List of fantasy novels (A–H)

This article lists notable fantasy novels (and novel series). The books appear in alphabetical order by title (beginning with A to H) (ignoring "A", "An", and "The"); series are alphabetical by author-designated name or, if there is no such, some reasonable designation. Science-fiction novels and short-story collections are not included here.

A
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 * Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix
 * Acacia: The War With The Mein by David Anthony Durham
 * Adam Binder series by David R. Slayton
 * Aegypt series by John Crowley
 * Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
 * Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor
 * Aladore by Henry Newbolt
 * Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
 * Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia McKillip
 * The Tales of Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card
 * An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir
 * The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
 * The Amber series by Roger Zelazny
 * American Gods by Neil Gaiman
 * Among Others by Jo Walton
 * An Awfully Beastly Business series by David Sinden, Matthew Morgan, and Guy Macdonald
 * The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
 * Apprentice Adept series by Piers Anthony
 * Arafel duo by C. J. Cherryh
 * The Artefacts of Power by Maggie Furey
 * Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer.
 * At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
 * At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald

B

 * The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip
 * Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
 * The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
 * Bas-Lag by China Miéville
 * The Battle of Apocalypse by Eduardo Spohr
 * Beauty by Robin McKinley
 * Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper
 * Beautiful Darkness (novel) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
 * Beautiful Creatures (book) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
 * The Belgariad series by David Eddings
 * The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip
 * Beyond the Golden Stair by Hannes Bok
 * Beyonders: A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull
 * Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black
 * The BFG by Roald Dahl
 * The Bitterbynde trilogy by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
 * Black Blossom by Boban Knežević
 * The Black Company saga by Glen Cook, a nested set of sub-series
 * The Black Jewels trilogy by Anne Bishop
 * The Black Magician (novel series) by Trudi Canavan
 * The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey
 * The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang
 * Bloodring by Faith Hunter
 * Blood Song by Anthony Ryan
 * The Blue Star by Fletcher Pratt
 * The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
 * Boggart series by Susan Cooper
 * Bone Dance by Emma Bull
 * The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia McKillip
 * Book of Enchantments by Patricia C. Wrede
 * The Book of the New Sun series by Gene Wolfe
 * The Book of Stars series by Erik L'Homme
 * The Books of Abarat by Clive Barker
 * Brak the Barbarian by John Jakes
 * Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
 * Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
 * Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

C

 * Callipygia by Lin Carter
 * Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor by Mervyn Peake
 * Cats Have No Lord by Will Shetterly
 * The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip
 * Chapel of Ease by Alex Bledsoe
 * Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
 * Charlie Bone Series by Jenny Nimmo
 * The Chathrand Voyage Quartet by Robert V.S. Redick
 * Chernevog by C. J. Cherryh
 * Children of the Lamp series by P.B. Kerr
 * Children of Blood and Bone series by Tomi Adeyemi
 * Chimera by John Barth
 * Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones
 * Chronicles of an Age of Darkness by Hugh Cook
 * Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver
 * Chronicles of Brothers series by Wendy Alec
 * The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
 * The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
 * Chronicles of The Raven by James Barclay
 * The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series by Stephen R. Donaldson
 * The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney
 * The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
 * City of Bones by Martha Wells
 * The City of Brass (novel) by S. A. Chakraborty
 * The Claidi Journals by Tanith Lee
 * Coldfire Trilogy by Celia S. Friedman
 * A Cold Season by Alison Littlewood
 * A Cold Silence by Alison Littlewood
 * Cold Tom by Sally Prue
 * Conan series by Robert E. Howard and others
 * Coraline by Neil Gaiman
 * A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
 * The Cottingley Cuckoo by A. J. Elwood
 * The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor
 * The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
 * The Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone
 * The Crock of Gold by James Stephens
 * The Cygnet and the Firebird by Patricia A. McKillip

