Seeing that Lord of the Rings and other favorites were not listed on the earlier posting, it was fairly obvious that a separate listing of my favorite stand alone novels was also required. Sure, I'd love to plan out an intricately scored and ranked list combining series and stand alones to determine my overall favorites, but that is just too complicated for me to pull off. If this blog gets any momentum, maybe I'll consider it at a future time. For now, here is the latest:
25 Favorite Standalone Fantasy Novels
1 The Anubis Gates – Tim Powers
2 Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
3 The Last Coin – James Blaylock
4 American Gods – Neil Gaiman
5 The Terror – Dan Simmons
6 The Drawing of the Dark – Tim Powers
7 Fevre Dream – George R R Martin
8 A Boy’s Life – Robert McCammon
9 The Stand – Stephen King
10 Lions of Al-Rassan – Guy Gavriel Kay
11 Morningstar – David Gemmell
12 The Paper Grail – James Blaylock
13 The Little Country – Charles DeLint
14 Jonathon Strange & Mr. Norrell – Susanna Clarke
15 The Once & Future King – T.H. White
16 Tigana – Guy Gavriel Kay
17 Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert Heinlein
18 The Wooden Sea – Jonathan Carroll
19 Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman
20 Faerie Tale – Raymond Feist
21 A Winter’s Tale – Mark Helprin
22 Imajica – Clive Barker
23 Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson
24 The Last Unicorn – Peter Beagle
25 Ysabel – Guy Gavriel Kay
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Wow, you list Boy's Life, one of my all-time favorite books, which doesn't get nearly enough recognition. Good call!
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