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Add and vote for your favorite Fantasy books first published in last century. For this list that means first published between 1900 and 1999.

Please only add books that have received less than one thousand ratings .

For the purpose of this list, books with elves or vampires or werewolves are almost always fantasy.

Likewise Horror books with a fantastical element are also appropriate.

Books not meeting this list's criteria will be removed.
Inspired by Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century

Other Fantasy Lists of Note:
Best Epic Fantasy
Best Urban Fantasy
Pre-Tolkien Fantasy (Fantasy up through 1937)
Classic Fantasy (Fantasy written before 1980)
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
Best Fantasy of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Fantasy of the 20th Century
Popular Highly Rated Fantasy

Fantasy By Decade:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

Fantasy By Ratings:
More than 100000,50000 to 99999, 25000 to 49999, 10000 to 24999
1000 to 9999, 100 to 999, Less than 100

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Mitchell Friedman removed The Circus of Dr. Lao for having more than 1000 ratings.


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Mitchell Friedman The Dunwich Horror: Seven Stories has more than 10k ratings and looks like it was placed on this list by mistake


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Mitchell Friedman ❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Through the Gates of the Silver Key by H.P. Lovecraft (Ratings: 1,187, Avg: 3.67, Pos: 9)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1) by Joan Aiken (Ratings: 22,692, Avg: 4.06, Pos: 36)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany (Ratings: 1,045, Avg: 3.93, Pos: 36)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Evil Clergyman by H.P. Lovecraft (Ratings: 1,049, Avg: 3.00, Pos: 56)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Black Easter (After Such Knowledge, #2) by James Blish (Ratings: 1,162, Avg: 3.83, Pos: 63)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle (Ratings: 1,733, Avg: 3.96, Pos: 82)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Copper Crown (The Tales of Aeron, #1) by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (Ratings: 1,613, Avg: 4.03, Pos: 86)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Stone and the Flute by Hans Bemmann (Ratings: 1,170, Avg: 4.06, Pos: 102)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Misplaced Legion (The Videssos Cycle, #1) by Harry Turtledove (Ratings: 1,937, Avg: 3.90, Pos: 102)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] An Emperor for the Legion (The Videssos Cycle, #2) by Harry Turtledove (Ratings: 1,218, Avg: 3.93, Pos: 102)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Duffy and the Devil by Harve Zemach (Ratings: 1,142, Avg: 3.42, Pos: 106)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Dr. Rat by William Kotzwinkle (Ratings: 1,102, Avg: 3.71, Pos: 112)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Gates of Creation (World of Tiers, #2) by Philip José Farmer (Ratings: 1,121, Avg: 3.84, Pos: 112)


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Mitchell Friedman ❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Conan Chronicles: Volume 1 (Conan, #1-3) by Robert Jordan (Ratings: 1,427, Avg: 3.85, Pos: 91)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Drive-In by Joe R. Lansdale (Ratings: 1,238, Avg: 3.74, Pos: 111)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Levee (Blackwater, #2) by Michael McDowell (Ratings: 62,694, Avg: 3.76, Pos: 136)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Rain (Blackwater, #6) by Michael McDowell (Ratings: 41,961, Avg: 4.08, Pos: 136)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The House (Blackwater, #3) by Michael McDowell (Ratings: 53,555, Avg: 4.14, Pos: 136)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Fortune (Blackwater, #5) by Michael McDowell (Ratings: 44,727, Avg: 3.98, Pos: 136)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The War (Blackwater, #4) by Michael McDowell (Ratings: 47,978, Avg: 4.00, Pos: 136)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life by Maurice Sendak (Ratings: 1,887, Avg: 4.19, Pos: 150)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Doll Who Ate His Mother by Ramsey Campbell (Ratings: 1,291, Avg: 3.36, Pos: 150)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] A Private Cosmos (World of Tiers, #3) by Philip José Farmer (Ratings: 1,166, Avg: 3.91, Pos: 150)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell (Ratings: 1,559, Avg: 4.19, Pos: 157)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Dark Crusade by Karl Edward Wagner (Ratings: 1,392, Avg: 4.15, Pos: 157)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Maker of Universes (World of Tiers, #1) by Philip José Farmer (Ratings: 2,202, Avg: 3.81, Pos: 157)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Infinity Concerto by Greg Bear (Ratings: 1,311, Avg: 3.87, Pos: 165)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Chronicles of Corum (Corum, #4-6) by Michael Moorcock (Ratings: 1,782, Avg: 4.05, Pos: 165)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Swords Trilogy (Corum, #1-3) by Michael Moorcock (Ratings: 3,034, Avg: 4.07, Pos: 165)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Cuckoo Tree (The Wolves Chronicles, #6) by Joan Aiken (Ratings: 1,109, Avg: 4.03, Pos: 165)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Stolen Lake (The Wolves Chronicles, #4) by Joan Aiken (Ratings: 1,014, Avg: 3.90, Pos: 165)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By by John Farris (Ratings: 1,263, Avg: 3.59, Pos: 175)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Swords of the Legion (The Videssos Cycle, #4) by Harry Turtledove (Ratings: 1,160, Avg: 4.00, Pos: 183)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Legion of Videssos (The Videssos Cycle, #3) by Harry Turtledove (Ratings: 1,102, Avg: 3.94, Pos: 210)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Black Hearts in Battersea (The Wolves Chronicles, #2) by Joan Aiken (Ratings: 4,623, Avg: 4.14, Pos: 229)


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