Whose Top 100 Fantasy Books List Is This?

I recently discovered a rather interesting list: the top 100 fantasy novels of all time (although several of these are not just books, but entire series.) While it is a nice collection, no, a good collection of novels, I am left in shock by some of the rankings.

Seemingly put together by a site called Austarnet, the list starts off strong, with Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Okay, I agree. This is the series that helped to bring fantasy mainstream (a feat perfected and completed by Terry Brooks.) Next on the list? JK Rowling's Harry Potter series. Okay, I could have accepted that had #3 not been The Hobbit!

Are you trying to tell me that Hogwarts is a better, greater invention than Middle Earth? Not to knock Harry, but The Hobbit is greater by leaps and bounds!

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series, George R R Martin's A Song of Ice & Fire, C S Lewis' The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, David Eddings' The Belgariad Series, Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule, Raymond E Feist's Magician and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy round out the top 10.

The great Terry Brooks doesn't show up until the 11th spot!

As good as Martin, Lewis, Goodkind and Jordan are, don't you think the man who had the first work of fiction to appear on the New York times bestseller list be a little bit higher? Brooks made it possible for all the others, save for Tolkien, to have their works published to such a huge response. I think Brooks should have been #2.

Read the whole list for yourself right here.