of Roshar, known for its intricate magic system and world-building.
514pts
The Witcher — ranked #1212
The Witcher
Andrzej Sapkowski's Polish fantasy saga about monster hunter Geralt of Rivia, which inspired one of gaming's most acclaimed RPG franchises.
514pts
The Lord of the Rings — ranked #1313
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien's foundational 1954–1955 epic trilogy that created the template for modern high fantasy and spawned an entire genre.
321pts
Harry Potter — ranked #1414
Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling's seven-book 1997–2007 series about a young wizard's years at Hogwarts School that became the best-selling book series in history.
0pts
Discworld — ranked #1515
Discworld
Terry Pratchett's beloved 41-book satirical fantasy series set on a flat world carried by four elephants on the back of a giant turtle.
0pts
Eragon — ranked #1616
Eragon
Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, begun when he was 15, following a farm boy who discovers a dragon egg and becomes a legendary Dragon Rider.
0pts

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