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| 2 | 2 | J R R Tolkien | The Hobbit | 1937 | | | |
| 3 | 3 | J K Rowling | Harry Potter Series | 1997 | | | |
| 4 | 4 | Robert Jordan | Wheel of Time Series | 1990 | | | |
| 5 | 5 | C S Lewis | The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe [S2] | 1950 | | | |
| 6 | 6 | George R R Martin | A Song of Ice & Fire | 1996 | | | |
| 7 | 7 | David Eddings | The Belgariad Series | 1982 | | | |
| 8 | 8 | Terry Goodkind | Wizard's First Rule [S1] | 1994 | | | |
| 9 | 9 | Raymond E Feist | Magician [S1] | 1982 | | | |
| 10 | 10 | Philip Pullman | His Dark Materials Trilogy | 1995 | | | |
| 11 | 11 | Terry Brooks | The Sword of Shannara [S1] | 1977 | | | |
| 12 | 12 | Ursula K Le Guin | A Wizard of Earthsea [S1] | 1968 | | | |
| 14 | 13 | Christopher Paolini | Eragon [S1] | 2002 | | | |
| 16 | 14 | Robin Hobb | The Farseer Trilogy | 1995 | | | |
| 15 | 15 | Stephen King | The Dark Tower Series | 1982 | | | |
| 17 | 16 | R A Salvatore | Dark Elf Trilogy | 1990 | | | |
| 18 | 17 | Madeleine L'Engle | A Wrinkle In Time | 1962 | | | |
| 19 | 18 | Richard Adams | Watership Down | 1972 | | | |
| 20 | 19 | Neil Gaiman | American Gods | 2001 | | | |
| 21 | 20 | George Orwell | Animal Farm | 1945 | | | |
| 23 | 21 | William Goldman | The Princess Bride | 1973 | | | |
| 22 | 22 | Terry Pratchett | The Colour of Magic [S1] | 1983 | | | |
| 24 | 23 | Lewis Carroll | Alice's Adventures In Wonderland | 1865 | | | |
| 29 | 24 | Marion Zimmer Bradley | The Mists Of Avalon | 1983 | | | |
| 28 | 25 | Weis & Hickman | Dragonlance Chronicles | 1984 | | | |
| 27 | 26 | Gaiman & Pratchett | Good Omens | 1990 | | | |
| 30 | 27 | Stephen Donaldson | Thomas Covenant - The Unbeliever | 1977 | | | |
| 25 | 28 | Brian Jacques | Redwall [S1] | 1986 | | | |
| 32 | 29 | Anne Rice | Interview With the Vampire | 1976 | | | |
| 26 | 30 | Roger Zelazny | The Chronicles of Amber | 1970 | | | |
| 34 | 31 | Eoin Colfer | Artemis Fowl | 2001 | | | |
| 31 | 32 | William Golding | The Lord Of the Flies | 1954 | | | |
| 33 | 33 | Neil Gaiman | Neverwhere | 1997 | | | |
| 36 | 34 | Roald Dahl | Charlie & the Chocolate Factory | 1964 | | | |
| 35 | 35 | Bram Stoker | Dracula | 1897 | | | |
| 37 | 36 | Tad Williams | Memory, Sorrow & Thorn Series | 1988 | | | |
| 38 | 37 | Garth Nix | Sabriel [S1] | 1995 | | | |
| 41 | 38 | Anne McCaffrey | Dragonflight [S1] | 1968 | | | |
| 39 | 39 | T H White | The Once & Future King | 1958 | | | |
| 42 | 40 | Gail Carson Levine | Ella Enchanted | 1997 | | | |
| 40 | 41 | Piers Anthony | On a Pale Horse [S1] | 1983 | | | |
| 43 | 42 | Mitch Albom | The Five People You Meet in Heaven | 2003 | | | |
| 52 | 43 | Tamora Pierce | Alanna: The First Adventure | 1983 | | | |
| 49 | 44 | Anthony Burgess | A Clockwork Orange | 1962 | | | |
| 44 | 45 | Audrey Niffenegger | The Time Traveler's Wife | 2003 | | | |
| 46 | 46 | Dianna Gabaldon | Outlander [S1] | 1992 | | | |
| 48 | 47 | Mary Shelley | Frankenstein | 1818 | | | |
| 45 | 48 | Alice Sebold | The Lovely Bones | 2002 | | | |
| 47 | 49 | LaHaye & Jenkins | Left Behind [S1] | 1995 | | | |
| 53 | 50 | Unknown Author | Beowulf | 700 | | | |
| 54 | 51 | Stephenie Meyer | Twilight | 2005 | | | |
| 50 | 52 | Yann Martel | Life of Pi | 2001 | | | |
