#1:    A Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire) (George R.R. Martin)
#2:    Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen) (Steven Erikson)
#3:    The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles) (Patrick Rothfuss)
#4:    Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
#5:    Titus Groan (Gormenghast) (Marvin Peake)
#6:    The Lies of Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch)
#7:    The Final Empire (Mistborn) (Brandon Sanderson)
#8:    Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy) (Robin Hobb)
#9:    The Warded Man (Demon Trilogy) (Peter V. Brett)
#10:  Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time) (Robert Jordan)
#11:  Black Sun Rising (Coldfire Trilogy) (C.S. Friedman)
#12:  The Blade Itself (First Law) (Joe Abercrombie)
#13:  The Magicians (Less Grossman)
#14:  A Cavern of Black Ice (Sword of Shadows) (J. V. Jones)
#15:  Acacia: The War With Mein (Acacia) (David Anthony Durham)
#16:  Elric of Melinbone (Michael Moorcock)
#17:  The Darkness That Comes Before (R. Scott Bakker)
#18:  Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
#19:  Lord Foul's Bane (First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) (Stephen Donaldson)
#20:  American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
#21:  Abhorsen Trilogy (Garth Nix)
#22:  The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn) (Tad Williams)
#23:  The Way of Shadows (Night Angel Trilogy) (Brent Weeks)
#24:  Magician (Raymond Feist)
#25:  The Dresden Files (Jim Butcher)