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A list of fantasy references along with their availability on the Internet Archive's Open Library, the Wikipedia Library and other sources. (Note: Wikipedia Library links below are freely accessible; no publisher-specific approval needed). Some sources may also be available through Z-library.

For Tolkien-specific sources, see Tolkien research § Bibliography. A similar list for science fiction is at WP:SFREFS.

Encyclopedias and companions

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Year Work Availability
1997 The Encyclopedia of Fantasy by John Clute and John Grant Officially available online: https://sf-encyclopedia.com/fe/
1998 The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy: The Definitive Illustrated Guide by David Pringle Available at the Internet Archive
2005 The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Gary Westfahl Available: vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3 at the Internet Archive
2006 Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction by Don D'Ammassa Available at the Internet Archive
2012 The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn Available at the Wikipedia Library
2018 The Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds by Mark J. P. Wolf Preview at Google Books

Histories

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Year Work Availability
1980 The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature: From Irving to Le Guin by Brian Attebery Available at the Internet Archive
1988 Worlds Within: Children's Fantasy from the Middle Ages to Today by Sheila A. Egoff Available at the Internet Archive
1999 The Fantasy Literature of England by Colin Manlove Available at the Wikipedia Library
1999 Fantasy and Horror: A Critical and Historical Guide to Literature,
Illustration, Film, TV, Radio, and the Internet
by Neil Barron
Available at the Internet Archive
2012 A Short History of Fantasy by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn Snippet view at Google Books
2015 The Evolution of Modern Fantasy: From Antiquarianism to the
Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series
by Jamie Williamson
Available at the Wikipedia Library
2016 Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction by Michael Levy and Farah Mendlesohn Available at the Wikipedia Library

General references

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Year Work Availability
1975 Modern Fantasy: Five Studies by Colin Manlove Available at the Internet Archive
1976 The Fantastic in Literature by Eric S. Rabkin Available at the Internet Archive
1979 Victorian Fantasy by Stephen Prickett Preview at Google Books
1979 The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin Preview at Google Books
1983 The Impulse of Fantasy Literature by Colin Manlove Available on the Wikipedia Library
1983 Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature, volumes 1–5 by Frank N. Magill Vol. 1 available at the Internet Archive
Snippet views of vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4, vol. 5 at Google Books
1987 Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy by Michael Moorcock Find in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
1991 The Victorian Fantasists by Kath Filmer Available on the Wikipedia Library
1992 Twentieth-Century Fantasists by Kath Filmer Available on the Wikipedia Library
1992 Strategies of Fantasy by Brian Attebery Snippet view at Google Books
1997 Fantasy: The Liberation of Imagination by Richard Mathews Available at the Internet Archive
2002 Classics of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature by Fiona Kelleghan
(prior editions titled Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
Available at the Internet Archive
2003 Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults by Pamela Gates, Susan Steffel, Francis Molson Available at the Internet Archive
2006 Four British Fantasists: Place and Culture in the Children's Fantasies of
Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper
by Charles Butler
Available at the Internet Archive
2008 Rhetorics of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn Available on the Wikipedia Library
2009 The A to Z of Fantasy Literature by Brian Stableford Preview at Google Books
2011 Evaporating Genres: Essays on Fantastic Literature by Gary K. Wolfe Available on the Wikipedia Library
2013 Stories about Stories: Fantasy and the Remaking of Myth by Brian Attebery Preview at Google Books
2019 The Canons of Fantasy: Lands of High Adventure by Patrick Moran Available at the Wikipedia Library

Themes

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Year Work Availability
1990 Uranian Worlds: A Guide to Alternative Sexuality in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror by Eric Garber Available at the Internet Archive
2013 Here be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings by Stefan Ekman Available on The Wikipedia Library
2016 Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Popular Fantasy by Jude Roberts and Esther MacCallum-Stewart Preview at Google Books
2016 Race and Popular Fantasy Literature: Habits of Whiteness by Helen Young Preview at Google Books
2019 The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas Available on The Wikipedia Library

Bibliographies

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  • Galactic Central is a reliable source for bibliographic data and includes the Contento indexes.
  • The ISFDB is not a reliable source to cite in FAs, per some FAC review discussions, though it's a great place to find information that can be verified elsewhere.