The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Fictional Location

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
4812 Slave Old Man Patrick Chamoiseau 1997 French French
4817 Ozma Of Oz L. Frank Baum 1907 American English
4819 The Malacia Tapestry Brian Aldiss 1976 British English
4819 Hotel De Dream Emma Tennant 1976 British English
4821 The Poet And The Lunatics G. K. Chesterton 1929 British English
4823 He, She and It Marge Piercy 1991 American English
4829 Cataract Mykhaylo Osadchy 1976 Ukrainian Ukrainian
4835 The Water Of The Wondrous Isles William Morris 1897 British English
4835 The Silver Stallion James Branch Cabell 1926 American English
4835 The Cream Of The Jest James Branch Cabell 1917 American English
4835 Vice Versa F. Anstey 1882 British English
4835 Thirteen O'clock Stephen Vincent Benét 1937 American English
4835 A Haunted Man And The Ghost's Bargain Charles Dickens 1848 British English
4845 The Last Quarter Of The Moon Chi Zijian 2005 Chinese English
4847 A Season In Sinji J. L. Carr 1967 British English
4856 Zettels Traum Arno Schmidt 1970 German German
4862 The Snowman Raymond Briggs 1978 British English
4866 The Love Songs Of W.E.B. Dubois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 2021 American English
4873 Animale Bolnave Nicolae Breban 1981 Romanian Romanian
4873 Tache De Catifea Ștefan Agopian 1981 Romanian Romanian
4877 The Golden String Bede Griffiths 1954 British English
4878 The Little Black Fish Samad Behrangi 1968 Iranian Persian
4888 Natura Morta Josef Winkler 2001 Unknown German
4889 The MaddAddam Trilogy Margaret Atwood 2003 Canadian English
4892 The Short Stories Of Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov 1886 Russian Russian
4893 Seven Men And Two Others Max Beerbohm 1919 British English
4898 Potiki Patricia Grave 1986 New Zealand English
4899 Leaf By Niggle J. R. R. Tolkien 1945 British English
4899 The Tragedy Of Mariam Elizabeth Cary 1613 British English
4899 The Last Man Mary Shelley 1826 British English
4899 On Occult Philosophy Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1531 German Latin
4899 The Teachings Of Ptahhotep Ptahhotep -2400 Unknown Ancient egyptian
4899 Enūma Eliš Unknown -1100 Unknown Akkadian
4899 The Poetry Of Enheduanna Enheduanna -2300 Unknown Sumerian
4899 The Discovery Of Freedom Rose Wilder Lane 1943 American English
4899 Lord Of The World Robert Hugh Benson 1907 British English
4899 Winter In Moscow Malcolm Muggeridge 1934 British English
4899 Judith Unknown -150 Unknown Hebrew
4899 The Gates Ajar Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1868 American English
4899 The Jew Of Malta Christopher Marlowe 1590 English English
4899 The Poems Of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850 British English
4899 Once An Eagle Anton Myrer 1968 American English
4899 The Memorandum Vaclav Havel 1965 Czech Czech
4899 King John William Shakespeare 1700 British English
4928 Dreaming Of You Lisa Kleypas 1994 American English
4929 The Poorhouse Fair John Updike 1959 American English
4933 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
4934 Exile And Pride Eli Clare 1999 American English
4937 The Smile Of The Unknown Mariner Vincenzo Consolo 1976 Italian Italian
4940 Being Dead Jim Crace 1999 British English
4942 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
4943 Mama Day Gloria Naylor 1988 American English
4945 The Breast Philip Roth 1972 American English
4952 Songs Of A Dead Dreamer And Grimscribe Thomas Ligotti 1985 American English
4949 Sergeant Getúlio João Ubaldo Ribeiro 1971 Brazilian Portuguese
4955 Creeps By Night Dashiell Hammett 1931 American English
4955 The Secret Mountain And Other Tales Kenneth Morris 1926 British English
4955 Thunder On The Left Christopher Morley 1925 American English