D

 * The Dagger and the Coin series by Daniel Abraham
 * Dalemark Quartet by Diana Wynne Jones
 * The Dalkey Archive by Flann O'Brien
 * Damiano series by R. A. MacAvoy
 * The Dark Artifices trilogy by Cassandra Clare
 * The Dark Is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper
 * The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
 * Daughter of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce
 * The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
 * Deltora series by Emily Rodda
 * The Deptford Mice by Robin Jarvis
 * Deryni novels by Katherine Kurtz
 * Descent into Hell by Charles Williams
 * Dirk Gently series by Douglas Adams
 * Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
 * The Divine Cities series by Robert Jackson Bennett
 * The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
 * The Door Within Trilogy by Wayne Thomas Batson
 * Dorothea Dreams by Suzy McKee Charnas
 * The Dragon House by Darrell Schweitzer
 * The Dragonslayer's Apprentice by David Calder
 * Dragoncharm trilogy by Graham Edwards
 * The Dragon's Familiar by Lawrence Jeffrey Cohen
 * Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
 * Dragon Raja by Lee Yeongdo
 * Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
 * The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
 * The Dragonology Chronicles: The Dragon's Eye by Dugald Steer
 * Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey
 * Dragonrouge by Lin Carter
 * Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly
 * Dragonvarld trilogy by Margaret Weis
 * The Dreamwalker's Child by Steve Voake
 * The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers
 * The Dreamstone by C. J. Cherryh
 * The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
 * Drizzt Do'Urden novels by R. A. Salvatore
 * Durand Col series by David Keck. Series has no official name, however Durand Col is generally used because he is the central focus of all the novels.
 * The Dying Earth series by Jack Vance

E

 * Ealdwood by C. J. Cherryh
 * Earthsea series by Ursula K. Le Guin
 * The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
 * Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
 * The Elenium series by David Eddings
 * Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock
 * Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
 * The Empire Trilogy by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
 * The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit
 * Enchanted Forest series by Patricia C. Wrede
 * Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
 * Eragon by Christopher Paolini
 * Eldest by Christopher Paolini
 * Excalibur by Sanders Anne Laubenthal
 * Expecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt
 * The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

F

 * Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull
 * Faery in Shadow by C. J. Cherryh
 * The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs
 * The Faerie Wars Chronicles by Herbie Brennan
 * Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber
 * The Fairies of Sadieville by Alex Bledsoe
 * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling
 * Farsala trilogy by Hilari Bell
 * The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
 * The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed by Kenneth Morris
 * Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods by William T. Cox
 * A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle
 * The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay
 * Fisher King series by Tim Powers
 * Fledgling by Octavia Butler
 * Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman
 * Flying Dutch by Tom Holt
 * The Fool on the Hill by Matt Ruff
 * The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip
 * Fortress series by C. J. Cherryh
 * Fourth Mansions by R. A. Lafferty

G

 * Garrett series by Glen Cook
 * Gather Her Round by Alex Bledsoe
 * Gezeitenwelt series by Magus Magellan
 * The Ghost and The Goth by Stacey Kade
 * Ghost Blows Out the Light by Zhang Muye
 * Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
 * Giant of World's End by Lin Carter
 * The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams
 * Gloriana, or The Unfulfill'd Queen by Michael Moorcock
 * The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
 * The Goblin Mirror by C. J. Cherryh
 * Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
 * Gods upon a time by Dai Idris and Martin Newman
 * The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
 * Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake - see at T (Titus), below
 * Graceling by Kristin Cashore
 * The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
 * The Green Child by Herbert Read
 * The Green Round by Arthur Machen
 * Green Rider by Kristen Britain
 * Grendel by John Gardner
 * Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo
 * Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky

H

 * The Hagwood Books by Robin Jarvis
 * Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
 * The Halfblood Chronicles by Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton
 * Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
 * Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
 * Hart's Hope by Orson Scott Card
 * The Haunted Woman by David Lindsay
 * The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
 * The Heart of What Was Lost by Tad Williams
 * The Heavenly Fox by Richard Parks
 * Here Comes the Sun by Tom Holt
 * Hereafter, and After by Richard Parks
 * Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud
 * The Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
 * The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood
 * The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen
 * His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman
 * History of The Vollplaen by Daniel Johnson
 * The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
 * The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea
 * The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
 * House of Night by P.C. Cast
 * The House on Parchment Street by Patricia A. McKillip
 * The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
 * Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
 * The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe
 * The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
 * Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick