| Author | Books/Series | Votes |
| Robert Jordan | Wheel of Time, Conan Chronicles | 53 |
| J. R. R. Tolkien | The Hobbit, Lord of the Ring | 46 |
| George R. R. Martin | A Song of Ice and Fire, Windhaven | 30 |
| Terry Goodkind | Sword of Truth | 20 |
| Raymond E. Feist | Riftwar Saga, Serpentwar Saga | 18 |
| Magaret Weis and Tracy Hickman | Dragonlance Chronicles/Legends | 17 |
| Terry Brooks | Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, Landover | 16 |
| Orson Scott Card | Ender 's Game, Alvin Maker Saga, Homecoming | 16 |
| David Eddings | Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium, Tamuli | 16 |
| Terry Pratchett | Bromeliad, Discworld, Sovereign Stone | 13 |
| Piers Anthony | Xanth, Apprentice Adept | 12 |
| Frank, Brian Herbert | Dune | 11 |
| Robin Hobb | Assasin Trilogy, Liveship Trilogy, Tawny Man Trilogy | 11 |
| Anne McCaffery | Pern, Brainship, Crystal Singers | 11 |
| Douglas Adams | Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Universe | 10 |
| Robert A. Heinlein | Future History, Starship Trooper | 10 |
| R. A. Salvatore | Forgotten Realms, Crimson Shadow | 10 |
| Tad Williams | Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Otherland | 10 |
| Stephen R. Donaldson | Gap Into Vision, Thomas Covenant | 8 |
| J. K. Rowlings | Harry Potter | 8 |
| Janny Wurts | The Wars of Light and Shadow | 7 |
| Roger Zelazny | Amber Chronicles | 7 |
| Isaac Asimov | Foundation, Robots | 6 |
| David Gemmel | Drenai, Greek, Stones of Power | 6 |
| Robert E. Howard | Conan | 6 |
| Steven King | Dark Towers, Salem’s Lot | 6 |
| C. S. Lewis | Chronicles of Narnia, Space Trilogy | 6 |
| Brian Jacques | Redwall | 5 |
| Guy Gavriel Kay | Finoavar Tapestry, Saratine Mosaic | 5 |
| L. E. Modesitt, Jr. | Recluse, Spellsong Cycle, The Timegod | 5 |
| Melanie Rawn | Dragon Prince, Dragon Star, Exiles | 5 |
| Sarah Douglass | Wayfarer Redemption | 4 |
| C. S. Friedman | Coldfire Trilogy, In Conquest Born | 4 |
| Ursula Laeguin | Earthsea Trilogy | 4 |
| Iain M. Banks | Dead Air, A Song of Stone | 3 |
| Michael Moorcock | Elric Saga, Eternal Champions | 3 |
| Philip Pullman | Golden Compass | 3 |
| Jennifer Roberson | Chronicles of the Cheysuli, Tiger and Del | 3 |
| David Farland | Runelords | 3 |
| Julian May | Galactic Milieu, Intervention | 3 |
| Richard Adams | Watership Down, Plague Dogs | 2 |
| Clive Barker | Books of Blood, Damnation Game, Imajica | 2 |
| Marion Zimmer Bradley | Mists of Avalon | 2 |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan of the Apes, Pellucidar | 2 |
| Steven Brust | Dragaeran novels | 2 |
| Jack L. Chalker | Soulrider, Changewinds | 2 |
| Susan Cooper | The Dark is Rising | 2 |
| Steven Erikson | Malazan Empire | 2 |
| Neil Gaiman | Sandman comics, Good Omens | 2 |
| Simon R. Green | Deathstalker Legacy | 2 |
| J. V. Jones | Book of Words, Sword of Shadows | 2 |
| Mercedes Lackey | Bardic Universe | 2 |
| Stephen Lawhead | Pendragon Cycle, Celtic Crusades | 2 |
| H. P. Lovecraft | Shuttered Room and Other Pieces | 2 |
