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Top authors writing 20th century fantasy
Allie Therin
55 ratings 4.24 ·
magic · audiobook · supernatural · romance · mystery · lgbtq · fiction · fantasy · adult · book · suspense · mlm · urban-fantasy · paranormal · action-adventure · historical-fiction · historical · psychics · 20th-century · age-gap
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Barry Hughart
69 ratings 4.22 ·
alternate-history · retellings · male-author · historical · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · magic · fantasy · adult · crime · epic · humor · comedy · mystery · ancient-civilization · fiction · fairy-tale · ancient-china · myths · 20th-century
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Michael Ende
148 ratings 4.21 ·
fantasy · fiction · book · 20th-century · young-adult · audiobook · middle-grade · children · classics · literary · male-author · children-books · action-adventure · historical · magic · dragons · contemporary · paranormal · friendship · magical-realism
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Silvina Ocampo
46 ratings 4.09 ·
adult · literary-fiction · fiction · 20th-century · magical-realism · fantasy · historical · anthologies · female-author · low-fantasy · poc-mc · horror · classics · literary · gothic · supernatural · lgbtq · latinx-mc · hispanic · ghosts
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Celia Lake
13 ratings 4.08 ·
adult · romance · fiction · book · fantasy · historical · historical-fiction · 20th-century · mystery · paranormal · alternate-history · cozy · witches-wizards · female-mc · magic · fantasy-of-manners · friends-to-lovers · female-author · magical-realism · lgbtq
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Otfried Preußler
79 ratings 4.06 ·
literary · young-adult · classics · children · middle-grade · book · fantasy · fiction · audiobook · magic · action-adventure · 20th-century · children-books · historical · male-author · paranormal · myths · retellings · law-enforcement · urban-fantasy
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Juan Rulfo
69 ratings 4.06 ·
magical-realism · fiction · adult · literary-fiction · classics · literary · 20th-century · university · fantasy · drama · historical-fiction · hispanic · contemporary · book · supernatural · low-fantasy · latinx-mc · mystery · ghosts · journey
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Helen Maryles Shankman
19 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · fantasy · adult · war · 20th-century · book · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · horror · ww2 · historical · 21st-century · literary · classics · urban · vampires · paranormal · romance · anthologies · literary-fiction
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Edward Eager
133 ratings 4.04 ·
20th-century · book · children · middle-grade · action-adventure · literary · young-adult · classics · magic · historical · children-books · fiction · fantasy · time-travel · urban-fantasy · humor · low-fantasy · magical-realism · family · season-summer
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Milorad Pavić
57 ratings 4.04 ·
postmodernism · fantasy · classics · literary · magical-realism · fiction · adult · literary-fiction · book · 20th-century · historical-fiction · historical · action-adventure · journey · contemporary · myths · philosophy · religion · anthologies · ww2
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Emily Bain Murphy
29 ratings 4.03 ·
historical · historical-fiction · fantasy · romance · mystery · fiction · book · young-adult · audiobook · friendship · law-enforcement · magic · magical-realism · 20th-century · paranormal · action-adventure · family · sword-sorcery · high-school · secrets
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Leo Perutz
44 ratings 4.00 ·
20th-century · book · adult · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · classics · literary · fantasy · literary-fiction · mystery · war · crime · magical-realism · horror · violent-conflict · early-modern · industrial-era · prison · suspense
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
gothic · fantasy · mystery · historical · magical-realism · fiction · historical-fiction · action-adventure · suspense · drama · horror · audiobook · literary-fiction · book · 20th-century · dark · young-adult · crime · urban-fantasy · supernatural
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Janie Chang
55 ratings 3.96 ·
historical-fiction · book · fiction · historical · 20th-century · adult · audiobook · poc-author · family · action-adventure · paranormal · literary-fiction · fantasy · journey · war · female-author · supernatural · magical-realism · poc-mc · death
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Eva Ibbotson
375 ratings 3.91 ·
fiction · book · young-adult · middle-grade · children · action-adventure · audiobook · humor · 20th-century · fantasy · classics · literary · children-books · paranormal · female-author · magic · historical · friendship · supernatural · family
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Constance Sayers
37 ratings 3.89 ·
mystery · fiction · supernatural · magical-realism · fantasy · historical-fiction · horror · historical · paranormal · book · female-mc · witches-wizards · romance · adult · female-author · magic · dark · audiobook · urban-fantasy · 20th-century
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Jean Anouilh
42 ratings 3.83 ·
20th-century · myths · fiction · ancient-civilization · classics · drama · book · tragedy · retellings · historical · family · literary · fantasy · literary-fiction · adult · university · death · sad · historical-fiction · violent-conflict
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Katherine Dunn
65 ratings 3.81 ·
fiction · horror · paranormal · coming-of-age · 20th-century · contemporary · fantasy · literary-fiction · female-author · literary · young-adult · classics · anthologies · book · adult · spooky · humor · magical-realism · mystery · supernatural
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Jean Giraudoux
30 ratings 3.80 ·
book · 20th-century · adult · drama · fantasy · classics · literary · fiction · historical · myths · high-school · retellings · historical-fiction · tragedy · contemporary · violent-conflict · university · war · literary-fiction · romance
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Christine Nöstlinger
25 ratings 3.80 ·
20th-century · book · children · young-adult · children-books · fiction · fantasy · contemporary · historical · audiobook · action-adventure · classics · humor · literary · literary-fiction · university · female-author
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Edith Nesbit
35 ratings 3.80 ·
literary · classics · fiction · fantasy · 20th-century · female-author · myths · anthologies · paranormal · industrial-era · historical-fiction · horror · historical · retellings · spooky · supernatural · gothic · adult · ghosts · victorian
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Jostein Gaarder
297 ratings 3.77 ·
fiction · philosophy · book · contemporary · young-adult · magical-realism · fantasy · 20th-century · children · spirituality · philosophical · literary · classics · literary-fiction · mystery · religion · audiobook · action-adventure · psychological · male-author
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Cat Winters
108 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · magical-realism · historical-fiction · young-adult · paranormal · mystery · supernatural · gothic · fantasy · horror · historical · book · female-author · 20th-century · audiobook · family · drama · ghosts · spooky · dark
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Lyman Frank Baum
44 ratings 3.73 ·
book · retellings · children · fairy-tale · children-books · literary · fiction · classics · young-adult · fantasy · 20th-century · magic · historical · audiobook · middle-grade · action-adventure · high-fantasy · literary-fiction · portal-travel · male-author
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Janet Fox
43 ratings 3.63 ·
mystery · fiction · historical-fiction · historical · book · young-adult · action-adventure · romance · fantasy · friendship · 20th-century · children · children-books · war · espionage · violent-conflict · ww2 · audiobook · christian · political-intrigue
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Teri Brown
54 ratings 3.61 ·
young-adult · fiction · romance · book · historical · historical-fiction · mystery · action-adventure · magic · ghosts · crime · psychics · supernatural · fantasy · suspense · 20th-century · paranormal · urban-fantasy · love-triangle · friendship
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Hester Fox
56 ratings 3.59 ·
historical · historical-fiction · horror · ghosts · gothic · supernatural · fiction · mystery · book · paranormal · audiobook · victorian · fantasy · witches-wizards · spooky · adult · 20th-century · industrial-era · drama · magical-realism
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Anna Bentinck
42 ratings 3.57 ·
book · fiction · supernatural · paranormal · suspense · 20th-century · drama · adult · gothic · fantasy · ghosts · psychological · romance · historical · audiobook · magic · historical-fiction · steamy · technothriller · angels
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