Imaginative fiction ….. 60 recommended works

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My list of recommended works of imaginative fiction resumes here with a reprise of 60 of the very best IF books ever published. Click the links see earlier posts for further details of the individual works listed.

FrankensteinMary Wollstonecraft Shelley1818
Alice in WonderlandLewis Carroll1865
The Captain of the Pole StarArthur Conan Doyle1883
The War of the WorldsH G Wells1898
The House of SoulsArthur Machen1906
The Worm OuroborosE R Eddison1922
Winnie the PoohA A Milne1926
Titus GroanMervyn Peake1946
The Lion the Witch and the WardrobeC S Lewis1950
The Go-BetweenL P Hartley1953
Quite Early One MorningDylan Thomas1954
The Fellowship of the RingJ R R Tolkien1954
DuneFrank Herbert1965
The Owl ServiceAlan Garner1967
Neutron StarLarry Niven1968
The Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K Le Guin1969
The French Lieutenant’s WomanJohn Fowles1969
Downward to the EarthRobert Silverberg1970
The Fifth Head of CerberusGene Wolfe1972
The Black PrinceIris Murdoch1973
The Name of the RoseUmberto Eco1980
The Comfort of StrangersIan McEwan1981
Strange LoopAmanda Prantera1984
Mythago WoodRobert Holdstock1984
The Wasp FactoryIain Banks1984
The GlamourChristopher Priest1984
The Handmaid’s TaleMargaret Atwood1985
HawksmoorPeter Ackroyd1985
A Very Peculiar PracticeAndrew Davies1986
The Singing DetectiveDennis Potter1986
A Mirror for PrincesTom De Haan1987
The Remains of the DayKazuo Ishiguro1989
PossessionA S Byatt1990
A Song for ArbonneGuy Gavriel Kay1992
Morality PlayBarry Unsworth1995
Northern LightsPhilip Pullman1995
A Game of ThronesGeorge R R Martin1996
An Instance of the FingerpostIain Pears1997
The High HouseJames Stoddard1998
ChocolatJoanne Harris1999
Ash: A Secret HistoryMary Gentle2000
The Alchemist’s ApprenticeJeremy Dronfield2001
The One KingdomSean Russell2001
The Darkness That Comes BeforeR Scott Bakker2003
The Night Train to LisbonPascal Mercier2004
The Shadow of the WindCarlos Ruiz Zafon2004
The Good PeopleSteve Cockayne2006
BieguniOlga Tokarczuk2007
Feast of Souls Celia Friedman2007
The Name of the WindPatrick Rothfuss2007
The Heir of NightHelen Lowe2010
Blood SongAnthony Ryan2012
Mage’s BloodDavid Hair2012
The LuminariesEleanor Catton2013
RupettaNike Sulway2013
The Lascar’s DaggerGlenda Larke2014
The IslandsWilliam Wall2017
The Water CureSophie Mackintosh2018
Now We Shall Be Entirely FreeAndrew Miller2018
The DollmakerNina Allan2019

Footnote: Further works of imaginative fiction will be recommended in future posts.

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