Ranking Author Charles de Lint’s Best Books (A Bibliography Countdown)
“What are Charles de Lint’s Best Books?” We looked at all of de Lint’s authored bibliography and ranked them against one another to answer that very question!
We took all of the books written by Charles de Lint and looked at their Goodreads, Amazon, and LibraryThing scores, ranking them against one another to see which books came out on top. The books are ranked in our list below based on which titles have the highest overall score between all 3 review sites in comparison with all of the other books by the same author. The process isn’t super scientific and in reality, most books aren’t “better” than other books as much as they are just different. That being said, we do enjoy seeing where our favorites landed, and if you aren’t familiar with the author at all, the rankings can help you see what books might be best to start with.
The full ranking chart is also included below the countdown on the bottom of the page.
Happy Scrolling!
The Top Book’s Of Charles de Lint
120 ) Ghostwood
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 116
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 114
120 ) The Bone Woman
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 116
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 114
120 ) Paperjack
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 116
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 114
120 ) Little (Grrl) Lost
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 116
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 114
120 ) The Dungeon Vol. 5
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 116
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 114
119 ) Heaven Sent

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 115
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 109
118 ) Destination Unknown

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 101
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 109
116 ) Night Screams

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 96
- Amazon: 108
- LibraryThing: 113
116 ) In the Shadow of the Gargoyle

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 113
- Amazon: 96
- LibraryThing: 108
115 ) The Dungeon Vol. 3

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 91
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 114
114 ) Castle Fantastic

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 108
- Amazon: 87
- LibraryThing: 106
113 ) Merlin

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 93
- Amazon: 101
- LibraryThing: 103
112 ) The Valley of Thunder

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 107
- Amazon: 101
- LibraryThing: 88
111 ) A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 93
- Amazon: 96
- LibraryThing: 103
110 ) Love in Vein

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 97
- Amazon: 87
- LibraryThing: 107
107 ) Angel of Darkness
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 98
- Amazon: 107
- LibraryThing: 84
107 ) Tarot Fantastic

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 106
- Amazon: 78
- LibraryThing: 105
107 ) Tombs

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 110
- Amazon: 78
- LibraryThing: 101
106 ) And the Rafters Were Ringing

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 63
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 114
105 ) Space Opera

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 95
- Amazon: 87
- LibraryThing: 102
104 ) I’ll Be Watching You

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 88
- Amazon: 106
- LibraryThing: 88
102 ) Wolf Moon
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 80
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 86
102 ) From a Whisper to a Scream

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 83
- Amazon: 96
- LibraryThing: 97
100 ) Single White Vampire Seeks Same

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 104
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 112
100 ) Timeskip
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 116
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 114
99 ) Journeys to the Twilight Zone

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 102
- Amazon: 94
- LibraryThing: 74
98 ) Visions of Wonder

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 77
- Amazon: 101
- LibraryThing: 87
97 ) The Dungeon 2

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 102
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 47
96 ) Dead End – City Limits

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 100
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 47
95 ) Dingo

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 89
- Amazon: 78
- LibraryThing: 88
94 ) The Wishing Well
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 116
- Amazon: 23
- LibraryThing: 114
93 ) The Merlin Chronicles

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 80
- Amazon: 78
- LibraryThing: 94
92 ) Into the Green

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 71
- Amazon: 96
- LibraryThing: 82
91 ) Trader
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 116
- Amazon: 71
- LibraryThing: 58
90 ) The Harp of the Grey Rose

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 86
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 100
89 ) Eyes Like Leaves

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 87
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 95
88 ) Vampire Slayers

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 112
- Amazon: 101
- LibraryThing: 19
87 ) Westlin Wind
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 116
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 114
86 ) The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 63
- Amazon: 91
- LibraryThing: 76
85 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Sixth Annual Collection

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 61
- Amazon: 91
- LibraryThing: 75
84 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy First Annual Collection

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 48
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 67
83 ) The Mystery of Grace

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 69
- Amazon: 87
- LibraryThing: 68
82 ) Black Cats and Broken Mirrors

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 110
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 109
81 ) The Riddle of the Wren
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 79
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 96
80 ) Children of the Night

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 114
- Amazon: 101
- LibraryThing: 1
79 ) Yarrow

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 73
- Amazon: 71
- LibraryThing: 71
78 ) Mulengro

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 75
- Amazon: 57
- LibraryThing: 81
76 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 48
- Amazon: 109
- LibraryThing: 54
76 ) A Handful of Coppers

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 75
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 92
75 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 59
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 93
74 ) Hedgework and Guessery

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 1
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 98
73 ) Spirits in the Wires

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 61
- Amazon: 78
- LibraryThing: 68
72 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Eleventh Annual Collection

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 56
- Amazon: 78
- LibraryThing: 72
71 ) The Buffalo Man
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 13
- Amazon: 78
- LibraryThing: 114
70 ) Mardi Gras Madness

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 108
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 47
69 ) Peter S Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 71
- Amazon: 94
- LibraryThing: 32
68 ) Dancing with the Dark

