Including The Devils
Best Fantasy Books of 2016
Below you will find a list of the fantasy books published in 2016 that we enjoyed most. Click on a book title to read the full review.
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2. Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
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3. Touch of Iron by Timandra Whitecastle
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4. The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence
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5. The Silent Army by James A Moore
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6. Wrath by John Gwynne
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7. The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
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8. Hope and Red by Jon Skovron
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9. Aftermath by Tim Marquitz
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10. Fellside by MR Carey
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11. The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud
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12. The Obelisk Gate by NK Jemisin
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13. Roses and Rot by Kat Howard
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14. Down Station by Simon Morden
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15. Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
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16. Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
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17. Downfall of the Gods by KJ Parker
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18. The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North

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19. A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab
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20. Stiletto by Daniel OMalley
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21. This Savage Song by VE Schwab
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22. Burned by Benedict Jacka
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23. The Watcher of Dead Time by Edward Cox
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24. The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun by JRR Tolkien
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25. The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman
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26. The Guns of Empire by Django Wexler
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27. With Blood Upon the Sand by Bradley Beaulieu
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28. A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
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29. The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

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30. Time: The Immortal Divide by KS Turner
Best Fantasy of 2025
Best Fantasy of 2023
Including Hell Bent
Best Fantasy of 2022
Including Babel, Fairy Tale
Best Fantasy of 2021
Including She Who Became the Sun, The God is Not Willing, A Marvellous Light and The Shadow of the Gods
Best Fantasy of 2020
Including The Unspoken Name, Age of Empyre, The Once and Future Witches and The Trouble with Peace
Best Fantasy of 2019
Including A Brightness Long Ago, The Raven Tower, The 10,000 Doors of January and Beneath the Twisted Trees
Best Fantasy of 2018
Including Circe, The Ember Blade, The Fall of Gondolin and The Poppy War
Best Fantasy of 2017
Including The Fall of Arthur, The Stone Sky, Godsgrave and Tarnished City
Best Fantasy of 2016
Including All the Birds in the Sky, Nevernight, Wrath and Fellside
Best Fantasy of 2015
Including The Hollow Boy, Ancillary Mercy, Half the World and Ruin
Best Fantasy of 2014
Including The Slow Regard of Silent Things, Fool's Assassin, Words of Radiance and The Oversight
Best Fantasy of 2013
Including Emperor of Thorns, The Shining Girls, The Republic of Thieves and The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Best Fantasy of 2012
Including Some Kind of Fairy Tale, King of Thorns, The Wind Through the Keyhole and The Killing Moon