Most Popular World Fantasy Award Books of the 1990s

Discover popular World Fantasy Award books from the 1990s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Thomas the Rhymer

Ellen Kushner

Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards · World Fantasy Award

1990

8.3/10 57 ratings

The Cley Trilogy #1

The Physiognomy

Jeffrey Ford

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award

1997

10/10 1 ratings

Boy's Life

Robert R. McCammon

Fantasy · Bram Stoker Award · World Fantasy Award · Thriller

1991

10/10 1 ratings

The Prestige

Christopher Priest

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award

1995

9.7/10 6 ratings

Fault Lines #1

Last Call

Tim Powers

Fantasy · Locus Award · World Fantasy Award

1992

9.7/10 3 ratings

Newford

Moonlight and Vines

Charles de Lint

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1999

8/10 1 ratings

Reave the Just and Other Tales

Stephen R. Donaldson

Fantasy · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

October 1998

8/10 1 ratings

Thraxas #1

Thraxas

Martin Scott

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award

1999

The Throne of Bones

Brian McNaughton

Horror · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1997

Black Glass

Karen Joy Fowler

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

1997

Godmother Night

Rachel Pollack

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award

1996

The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye

Jonathan Lethem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1996

Seven Tales and a Fable

Gwyneth Jones

Fantasy · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1995

A Conflagration Artist

Bradley Denton

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1994

The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians

Bradley Denton

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1994

Godhead #1

Towing Jehovah

James Morrow

Science Fiction · World Fantasy Award

1994

Glimpses

Lewis Shiner

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award

1993

Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell 1961-1991

Ramsey Campbell

Horror · Bram Stoker Award · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1993

The Sons of Noah and Other Stories

Jack Cady

Fantasy · Horror · Magical Realism · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1992

Best New Horror #1

Best New Horror

Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Jones

Horror · Anthology · British Fantasy Award · World Fantasy Award

1990

The Start of the End of It All and Other Stories

Carol Emshwiller

Science Fiction · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1990

Only Begotten Daughter

James Morrow

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award

1990

The Ends of the Earth

Lucius Shepard

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

1990