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Notable lacunae:
- Poul Anderson _The Broken Sword_ --- published the same year as _The Fellowship of the Ring_ it was quite influential (c.f., _The Merman's Children_ and _Three Hearts and Three Lions_), esp. on:
- Michael Moorcock --- at least one of his Eternal Champion books should be listed
- Mannly Wade Wellman --- his John Thunstone and Silver John the Balladeer books presaged urban fantasy by decades
- Roger Zelazny --- The Chronicles of Amber or one of the shorter fantasy works would be well worth reading
- C.J. Cherryh's Morgaine books --- notable for a female protagonist written by a female author
Arguably a few older classics should be included as well:
- William Morris was quite influential
- Lord Dunsany --- _The Charwoman's Shadow_ is a fascinating contrast to _The Lord of the Rings_
- David Lindsay's _A Voyage to Arcturus_ was a text which J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis (and the other Inklings) took note of
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