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Criteria: highly influential fantasy books only be they obscure or well known

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433

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Lord Of The Rings

Lord of the Rings

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203

72

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The Wheel Of Time

3

225

117

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168

55

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The Chronicles Of Narnia

5

203

97

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A Game Of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1

george r.r. martin

Awards Won:1997 LocusF

Award Nominations:1997 NEBULA, 1997 WFA

6

129

21

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The Wizard Of Earthsea

The Earthsea Cycle

ursula k. le guin

7

80

9

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66

8

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Elric Of Melnibone

michael moorcock

9

78

22

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robert e. howard

10

62

18

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The Black Company

Chronicles of The Black Company #1

11

67

24

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Nineteen Eighty Four

Signet Classics

12

44

10

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Elric Of Melniboné

michael moorcock

13

48

15

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The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book 1

stephen r. donaldson

14

39

6

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The Once And Future King

terence hanbury white

15

42

9

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Fafhrd And The Gray Mouser

16

43

15

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Titus Groan / Gormenghast / Titus Alone

17

31

5

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18

25

0

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Awards Won:1965 NEBULA, 1966 HUGO

19

20

1

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J. R. R. Tolkien

20

17

1

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The Wizard Of Oz

All 14 Oz Books, with Illustrated Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and Exclusive Bonus Features

21

29

20

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The Dragonlance Chronicles

22

11

2

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Malazan Book Of The Fallen

The Malazan Book of the Fallen

23

17

9

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The Belgariad Series

24

9

0

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Amber Chronicles

Chronicles of Amber

25

10

3

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First Law Series

joe abercrombie

26

7

0

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The Name Of The Wind

Kingkiller Chronicle

Patrick Rothfuss

27

13

7

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The Worm Ouroboros

28

8

2

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29

9

5

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Shannara Series

30

5

1

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Terry Pratchett

31

5

1

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32

4

0

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33

4

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The Witcher Series

Andrzej Sapkowski

34

3

0

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The Dragonbone Chair

35

3

0

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36

3

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Karl Edward Wagner

37

3

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george macdonald

38

2

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The Face In The Frost

39

3

2

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Magic Kingdom Of Landover Series

40

3

2

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Johnathan Strange

41

1

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Award Nominations:1964 HUGO

42

1

0

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Charles de Lint

43

1

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War For The Oaks

44

1

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45

1

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The Blood Books

Blood Price / Blood Trail

46

1

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47

1

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Dover Thrift Editions

48

1

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The King Of Elfland's Daughter

49

1

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Wizard Of The Pigeons

50

1

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(Book 1)

51

0

1

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George Mcdonald

52

18

22

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Sword Of Shannara

53

0

2

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Anita Blake Vampire Hunter

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Book 1

Laurell K. Hamilton

54

0

3

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Incarnations Of Immortality

Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1

55

11

18

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(Book 1)

Christopher Paolini

56

9

16

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The Dark Elf Trilogy

Homeland / Exile / Sojourn

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By: Anonymous

2016-12-02 11:33:27

voyage to asturius

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By: Anonymous

2015-03-17 01:48:24

Raymond Feist's Magician had a large impact on Fantasy with the Forgotten Realms books arising from his legacy

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By: Anonymous

2013-01-22 04:22:44

Abercrombie had done for Fantasy what Eastwood did for Westerns

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