Best Fantasy Books of 1984

Below you will find a list of the fantasy books published in 1984 that we enjoyed most. Click on a book title to read the full review.

Legend by David Gemmell (The Drenai Novels: Book 1)

David Gemmell is unquestionably one of my favourite fantasy authors. For the past 30 years his books have been read and re-read and I am still not weary of them, and I hope that will alwa...

Published: 1984

Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (Ryhope Wood: Book 1)

Deep within the wildwood lies a place of myth and mystery, from which few return, and none remain unchanged. Ryhope Wood may look like a three-mile-square fenced-in wood in rural Herefordshire on t...

Published: 1984

Dragonlance by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (Dragonlance)

Lifelong friends, they went their separate ways. Now they are together again, though each holds secrets from the others in his heart. They speak of a world shadowed with rumors of war. They speak o...

Published: 1984

Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter

This is a book written about the cusp of the 20th century, where so many things were promised and hoped for and so many changes happened. This story focuses on two people, bound together because of...

Published: 1984

The Black Company by Glen Cook (Chronicles of the Black Company: Books of the North, Book 1)

The Black Company by Glen Cook is the first book of the nine that make up The Black Company series. First published in 1984 this book was responsible for taking the fantasy genre and turning it on ...

Published: 1984

Shadows Linger by Glen Cook (Chronicles of the Black Company: Books of the North, Book 2)

When you read a second book of a series, it’s really the do-or-die book. It’ll either be great, draw you in and promise you that they’ll all be of a similar quality or higher, or ...

Published: 1984

The Talisman by Stephen King (Talisman: Book 2)

Twelve-year-old Jack spends his days alone in a deserted coastal town, his father gone, his mother dying. Then he meets a stranger - and embarks on a terrifying journey. For Jack must find the Tali...

Published: 1984