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Bangsian Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Children's Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Chuanyue

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Contemporary Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Cozy Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Dark Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Fantastique

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Fantasy Comedy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Fantasy of Manners

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Gods and Demons Fiction

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Greek Mythology Retelling

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Grimdark

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Hard Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

High Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Historical Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Imaginary Voyage

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Isekai

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

LitRPG

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Low Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Magic Realism

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Magical Girl

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Mythic Fiction

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Mythpunk

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Portal Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Progression Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Romantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Romantic Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Science Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Shenmo Fiction

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Silkpunk

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Slavic Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Superhero Fiction

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Sword and Sorcery

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Urban Fantasy

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Weird Western

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Xenofiction

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Xianxia

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction

Xuanhuan

Speculative and Fantastic Fiction
Sources
1. Fantasy (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)Fantasy, Modern fantasy section
Quote, Fantasy, Modern fantasy section
Although pre-dated by John Ruskin's story The King of the Golden River (1841), the history of modern fantasy literature is usually said to begin with George MacDonald, the Scottish author of such novels as Phantastes (1858) and The Princess and the Goblin (1872)
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