11. Lud-in-the-Mist - Hope Mirrlees

The town of Lud is a prosperous, bustling little country port, situated at the confluence of two rivers: the Dawl and the Dapple. The latter, which has its source in the land of Faerie beyond the Elfin Marches and the Debatable Hills, is a source of great trial to Lud, which had long rejected such fanciful nonsense as fairies, elves and the like. Then a perfect plague of faerie influences hits the town, penetrating even to Miss Primrose Crabapple's Establishment for Young Ladies, and it becomes apparent to even the stuffiest burgher that Steps Would Have To Be Taken. Fortunately for everyone, Master Nathaniel Chanticleer, Mayor of Lud, is a man with his head firmly in the clouds...

12. The Book of the New Sun: Volume 2: Sword and Citadel - Gene Wolfe

Contains the last two volumes of Gene Wolfe's 'The Book of the New Sun' - 'The Sword of the Lictor' and 'The Citadel of the Autarch'.

Recently voted the greatest fantasy of all time, after 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit', Gene Wolfe's 'The Book of the New Sun' is an extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, on an Earth transformed in mysterious and wondrous ways, in a time when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, the central character, is a torturer, exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his victims, and journeying to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est.

13. Fevre Dream - George R. R. Martin

Abner Marsh has had his wish come true - he has built the "Fevre Dream", the finest steamship to sail the Mississippi. Abner hopes to race the boat some day, but his partner is making it hard for him to realise his dreams. Joshua York put up the money for the ship, but now rumours have started about the company he keeps, his odd eating habits and strange hours. As the "Dream" sails the great river, it leaves in its wake one too many dark tales, forcing Abner to face down the man who made his dreams become reality.

14. Beauty - Sheri S. Tepper

On her 16th birthday the princess Beauty sidesteps the sleeping curse placed upon her by her wicked aunt, the fairy Carabosse - only to be kidnapped by visitors from another time and place, far from the picturesque castle in 14th century England. She is taken to the world of the future, a savage society where, even amongst the teeming billions, she is utterly alone. As she travels magically to places both imaginary and real, Beauty eventually comes to understand her special place in humanity's destiny.

15. The King of Elfland's Daughter - Lord Dunsany

When the men of Erl asked that they be ruled by a magic lord, their lord bowed to their wishes and sent his eldest son, Alveric, beyond the fields we know, to the land of faery to win the hand of Lirazel, the King of Elfland's sweet and beautiful daughter. But marriage between a mortal and an elf princess can only end in heartbreak, and the land of Erl discovers that the imposition of magic rule is, at best, a mixed blessing. Enchantingly written and completely captivating, 'The King of Elfland's Daughter' is a moving and brilliant masterpiece. Originally published in 1924, this edition comes with an introduction by Neil Gaiman.

16. The Conan Chronicles: Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon - Robert E. Howard

Conan the Cimmerian: he rose from boy-thief and mercenary to become king of Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian Age. Collected together for the first time anywhere in the world, in chronological order, are all Robert E. Howard's definitive stories of Conan, exactly as he wrote them, as fresh, atmospheric and vibrant today as when they were first published in the pulp magazines such as 'Weird Tales' more than sixty years ago.

17. Elric - Michael Moorcock

Elric of Melnibone is the haunted, treacherous and doomed albino sorceror-prince. An introspective weakling in thrall to his black-bladed, soul-eating sword, Stormbringer, he is yet a hero whose bloody adventures and wanderings through brooding, desolate lands leads inexorably to his decisive intervention in the war between the forces of Law and Chaos.

This volume brings together 'The Stealer of Souls' and 'Stormbringer', the first two published books of Elric's adventures, and confirms Michael Moorcock's place as one of the most important fantasy writers of our time.

18. The First Book of Lankhmar - Fritz Leiber

From the moment when they first met, in the commission of the same, audacious theft, Fafhrd, the giant barbarian warrior from the Cold Waste, and the Gray Mouser, master thief, novice wizard and expert swordsman, felt no ordinary affinity. Forged over the gleam of sharpened steel as, back to back, they faced their foes, theirs was a friendship that would take them from adventure to misadventure across all of Nehwon, from the caves of the inner earth to the waves of the outer sea. But it was in the dark alleys and noisome back streets of the great fog-shrouded city of Lankhmar that they became legends.

The First Book of Lankhmar includes the first four volumes of the hugely enjoyable Swords series - both volumes of the 'Tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser', 'Lean Times in Lankhmar' and 'Ill Met in Lankhmar'.

19. The Riddle-Master of Hed - Patricia McKillip

Morgon, Prince of Hed, wants only to rule and work the land of his birth as best he can, but he is faced by a very different challenge from that of his ancestors. The stars have marked him out and he must wander strange, foreign lands full of untamed magic, and confront riddling wraiths and mysterious harpists at the behest of the all-knowing High One. But his is a perilous quest, involving grave danger, to himself, his promised bride, his land and his people.

This volume contains 'The Riddle-Master of Hed', 'Heir of Sea' and 'Fire and Harpist in the Wind', the complete Riddle-Master trilogy, which is among the most respected and popular fantasies of recent years.

20. Time and Again - Jack Finney

Si Morley is bored with his job as a commercial illustrator and his social life doesn't seem to be going anywhere. So, when he is approached by an affable ex-football star and told that he is just what the government is looking for to take part in a top-secret programme, he doesn't hesitate for too long. And so one day Si steps out of his twentiety-century, New York apartment and finds himself back in January 1882. There are no cars, no planes, no computers, no television and the word 'nuclear' appears in no dictionaries. For Si, it's very like Eden, somewhere he could find happiness. But has he really been back in time? The portfolio of tintype photographs and sketches that he brings back convince the government. But all Si wants is to return...