Historical Fantasy Books of the 2020s
The 60 most-read historical fantasy books first published between 2020 and 2029, led by Babel (2022), Kingdom of the Wicked (2020) and Lapvona (2022).
This list collects 60 books from the 2020s by 51 authors, published between 2020 and 2026. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
Babel
R. F. Kuang, Michel Pagel
Kingdom of the Wicked
Kerri Maniscalco
Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh
These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong
The Lost Metal
Brandon Sanderson
Belladonna
Adalyn Grace
The Burning God
R. F. Kuang
Ring Shout
P. Djèlí Clark
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Diana Gabaldon
The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow
A Marvellous Light
Freya Marske
Magic Lessons
Alice Hoffman
The Stardust Thief
Chelsea Abdullah
A Restless Truth
Freya Marske
Hungerstone
Kat Dunn
The Silvered Serpents
Roshani Chokshi
The Nature of Middle-Earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Kate Rudd
The Midnight Bargain
C. L. Polk
God of Endings
Jacqueline Holland
Far Wilder Magic
Allison Saft
The Court of Miracles
Kester Grant
Down Comes the Night
Allison Saft
Trouble the Saints
Alaya Dawn Johnson
Looking Glass
Christina Henry
The Swallowed Man
Edward Carey
Shakespeare for Squirrels
Christopher Moore
Light Changes Everything
Nancy E. Turner
Driftwood
Marie Brennan
The Factory Witches of Lowell
C. S. Malerich
The Ashfire King
Chelsea Abdullah
Snake Lies Waiting
Jin Yong, Anna Holmwood
The Glass Magician
Caroline Stevermer
Eventide
Sarah Goodman
A Golden Fury
Samantha Cohoe
Portal to Nova Roma
J. R. Matthews
Blitz
Daniel O'Malley
Stranger in the Citadel
Tobias Buckell
Southern Sun, Northern Star
Joanna Hathaway
Robot Artists & Black Swans
Bruce Sterling, Neal Stephenson
When They Burned the Butterfly
Wen-yi Lee
The Immortal Conquistador
Carrie Vaughn
The Potent Solution
Ashley Nova
The Fourth Island
Sarah Tolmie
Kingdom of the Wicked Boxed Set
Kerri Maniscalco
The Girl with a Thousand Faces
Sunyi Dean
The Empress
Robert Reid
Queen of Archers
Ruslana Pidsadiuk
The King's Path
Ruslana Pidsadiuk
Legacy of the Northern Sea
Ruslana Pidsadiuk
New Land
Ruslana Pidsadiuk
Firestarter
Tara Sim
Salamis
Harry Turtledove
The Wisdom of Blood
A. G. Howard
Golden Swan
Nancy Springer
The Gathering
Gabriel Garcia
Daughters of the Wind
Sheila Williams
Babel Collector's Edition : Or the Necessity of Violence
R. F. Kuang, Nico Delort
A colpi di Cannonau
Titania Blesh
The Age of Names
LC Vale