4955 Black God's Shadow C. L. Moore 1934 American English
4955 Unclay T. F. Powys 1931 British English
4955 Figures Of Earth James Branch Cabell 1921 American English
4955 The High Place James Branch Cabell 1923 American English
4955 Uncanny Stories May Sinclair 1923 British English
4955 Supernatural Horror In Literature H. P. Lovecraft 1927 American English
4955 The Venetian Glass Nephew Elinor Wylie 1925 American English
4955 A Crystal Age W. H. Hudson 1887 British English
4955 Mr. Godly Beside Himself Gerald Bullett 1924 British English
4955 The Supermale Alfred Jarry 1902 French French
4955 These Mortals Margaret Irwin 1925 British English
4977 Klara And The Sun Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 British English
4978 The First Three Minutes Steven Weinberg 1977 American English
4980 I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen 2011 Canadian English
4984 The Norman Conquests Alan Ayckbourn 1973 British English
4985 The Campaigns Of Alexander Arrian 1976 Greek Greek
4986 Living In The Maniototo Janet Frame 1979 New Zealand English
4993 Kristy’s Great Idea Ann M. Martin 1986 American English
4994 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
4997 A Nest Of Nightmares Lisa Tuttle 1986 American English
4997 The Pet Charles L. Grant 1986 American English
5005 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
5009 Omtrent Deedee Hugo Claus 1963 Belgian Dutch
5011 The Hungry Moon Ramsey Campbell 1986 British English
5013 Slave To Sensation Nalini Singh 2006 New Zealand English
5016 The Singapore Grip J. G. Farrell 1978 British English
5019 The Werewolf Aksel Sandemose 1958 Norwegian Norwegian
5019 The King David Report Stefan Heym 1972 German German
5019 Hourglass Danilo Kiš 1972 Serbian Serbo-croatian
5023 Στην Κοιλαδα Με Τους Ροδωνες Nikos Engonopoulos 1978 Greek Greek
5028 The City & the City China Miéville 2009 British English
5030 Honored Guest Joy Williams 2004 American English
5030 The Sluts Dennis Cooper 2004 American English
5034 Images And Symbols Mircea Eliade 1952 Romanian French
5036 Highland Velvet Jude Deveraux 1982 American English
5043 The Death Of Halpin Frayser Ambrose Bierce 1891 American English
5043 A Predicament Edgar Allan Poe 1838 American English
5043 The Minister's Black Veil Nathaniel Hawthorne 1836 American English
5043 The Wolf Leader Alexandre Dumas 1857 French French
5043 Flower Phantoms Ronald Fraser 1926 British English
5043 Fantazius Mallare Ben Hecht 1922 American English
5043 Typewriter In The Sky & Fear L. Ron Hubbard 1940 American English
5043 Devil's Tor David Lindsay 1932 British English
5043 The Face In The Abyss A. Merritt 1931 American English
5043 By Firelight Edith Pargeter 1948 British English
5043 The Girl And The Faun Eden Phillpotts 1917 British English
5043 Pan And The Twins Eden Phillpotts 1906 British English
5043 The Wonderful Visit H. G. Wells 1895 British English
5043 The Two Thieves T. F. Powys 1932 British English
5043 The Stray Lamb Thorne Smith 1929 American English
5043 Salome the Wandering Jewess George Vierick, Paul Eldridge 1930 American English
5043 The Invincible Adam George Vierick, Paul Eldridge 1932 American English
5043 Who Wants A Green Bottle? Tod Robbins 1926 American English
5043 Maker Of Shadows Jack Mann 1939 British English
5043 Grey Shapes Jack Mann 1937 British English
5043 In Brief Authority F. Anstey 1896 British English
5043 The Lord Of The Dark Red Star Eugene Lee-Hamilton 1903 British English
5043 The Charwoman's Shadow Lord Dunsany 1926 British English
5082 Ernest And Celestine Gabrielle Vincent 1981 French French
5088 On Food and Cooking Harold McGee 1984 American English
5093 The Suns of Independence Ahmadou Kourouma 1968 French French
5096 The Disappearance Philip Wylie 1951 American English