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Best Stand Alone Fantasy Books

A list from http://bestfantasybooks.com . Best books for readers who like fantasy, but don't want to dig through 10+ tomes of a series. Some of them can have continuations (like Hobbit), but they work perfectly fine as a separate entities.
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Tigana (Guy Gavriel Kay)
Tigana
1
Guy Gavriel Kay
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
2
Terry Pratchett
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
3
Susanna Clarke
Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Hobbit
4
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Heroes
The Heroes
5
The Worm Ouroboros
The Worm Ouroboros
6
Perdido Street Station (China Mieville)
Perdido Street Station
7
China Mieville
Talion: Revenant
Talion: Revenant
8
The Last Unicorn (Peter S. Beagle)
The Last Unicorn
9
Peter S. Beagle
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
10
Neil Gaiman
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
11
Richard Adams
The Golden Key (Kate Eliott)
The Golden Key
12
Kate Eliott
The Folding Knife (K. J. Parker)
The Folding Knife
13
K. J. Parker
Elantris (Brandon Sanderson)
Elantris
14
Brandon Sanderson
The Anubis Gates
The Anubis Gates
15
Heroes Die
Heroes Die
16
Bridge of Birds
Bridge of Birds
17
Mythago Wood
Mythago Wood
18
The Chalion Series (Lois McMaster Bujold)
The Chalion Series
19
Lois McMaster Bujold
The Etched City
The Etched City
20
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
21
Erin Morgenstern
Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
Mists of Avalon
22
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Patricia A. McKillip)
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
23
Patricia A. McKillip
The Goblin Emperor (Katherine Addison)
The Goblin Emperor
24
Katherine Addison
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
25
T.H. White
War for the Oaks
War for the Oaks
26
American Elsewhere
American Elsewhere
27
Little Big
Little Big
28
The Golem and the Jinni (Helene Wecker)
The Golem and the Jinni
29
Helene Wecker
The Book of Lost Things (John Connolly)
The Book of Lost Things
30
John Connolly
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
The Neverending Story
31
Michael Ende
War of the Flowers
War of the Flowers
32
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
33
Stephen King
Deerskin (Robin McKinley)
Deerskin
34
Robin McKinley
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
35
Neil Gaiman
The Death of the Necromancer (Martha Wells)
The Death of the Necromancer
36
Martha Wells
Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Howl's Moving Castle
37
Diana Wynne Jones
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
38
Lord of Light
Lord of Light
39
Legend (David Gemmell)
Legend
40
David Gemmell
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