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David Pringle's Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels
Book awards: David Pringle's Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels
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Works (100)
Titles
Order
Titus Groan
by
Mervyn Peake
1946
The Book of Ptath
by
A. E. Van Vogt
1947
Darker Than You Think
by
Jack Williamson
1948
Well of the Unicorn
by
Fletcher Pratt
1948
Silverlock
by
John Myers Myers
1949
Watch the North Wind Rise
by
Robert Graves
1949
The Castle of Iron
by
L. Sprague de Camp
1950
The Dying Earth
by
Jack Vance
1950
Gormenghast
by
Mervyn Peake
1950
The Hour of the Dragon
by
Robert E. Howard
1950
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by
C. S. Lewis
1950
The Sound of His Horn
by
Sarban
1952
Conjure Wife
by
Fritz Leiber
1953
Sinful Ones
by
Fritz Leiber
1953
The Broken Sword
by
Poul Anderson
1954
The Lord of the Rings
by
J. R. R. Tolkien
1955
Pincher Martin
by
William Golding
1956
The Shrinking Man
by
Richard Matheson
1956
Dandelion Wine
by
Ray Bradbury
1957
The Once and Future King
by
T. H. White
1958
The Haunting of Hill House
by
Shirley Jackson
1959
Titus Alone
by
Mervyn Peake
1959
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
by
Robert A. Heinlein
1959
A Fine and Private Place
by
Peter S. Beagle
1960
Three Hearts and Three Lions
by
Poul Anderson
1961
The Girl, The Gold Watch & Everything
by
John D. MacDonald
1962
Glory Road
by
Robert A. Heinlein
1963
Witch World
by
Andre Norton
1963
Stormbringer
by
Michael Moorcock
1965
The Crying of Lot 49
by
Thomas Pynchon
1966
Day of the Minotaur
by
Thomas Burnett Swann
1966
The Eyes of the Overworld
by
Jack Vance
1966
Gog
by
Andrew Sinclair
1967
The Owl Service
by
Alan Garner
1967
Rosemary's Baby
by
Ira Levin
1967
The Third Policeman
by
Flann O'Brien
1967
Black Easter, or Faust Aleph-Null
by
James Blish
1968
The Last Unicorn
by
Peter S. Beagle
1968
The Swords of Lankhmar
by
Fritz Leiber
1968
A Wizard of Earthsea
by
Ursula K. Le Guin
1968
A Feast Unknown
by
Philip José Farmer
1969
Fourth Mansions
by
R. A. Lafferty
1969
The Green Man
by
Kingsley Amis
1969
The Phoenix and the Mirror
by
Avram Davidson
1969
Red Moon and Black Mountain
by
Joy Chant
1970
Time and Again
by
Jack Finney
1970
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
by
Doris May Lessing
1971
The Day After Judgement
by
James Blish
1971
Grendel
by
John Gardner
1971
Jack of Shadows
by
Roger Zelazny
1971
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
by
Angela Carter
1972
Watership Down
by
Richard Adams
1972
Sweet Dreams
by
Michael Frayn
1973
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
by
Patricia A. McKillip
1974
'Salem's Lot
by
Stephen King
1975
The Great Victorian Collection
by
Brian Moore
1975
Grimus
by
Salman Rushdie
1975
Peace
by
Gene Wolfe
1975
The Dragon and the George
by
Gordon R. Dickson
1976
Hotel De Dream
by
Emma Tennant
1976
The Malacia Tapestry
by
Brian Aldiss
1976
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
by
Stephen Donaldson
1977
Fata Morgana
by
William Kotzwinkle
1977
Our Lady of Darkness
by
Fritz Leiber
1977
The Passion of New Eve
by
Angela Carter
1977
The Shining
by
Stephen King
1977
Gloriana
by
Michael Moorcock
1978
Sorcerer's Son
by
Phyllis Eisenstein
1979
The Unlimited Dream Company
by
J. G. Ballard
1979
Ariosto
by
Chelsa quinn yarbro
1980
The Land of Laughs
by
Jonathan Carroll
1980
A Storm of Wings
by
M. John Harrison
1980
The Vampire Tapestry
by
Suzy McKee Charnas
1980
White Light
by
Rudy Rucker
1980
Cities of the Red Night
by
William S. Burroughs
1981
Lanark
by
Alasdair Gray
1981
Little, Big
by
John Crowley
1981
The War Hound and the World's Pain
by
Michael Moorcock
1981
Nifft the Lean
by
Michael Shea
1982
The Anubis Gates
by
Tim Powers
1983
Cold Heaven
by
Brian Moore
1983
Soul Eater
by
K. W. Jeter
1983
Tea with the Black Dragon
by
R. A. MacAvoy
1983
Winter's Tale
by
Mark Helprin
1983
The Businessman
by
Thomas M. Disch
1984
The Digging Leviathan
by
James P. Blaylock
1984
The Glamour
by
Christopher Priest
1984
Mythago Wood
by
Robert Holdstock
1984
Nights at the Circus
by
Angela Carter
1984
Who Made Stevie Crye?
by
Michael Bishop
1984
The Witches of Eastwick
by
John Updike
1984
The Dream Years
by
Lisa Goldstein
1985
Hawksmoor
by
Peter Ackroyd
1985
The Bridge
by
Iain Banks
1986
The Hungry Moon
by
Ramsey Campbell
1986
Replay
by
Ken Grimwood
1986
Unconquered Country
by
Geoff Ryman
1986
The Day of Creation
by
J. G. Ballard
1987
The Fionavar Tapestry
by
Guy Gavriel Kay
1987
The Solitudes
by
John Crowley
1987
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Robert A. Heinlein
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