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 105
- Amazon: 34
- LibraryThing: 47
67 ) Greenmantle
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 63
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 64
66 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Eighth Annual Collection

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 48
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 76
65 ) Christmas Forever

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 83
- Amazon: 96
- LibraryThing: 1
64 ) The Wild Wood

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 59
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 61
61 ) The Blue Girl

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 70
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 63
61 ) Svaha

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 77
- Amazon: 28
- LibraryThing: 72
61 ) Cafe Purgatorium

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 98
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 78
59 ) The Shimmering Door

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 73
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 98
59 ) Excalibur

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 83
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 88
58 ) Weird Tales from Shakespeare

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 90
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 78
56 ) Drink Down the Moon

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 32
- Amazon: 71
- LibraryThing: 61
56 ) Jack in the Green

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 46
- Amazon: 71
- LibraryThing: 47
55 ) Under My Skin

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 56
- Amazon: 71
- LibraryThing: 34
54 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Thirteenth Annual Collection

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 53
- Amazon: 91
- LibraryThing: 16
53 ) The Hidden City

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 92
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 65
51 ) The Painted Boy

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 56
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 57
51 ) David Copperfield’s Beyond Imagination

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 68
- Amazon: 78
- LibraryThing: 11
50 ) Woods and Waters Wild

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 53
- Amazon: 23
- LibraryThing: 78
49 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 36
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 58
48 ) The Little Country
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 46
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 60
47 ) The Hour Before Dawn

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 30
- Amazon: 34
- LibraryThing: 85
46 ) The Onion Girl

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 31
- Amazon: 71
- LibraryThing: 45
45 ) Yellow Dog

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 29
- Amazon: 34
- LibraryThing: 82
44 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Fifth Annual Collection
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 66
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 14
42 ) Forests of the Heart
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 23
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 56
42 ) Moonheart

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 52
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 41
41 ) Spiritwalk
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 41
- Amazon: 28
- LibraryThing: 66
40 ) Uncle Dobbins Parrot Fair

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 10
- Amazon: 110
- LibraryThing: 13
39 ) The Cats of Tanglewood Forest
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 82
- Amazon: 34
- LibraryThing: 16
38 ) The Armless Maiden

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 36
- Amazon: 77
- LibraryThing: 16
37 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 41
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 27
36 ) Moonlight and Vines

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 27
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 39
35 ) Jack of Kinrowan

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 39
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 40
34 ) Old Man Crow

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 11
- Amazon: 78
- LibraryThing: 32
33 ) Warrior Fantastic

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 48
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 70
32 ) Quicksilver and Shadow

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 53
- Amazon: 23
- LibraryThing: 41
31 ) Dreams Underfoot

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 39
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 28
30 ) Promises to Keep

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 32
- Amazon: 34
- LibraryThing: 41
29 ) Waifs and Strays

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 41
- Amazon: 28
- LibraryThing: 37
28 ) Widdershins

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 23
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 34
26 ) The Ivory and the Horn

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 32
- Amazon: 23
- LibraryThing: 37
26 ) Black Heart, Ivory Bones

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 45
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 46
25 ) Road to Lisdoonvarna

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 67
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 23
24 ) Jack the Giant Killer

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 36
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 53
23 ) The Essential Bordertown

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 17
- Amazon: 58
- LibraryThing: 14
22 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Ninth Annual Collection

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 32
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 54
21 ) Muse and Reverie

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 23
- Amazon: 34
- LibraryThing: 29
20 ) Memory and Dream

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 20
- Amazon: 34
- LibraryThing: 31
19 ) Tapping the Dream Tree

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 20
- Amazon: 34
- LibraryThing: 30
18 ) Triskell Tales

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 41
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 41
17 ) Our Lady of the Harbour

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 9
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 23
16 ) Someplace to Be Flying

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 14
- Amazon: 34
- LibraryThing: 22
14 ) The Very Best of Charles de Lint

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 15
- Amazon: 28
- LibraryThing: 26
14 ) Seven Wild Sisters

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 27
- Amazon: 23
- LibraryThing: 19
12 ) Berlin

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 19
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 47
12 ) Medicine Road

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 23
- Amazon: 19
- LibraryThing: 25
11 ) Ghosts of Wind and Shadow

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 8
- Amazon: 44
- LibraryThing: 8
10 ) Triskell Tales 2

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 17
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 34
9 ) Over My Head

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 11
- Amazon: 34
- LibraryThing: 3
7 ) Out Of This World

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 4
- Amazon: 19
- LibraryThing: 19
7 ) Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 6
- Amazon: 28
- LibraryThing: 8
6 ) The Newford Stories

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 2
- Amazon: 28
- LibraryThing: 6
5 ) A Circle of Cats

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 20
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 10
4 ) The Wind in His Heart

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 5
- Amazon: 19
- LibraryThing: 5
2 ) Newford Stories: Crow Girls
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 2
- Amazon: 19
- LibraryThing: 7
2 ) What the Mouse Found

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 16
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 11
1 ) Ascian in Rose
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 7
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 4