The 6 Best Fantasy Books Released Since 2020, Ranked

The COVID-19 pandemic was but one of the reasons why the 2020s have been absolutely transformative for not just speculative fiction, but literature as a whole—fantasy literature being no exception. From the boom in popularity of the cozy fantasy subgenre, the rise of romantasy through its popularity on social media, a push for more diverse voices and international mythologies, and a dramatic surge in sales, fantasy literature has seen several key evolutions over the course of the 2020s so far. As a natural result of those transformations have come several exceptional books that, a few decades from now, will likely be counted among the greatest works of fantasy from the first half of the 21st century.