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Some Subgenres:
Best Epic Fantasy
Best Urban Fantasy

Fantasy by Time Period:
Pre-Tolkien Fantasy (Fantasy up through 1937)
Classic Fantasy (Fantasy written before 1980)

Fantasy by Decade:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

Locus Recommended Fantasy:
2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Fantasy By Ratings:
More than 200000, 100000 to 199999, 50000 to 99999, 25000 to 49999, 10000 to 24999
1000 to 9999, 100 to 999, Less than 100

Other Fantasy Lists of Note:
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
Best Fantasy of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Fantasy of the 20th Century
Popular Highly Rated Fantasy
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Mitchell Friedman ❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka (Ratings: 1,525,134, Avg: 3.91, Pos: 84)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1) by Haruki Murakami (Ratings: 347,416, Avg: 3.95, Pos: 242)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] A Dance with Dragons 1: Dreams and Dust (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5, Part 1 of 2) by George R.R. Martin (Ratings: 752,440, Avg: 4.34, Pos: 243)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer (Ratings: 470,433, Avg: 4.23, Pos: 248)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Bunny (Bunny, #1) by Mona Awad (Ratings: 363,345, Avg: 3.44, Pos: 253)


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Mitchell Friedman ❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5) by Matt Dinniman (Ratings: 203,093, Avg: 4.69, Pos: 206)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm (Ratings: 223,278, Avg: 4.23, Pos: 282)


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Mitchell Friedman ❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (Ratings: 201,920, Avg: 3.71, Pos: 161)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1) by Brandon Sanderson (Ratings: 200,100, Avg: 4.14, Pos: 262)


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Mitchell Friedman ❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6) by Matt Dinniman (Ratings: 202,188, Avg: 4.64, Pos: 133)


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Mitchell Friedman ❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) by Tamsyn Muir (Ratings: 200,009, Avg: 4.17, Pos: 157)


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Mitchell Friedman ❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] Hell Bent (Ninth House Trilogy, #2) by Leigh Bardugo (Ratings: 200,568, Avg: 4.11, Pos: 210)
❌ OUTLIER: [TOO MANY RATINGS] The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3) by R.F. Kuang (Ratings: 200,641, Avg: 4.26, Pos: 268)


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