Fantasy Masterworks
Fantasy Masterworks is a series of British paperbacks intended to comprise "some of the greatest, most original, and most influential fantasy ever written", and claimed by its publisher Millennium to be "the books which, along with Tolkien, Peake and others, shaped modern fantasy."
It has a companion series in the SF Masterworks line. A separate Future Classics line has also started featuring eight science fiction novels from the last few decades.
The books were numbered only through No. 50; in the 2013 reboot of the series, the books are unnumbered, have a uniform look, and feature introductions by well-known writers and critics.
Numbered paperback series (2000-2007)
Number | Title | Author | Originally Published | ISBN | Masterworks Published |
1 | The Book of the New Sun, Volume 1: Shadow and Claw | Gene Wolfe | 1983 | 2000 | |
2 | Time and the Gods | Lord Dunsany | 1905–1916 | 2000 | |
3 | The Worm Ouroboros | E.R. Eddison | 1922 | 2000 | |
4 | Tales of the Dying Earth | Jack Vance | 1950–1984 | 2000 | |
5 | Little, Big | John Crowley | 1981 | 2000 | |
6 | The Chronicles of Amber | Roger Zelazny | 1970–1978 | 2000 | |
7 | Viriconium | M. John Harrison | 1971–1985 | 2000 | |
8 | The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle | Robert E. Howard | 1933-2000 | 2000 | |
9 | The Land of Laughs | Jonathan Carroll | 1980 | 2000 | |
10 | The Compleat Enchanter: The Magical Misadventures of Harold Shea | L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt | 1940–1954 | 2000 | |
11 | Lud-in-the-Mist | Hope Mirrlees | 1926 | 2000 | |
12 | The Book of the New Sun, Volume 2: Sword and Citadel | Gene Wolfe | 1982 & 1983 | 2000 | |
13 | Fevre Dream | George R. R. Martin | 1982 | 2001 | |
14 | Beauty | Sheri S. Tepper | 1991 | 2001 | |
15 | The King of Elfland's Daughter | Lord Dunsany | 1924 | 2001 | |
16 | The Conan Chronicles Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon | Robert E. Howard | 1932-2001 | 2001 | |
17 | Elric | Michael Moorcock | 1961–1965 | 2001 | |
18 | The First Book of Lankhmar | Fritz Leiber | 1968–1970 | 2001 | |
19 | The Riddle-Master's Game | Patricia A. McKillip | 1976–1979 | 2001 | |
20 | Time and Again | Jack Finney | 1970 | 2001 | |
21 | Mistress of Mistresses | E.R. Eddison | 1935 | 2001 | |
22 | Gloriana | Michael Moorcock | 1978 | 2001 | |
23 | The Well of the Unicorn | Fletcher Pratt | 1948 | 2001 | |
24 | The Second Book of Lankhmar | Fritz Leiber | 1968–1988 | 2001 | |
25 | Voice of Our Shadow | Jonathan Carroll | 1983 | 2002 | |
26 | The Emperor of Dreams | Clark Ashton Smith | 1928-2002 | 2002 | |
27 | Lyonesse I: Suldrun's Garden | Jack Vance | 1983 | 2002 | |
28 | Peace | Gene Wolfe | 1975 | 2002 | |
29 | The Dragon Waiting | John M. Ford | 1983 | 2002 | |
30 | Chronicles of Corum | Michael Moorcock | 1977 | 2002 | |
31 | Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams | C. L. Moore | 1933–1939 | 2002 | |
32 | The Broken Sword | Poul Anderson | 1954 | 2002 | |
33 | The House on the Borderland and Other Novels | William Hope Hodgson | 1946 | 2002 | |
34 | The Drawing of the Dark | Tim Powers | 1979 | 2002 | |
35 | Lyonesse II and III: The Green Pearl and Madouc | Jack Vance | 1985 & 1989 | 2003 | |
36 | The History of the Runestaff | Michael Moorcock | 1979 | 2003 | |
37 | A Voyage to Arcturus | David Lindsay | 1920 | 2003 | |
38 | Darker Than You Think | Jack Williamson | 1948 | 2003 | |
39 | The Mabinogion | Evangeline Walton | 1936-2002 | 2003 | |
40 | Three Hearts & Three Lions | Poul Anderson | 1961 | 2003 | |
41 | Grendel | John Gardner | 1971 | 2004 | |
42 | The Iron Dragon's Daughter | Michael Swanwick | 1993 | 2004 | |
43 | Was | Geoff Ryman | 1992 | 2005 | |
44 | Song of Kali | Dan Simmons | 1985 | 2005 | |
45 | Replay | Ken Grimwood | 1986 | 2005 | |
46 | Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories | Leigh Brackett | 1942-2005 | 2005 | |
47 | The Anubis Gates | Tim Powers | 1983 | 2005 | |
48 | The Forgotten Beasts of Eld | Patricia A. McKillip | 1974 | 2005 | |
49 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Ray Bradbury | 1962 | 2006 | |
50 | The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales | Rudyard Kipling | 1884-2007 | 2007 |
New design
Title | Author | Originally Published | ISBN | Masterworks Published |
Aegypt | John Crowley | 1987 | 2013 | |
The Dragon Griaule | Lucius Shepard | 2013 | 2013 | |
Last Call | Tim Powers | 1992 | 2013 | |
The Falling Woman | Pat Murphy | 1986 | 2013 | |
The Phoenix and the Mirror | Avram Davidson | 1969 | 2013 | |
Lord Darcy | Randall Garrett | 1964–1979 | 2014 | |
Votan and Other Novels | John James | 1966–1969 | 2014 | |
The Broken Sword * | Poul Anderson | 1954 | 2014 | |
Ombria in Shadow | Patricia A. McKillip | 2002 | 2014 | |
Beauty * | Sheri S. Tepper | 1991 | 2014 | |
Mythago Wood | Robert Holdstock | 1984 | 2014 | |
Little, Big * | John Crowley | 1981 | 2015 | |
The Book of the New Sun, Volume 1: Shadow and Claw * | Gene Wolfe | 1983 | 2015 | |
Expiration Date | Tim Powers | 1996 | 2015 | |
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld * | Patricia A. McKillip | 1974 | 2015 | |
Lavondyss | Robert Holdstock | 1988 | 2015 | |
Earthquake Weather | Tim Powers | 1997 | 2015 | |
Thomas the Rhymer | Ellen Kushner | 1990 | 2015 | |
The Anvil of Ice | Michael Scott Rohan | 1986 | 2015 | |
Elleander Morning | Jerry Yulsman | 1984 | 2015 | |
The Circus of Dr. Lao | Charles G. Finney | 1935 | 2016 |