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Locus Awards
All Time Best Fantasy Novel
Poll results are from Locus 41.2 (Issue 451: August 1998): 34. To be eligible, a novel had to be published before 1990.
Rank Author Title
1 J.R.R. Tolkein The Lord of the Rings
2 J.R.R. Tolkein The Hobbit
3 Gene Wolfe The Book of the New Sun
4 Ursula K. Le Guin Earthsea series
5 Carroll, Lewis Alice in Wonderland
6 Peake, Mervyn Gormenghast series
7 White, T.H. The Once and Future King
8 Crowley, John Little, Big
9 Zelazny, Roger Nine Princes in Amber
10 Donaldson, Stephen R. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
11 McCaffrey, Anne Dragonflight
12 Eddings, David The Belgariad
13 Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia
14 Powers, Tim The Anubis Gates
15 Vance, Jack The Dying Earth series
16 Baum, L. Frank The Wizard of Oz
17 Stoker, Bram Dracula
18 Beagle, Peter S. The Last Unicorn
Bradley, Marion Zimmer The Mists of Avalon
20 King, Stephen The Stand
21 Adams, Richard Watership Down
22 McKillip, Patricia A. The Riddle-Master of Hed
23 Eddison, E.R. The Worm Ouroboros
24 Heinlein, Robert A. Glory Road
25 Holdstock, Robert Mythago Wood
26 Card, Orson Scott Alvin Maker series
27 L'Engle, Madeline A Wrinkle in Time
28 Norton, Andre Witchworld
29 Kay, Guy Gavriel The Fionavar Tapestry
30 Kurtz, Katherine Deryni Rising
31 Pratchett, Terry Discworld series
32 Bradbury, Ray Something Wicked This Way Comes
Grimwood, Ken Replay
Moorcock, Michael Elric series
35 de Camp, L. Sprague, and Fletcher Pratt The Incomplete Enchanter
Leiber, Fritz Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series
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