Most Popular World Fantasy Award Books

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Translation · World Fantasy Award

2005

Thomas the Rhymer

Ellen Kushner

Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards · World Fantasy Award

1990

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

Fantasy · 19th century · Fairies · Historical Fantasy · Hugo Award

2004

Earthsea #6

The Other Wind

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series · World Fantasy Award

2001

Books of Blood #1

Books of Blood: Volume One

Clive Barker

Horror · Splatterpunk · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1984

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Süskind

Magical Realism · Translation · World Fantasy Award

1985

Ombria in Shadow

Patricia A. McKillip

Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards · World Fantasy Award

January 2002

Mythago Cycle #1

Mythago Wood

Robert Holdstock

Fantasy · BSFA Award · World Fantasy Award

1984

The Book of the New Sun #1

The Shadow of the Torturer

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · BSFA Award · World Fantasy Award

1980

The City & the City

China Miéville

Fantasy · Arthur C. Clarke Award · BSFA Award · Hugo Award · Locus Award

April 29, 2009

Song of Kali

Dan Simmons

Horror · Ancient Mythology · World Fantasy Award · Mythology

1985

She Walks in Shadow

Paula R. Stiles, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Horror · Anthology · World Fantasy Award

October 2, 2015

Where Furnaces Burn

Joel Lane

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award · Thriller

October 2012

The Weird

Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · New Weird · Weird Fiction

2011

The Very Best of Gene Wolfe

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

July 16, 2009

The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

March 13, 2009

The Cley Trilogy #1

The Physiognomy

Jeffrey Ford

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award

1997

Boy's Life

Robert R. McCammon

Fantasy · Bram Stoker Award · World Fantasy Award · Thriller

1991

Bid Time Return

Richard Matheson

Science Fiction · World Fantasy Award

1975

The Prestige

Christopher Priest

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award

1995

Fault Lines #1

Last Call

Tim Powers

Fantasy · Locus Award · World Fantasy Award

1992

Lyonesse #3

Madouc

Jack Vance

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · World Fantasy Award

1989

A Stranger in Olondria

Sofia Samatar

Fantasy · British Fantasy Award · World Fantasy Award

April 30, 2013

Soldier Series #3

Soldier of Sidon

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award · Historical Fiction

October 2006

Declare

Tim Powers

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award · Thriller

2000

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories

Jeffrey Ford

Fantasy · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

2002

Tender Morsels

Margo Lanagan

Fantasy · Young Adult · World Fantasy Award

October 1, 2008

Tooth and Claw

Jo Walton

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award

November 2003

Gloriana

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award · Alternate History

1978

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

Patricia A. McKillip

Fantasy · Young Adult · World Fantasy Award

1974

Master Li #1

Bridge of Birds

Barry Hughart

Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards · World Fantasy Award

1984

Galveston

Sean Stewart

Fantasy · Magical Realism · World Fantasy Award

2000

Black Juice

Margo Lanagan

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

2004

The Winged Histories

Sofia Samatar

Fantasy · British Fantasy Award · World Fantasy Award

March 11, 2016

Alif the Unseen

G. Willow Wilson

Fantasy · Science Fiction · World Fantasy Award

June 19, 2012

Map of Dreams

M. Rickert

Fantasy · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

2006