| 51 | 53 | C S Lewis | The Screwtape Letters | 1942 | | | |
| 56 | 54 | Paulo Coelho | The Alchemist | 1995 | | | |
| 55 | 55 | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | One Hundred Years of Solitude | 1967 | | | |
| 60 | 56 | Michael Ende | The Neverending Story | 1979 | | | |
| 57 | 57 | Susanna Clarke | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | 2004 | | | |
| 64 | 58 | Lloyd Alexander | The Chronicles of Prydain | 1964 | | | |
| 58 | 59 | Daniel Quinn | Ishmael | 1992 | | | |
| 59 | 60 | Elizabeth Kostova | The Historian | 2005 | | | |
| 61 | 61 | Norton Juster | The Phantom Tollbooth | 1961 | | | |
| 62 | 62 | Homer | The Odyssey | -800 | | | |
| 66 | 63 | Laurell K Hamilton | Guilty Pleasures [S1] | 1993 | | | |
| 67 | 64 | Terry Pratchett | Mort [S4] | 1987 | | | |
| 68 | 65 | Jostein Gaarder | Sophie's World | 1991 | | | |
| 63 | 66 | Moore & Gibbons | Watchmen | 1987 | | | |
| 65 | 67 | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | The Little Prince | 1943 | | | |
| 75 | 68 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Tigana | 1990 | | | |
| 69 | 69 | Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1891 | | | |
| 71 | 70 | Steven Erikson | Gardens of the Moon [S1] | 1994 | | | |
| 70 | 71 | China Mieville | Perdido Street Station | 2000 | | | |
| 73 | 72 | Jacqueline Carey | Kushiel's Dart [S1] | 2001 | | | |
| 74 | 73 | Frank Miller | Batman - The Dark Knight Returns | 1986 | | | |
| 76 | 74 | Richard Bach | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | 1972 | | | |
| 72 | 75 | J R R Tolkien | The Silmarillion | 1977 | | | |
| 78 | 76 | Patrick Suskind | Perfume | 1986 | | | |
| 81 | 77 | Patricia C Wrede | Dealing With Dragons [S1] | 1990 | | | |
| 80 | 78 | Franz Kafka | The Metamorphosis | 1915 | | | |
| 79 | 79 | Mikhail Bulgakov | The Master and Margarita | 1966 | | | |
| 91 | 80 | David Eddings | The Malloreon | 1987 | | | |
| — | 81 | Michael Chabon | The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | 2000 | | | |
| 82 | 82 | Mercedes Lackey | Magic's Pawn [S1] | 1989 | | | |
| 92 | 83 | Richard Matheson | I Am Legend | 1954 | | | |
| 83 | 84 | Jasper Fforde | The Eyre Affair [S1] | 2002 | | | |
| 85 | 85 | Peter S Beagle | The Last Unicorn | 1968 | | | |
| — | 86 | Cornelia Funke | Inkheart | 2003 | | | |
| 86 | 87 | Haruki Murakami | The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle | 1994 | | | |
| — | 88 | Christopher Moore | Lamb | 2002 | | | |
| 84 | 89 | Ray Bradbury | Something Wicked This Way Comes | 1962 | | | |
| 89 | 90 | Weis & Hickman | Death Gate Cycle | 1990 | | | |
| 88 | 91 | Gene Wolfe | Book of the New Sun | 1980 | | | |
| 90 | 92 | Dante Alighieri | Inferno | 1321 | | | |
| 94 | 93 | Shirley Jackson | The Haunting of Hill House | 1959 | | | |
| 95 | 94 | Diana Wynne Jones | Howl's Moving Castle | 1986 | | | |
| 93 | 95 | Robin McKinley | The Blue Sword | 1982 | | | |
| — | 96 | Jonathan Stroud | The Amulet of Samarkan [S1] | 2003 | | | |
| 101 | 97 | Anne Bishop | Daughter of the Blood [S1] | 1998 | | | |
| 96 | 98 | Robin McKinley | Beauty | 1978 | | | |
| 87 | 99 | William Shakespeare | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1600 | | | |
| 97 | 100 | Susan Cooper | The Dark Is Rising [S1] | 1973 | | | |