| Patricia A. McKillip | Riddle Master trilogy | 2 |
| Elizabeth Moon | Speed of Dark | 2 |
| Garth Nix | Sabriel | 2 |
| John Norman | ...of Gor | 2 |
| Dan Simmons | Hyperion, Endimion | 2 |
| Christopher Stasheff | A Wizard in Rhyme | 2 |
| Harry Turtledove | Darkness, World War Quatrilogy | 2 |
| Michelle (Sagara) West | Book of the Sundered, Scared Hunt | 2 |
| T. H. White | Book of Merlyn, Once and Future King | 2 |
| Gene Wolfe | Book of the Long Sun, Book of the New Sun | 2 |
| Lynn Abbey | Rise and Fall of a Dragon King | 1 |
| Robert Adams | Horseclans series | 1 |
| Sarah Ash | Tears of Artamon | 1 |
| Robert Aspirin | Myth Adventure | 1 |
| James Barclay | Chronicles of the Raven | 1 |
| Ray Bradbury | Fahrenheit 451 | 1 |
| David Brin | Uplift series, Kiln People | 1 |
| Lois McMaster Bujold | Vorkosigan Saga | 1 |
| Trudi Canavan | Black Magician Trilogy | 1 |
| Jacqueline Carey | Kushiel's Legacy | 1 |
| Isobel Carmody | Obernewtyn Chronicles | 1 |
| Angela Carter | Shadow Dance, Magic Toyshop | 1 |
| Chris Claremont | X-Men | 1 |
| AC Clarke | sci-fi stuff | 1 |
| James Clavell | Shogun | 1 |
| Glen Cook | Black Company, Dread Empire | 1 |
| Charles De Lint | Wolf Moon, Seven Wild Sisters | 1 |
| Troy Dennings | Darksun | 1 |
| Joe Dever | Legends of Lone Wolf | 1 |
| Gordon R. Dickson | Childe cycle, Dragonknight | 1 |
| Dave Duncan | A Handful of Men, The Great Game | 1 |
| Phyllis Eisenstein | The Book of Elementals | 1 |
| T. S. Eliot | Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock | 1 |
| Mark Fabi | Red Mercury, Wyrm | 1 |
| Philip Jos? Farmer | Lord Tyger, Time’s Last Gift | 1 |
| Stephen Grundy | Rhinegold | 1 |
| Peter F. Hamilton | Greg Mandel Trilogy, The Night’s Dawn Trilogy | 1 |
| Tom Holt | The Portable Door | 1 |
| Robin Jarvis | Whitby Witches/Deptford Mice Trilogy | 1 |
| Katherin Kerr | Deverry Series | 1 |
| George Lucas | Star Wars | 1 |
| John Marco | Eyes of God | 1 |
| L. Ron Hubbard | Battlefield Earth | 1 |
| Tanya Huff | Kigh, Ravenloft, Keeper 's Chronicles | 1 |
| J. Gregory Keyes | Waterborn, Blackgod | 1 |
| Dennis L. McKiernan | Mithgar, Hel 's Crucible Duology | 1 |
| Rosalind Miles | Guenevere Trilogy | 1 |
| Katherine Kurtz | Deryni, Adept | 1 |
| Patricia Kennealy-Morrison | The Deer’s Cry | 1 |
| E. Nesbit | Story of the Amulet, Many Voices | 1 |
| Richard F. Newcomb | Abandon Ship, Iwo Jima | 1 |
| Larry Niven | Dream Park, Known Space, Man-Kzin Wars | 1 |
| Andre Norton | Beast Master, Witch World ? East | 1 |
| Wendi and Richard Pini | Elfquest | 1 |
| Fred Saberhagen | Book of Swords | 1 |
| Mary Stewart | Merlin Trilogy | 1 |
| Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell | Edge Chronicles | 1 |
| Cecilia Dart-Thorton | Bitterbynde Trilogy | 1 |
| Kurt Vonnegut | The Sirens of Titan | 1 |
| Jules Verne | Journey to the Center of the Earth | 1 |
| Jack Whyte | A Dream of Eagles (Camulod Chronicles) | 1 |
| David Wingrove | Chung Kuo | 1 |
| Anonymous | Beowulf | 1 |