Back in 2002, Wizards of the Coast had a series of articles on "the classics of fantasy", naming a lot of obscure and not-so-obscure writers, including those pre-Tolkien and post-Tolkien. I've taken the liberty of compiling the links here. Sadly, the series has been discontinued.
The Well at the World's End by William Morris
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip
A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
Collected Ghost Stories by M.R. James
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber
Silverlock by John Myers Myers
Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula le Guin
The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs
The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson
Watership Down by Richrd Adams
Book of the 3 Dragons by Kenneth Morris
Clark Ashton Smith
The Books of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Hobberdy Dick by K.M. Briggs
nice list, have to go through it too. read some of them too. Saw Guy Gavriel Kay in your list. Have you read his Tigana? great read!
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