How many of these ‘Fantasy Masterworks’ have you had the chance to read?

Back on Jan. 7, I posted a best-of book list called “SF Masterworks,” and I recently learned of a companion series called “Fantasy Masterworks.”

“Fantasy Masterworks” and “SF Masterworks” are both published by Orion Publishing Group, and the “Fantasy Masterworks” is published under Orion’s Millenium and Gollancz imprints.

Books that made the list included the following titles:

1. The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers (1983)
2. Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper (1991)
3. Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams by C.L. Moore (2003)
4. The Book of the New Sun, Vol. 1: Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolfe (1980)
5. The Book of the New Sun, Vol. 2: Sword and Citadel by Gene Wolfe (2000)

6. The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson (1954)
7. The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny (2000)
8. The Chronicle of Corum: The Prince in the Scarlet Robe by Michael Moorcock (2002)
9. The Compleat Enchanter: The Magical Misadventures of Harold Shea by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt (1975)
10. The Conan Chronicles, Vol. 1: The People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard (2000)

11. The Conan Chronicles, Vol. 2: The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard (2000)
12. Darker Than You Think by Jack Williamson (1948)
13. The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford (1983)
14. The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers (1979)
15. Elric by Michael Moorcock (2001)

16. The Emperor of Dreams by Clark Ashton Smith (1978)
17. Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin (1982)
18. The First Book of Lankhmar by Fritz Lieber (2001)
19. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip (1974)
20. Gloriana or the Unfulfill’d Queen by Michael Moorcock (1978)

21. Grendel by John Gardner (1971)
22. The History of the Runestaff by Michael Moorcock (2003)
23. The House on the Borderland and Other Novels by William Hope Hodgson (1946)
24. The Iron Dragon’s Daughter by Michael Swanwick (1994)
25. The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany (1924)

26. The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll (1980)
27. Little, Big by John Crowley (1981)
28. Lud-In-The-Mist by Hope Mirrlees (1926)
29. Lyonesse I: Suldrun’s Garden by Jack Vance (1983)
30. Lyonesse II and III: The Green Pearl and Madouc by Jack Vance (2003)

31. The Mabinogion by Evangeline Walton (2003)
32. The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales by Rudyard Kipling (2007)
33. Mistress of Mistresses by E.R. Eddison (1935)
34. Peace by Gene Wolfe (1975)
35. Replay by Ken Grimwood (1987)

36. The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip (1976)
37. Sea Kings of Mars and Other Worldly Stories by Leigh Brackett (2005)
38. The Second Book of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber (2001)
39. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (1962)
40. Song of Kali by Dan Simmons (1985)

41. Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance (2000)
42. Three Hearts & Three Lions by Poul Anderson (1961)
43. Time and Again by Jack Finney (1970)
44. Time and the Gods by Lord Dunsany (1906)
45. Viriconium by M. John Harrison (2005)

46. Voice of Our Shadow by Jonathan Carroll (1983)
47. A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay (1920)
48. WAS by Geoff Ryman (1992)
49. The Well of the Unicorn by Fletcher Pratt (1948)
50. The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison (1922)

In the end, how may of these books have you had the chance to read? Which did you like or dislike? Which would you recommend and why? Let us know in the comments section below.