War in Heaven (1930) by Charles WilliamsĤ1. The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926) by Franz Kafkaģ9. The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924) by Lord Dunsanyģ6.
Lady into Fox (1922) and A Man in the Zoo (1924) by David Garnettģ5. The Haunted Woman (1922) by David Lindsayģ4. A Voyage to Arcturus (1920) by David Lindsayģ2. The Citadel of Fear (1918) by Francis Stevensģ1. Herland (1915) by Charlotte Perkins Gilmanģ0. The Night Land (1912) by William Hope HodgsonĢ9. The Lost World (1912) by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleĢ8. Tarzan of the Apes (1912) by Edgar Rice BurroughsĢ7. A Princess of Mars (1911) by Edgar Rice BurroughsĢ6. The House on the Borderland (1908) by William Hope HodgsonĢ4. The Turn of the Screw (1898) by Henry JamesĢ1. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) by Oscar WildeĢ0. The Story of the Glittering Plain (1891) by William Morrisġ8. The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales (1888) by Richard Garnettġ7. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884) by Edwin A. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871) by Lewis Carrollġ3. Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh (1864) by J. Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Brontëġ1. A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickensĩ. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) by Edgar Allan PoeĨ. Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) by Charles Robert Maturinħ. The Monk (1796) by Matthew Gregory LewisĦ. The Castle of Otranto (1765) by Horace WalpoleĤ.
Gulliver's Travels (1726) by Jonathan SwiftĢ.
The resulting book is now out of print but can currently be found for reasonable prices on Amazon the list itself is discussed more in the text entry by entry, but as I don't have a copy of it at this time, all I have are the names, thus I am unsure as to why certain choices are made. This particular list was going to be composed by noted speculative fiction author Michael Moorcock, but as it became apparent that he would be taking more time with the list than anticipated, he and the publishers agreed to turn the project over to James Cawthorn. It began with science fiction, followed by crime/mystery, horror, and fantasy. I've said before that I make and record various lists, so here's one of them.įrom what I can gather (going from just the Wiki article), back in the late 80's, London publishing company Xanadu commissioned a short series of "100 Best" books compiling chronologically the most outstanding works in a specific genre, at least according to the editors.
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