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
4805 The Wolf Of Masada John Fredman 1978 Unknown English
4813 Slave Old Man Patrick Chamoiseau 1997 French French
4818 Ozma Of Oz L. Frank Baum 1907 American English
4820 The Malacia Tapestry Brian Aldiss 1976 British English
4820 Hotel De Dream Emma Tennant 1976 British English
4822 The Poet And The Lunatics G. K. Chesterton 1929 British English
4824 He, She and It Marge Piercy 1991 American English
4830 Cataract Mykhaylo Osadchy 1976 Ukrainian Ukrainian
4836 The Water Of The Wondrous Isles William Morris 1897 British English
4836 The Silver Stallion James Branch Cabell 1926 American English
4836 The Cream Of The Jest James Branch Cabell 1917 American English
4836 Vice Versa F. Anstey 1882 British English
4836 Thirteen O'clock Stephen Vincent Benét 1937 American English
4836 A Haunted Man And The Ghost's Bargain Charles Dickens 1848 British English
4846 The Last Quarter Of The Moon Chi Zijian 2005 Chinese English
4848 A Season In Sinji J. L. Carr 1967 British English
4857 Zettels Traum Arno Schmidt 1970 German German
4863 The Snowman Raymond Briggs 1978 British English
4867 The Love Songs Of W.E.B. Dubois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 2021 American English
4874 Animale Bolnave Nicolae Breban 1981 Romanian Romanian
4874 Tache De Catifea Ștefan Agopian 1981 Romanian Romanian
4878 The Golden String Bede Griffiths 1954 British English
4879 The Little Black Fish Samad Behrangi 1968 Iranian Persian
4889 Natura Morta Josef Winkler 2001 Unknown German
4890 The MaddAddam Trilogy Margaret Atwood 2003 Canadian English
4893 The Short Stories Of Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov 1886 Russian Russian
4894 Seven Men And Two Others Max Beerbohm 1919 British English
4899 Potiki Patricia Grave 1986 New Zealand English
4900 Leaf By Niggle J. R. R. Tolkien 1945 British English
4900 The Tragedy Of Mariam Elizabeth Cary 1613 British English
4900 The Last Man Mary Shelley 1826 British English
4900 On Occult Philosophy Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1531 German Latin
4900 The Teachings Of Ptahhotep Ptahhotep -2400 Unknown Ancient egyptian
4900 Enūma Eliš Unknown -1100 Unknown Akkadian
4900 The Poetry Of Enheduanna Enheduanna -2300 Unknown Sumerian
4900 The Discovery Of Freedom Rose Wilder Lane 1943 American English
4900 Lord Of The World Robert Hugh Benson 1907 British English
4900 Winter In Moscow Malcolm Muggeridge 1934 British English
4900 Judith Unknown -150 Unknown Hebrew
4900 The Gates Ajar Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1868 American English
4900 The Jew Of Malta Christopher Marlowe 1590 English English
4900 The Poems Of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850 British English
4900 Once An Eagle Anton Myrer 1968 American English
4900 The Memorandum Vaclav Havel 1965 Czech Czech
4900 King John William Shakespeare 1700 British English
4930 Dreaming Of You Lisa Kleypas 1994 American English
4931 The Poorhouse Fair John Updike 1959 American English
4935 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
4936 Exile And Pride Eli Clare 1999 American English
4939 The Smile Of The Unknown Mariner Vincenzo Consolo 1976 Italian Italian
4942 Being Dead Jim Crace 1999 British English
4944 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
4945 Mama Day Gloria Naylor 1988 American English
4947 The Breast Philip Roth 1972 American English
4954 Songs Of A Dead Dreamer And Grimscribe Thomas Ligotti 1985 American English
4951 Sergeant Getúlio João Ubaldo Ribeiro 1971 Brazilian Portuguese
4957 Creeps By Night Dashiell Hammett 1931 American English
4957 The Secret Mountain And Other Tales Kenneth Morris 1926 British English
4957 Thunder On The Left Christopher Morley 1925 American English
4957 Black God's Shadow C. L. Moore 1934 American English
4957 Unclay T. F. Powys 1931 British English
4957 Figures Of Earth James Branch Cabell 1921 American English
4957 The High Place James Branch Cabell 1923 American English
4957 Uncanny Stories May Sinclair 1923 British English
4957 Supernatural Horror In Literature H. P. Lovecraft 1927 American English
4957 The Venetian Glass Nephew Elinor Wylie 1925 American English
4957 A Crystal Age W. H. Hudson 1887 British English
4957 Mr. Godly Beside Himself Gerald Bullett 1924 British English
4957 The Supermale Alfred Jarry 1902 French French
4957 These Mortals Margaret Irwin 1925 British English
4979 Klara And The Sun Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 British English
4980 The First Three Minutes Steven Weinberg 1977 American English
4983 I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen 2011 Canadian English
4987 The Norman Conquests Alan Ayckbourn 1973 British English
4988 The Campaigns Of Alexander Arrian 1976 Greek Greek
4989 Living In The Maniototo Janet Frame 1979 New Zealand English
4996 Kristy’s Great Idea Ann M. Martin 1986 American English
4997 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
5000 A Nest Of Nightmares Lisa Tuttle 1986 American English
5000 The Pet Charles L. Grant 1986 American English
5008 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
5012 Omtrent Deedee Hugo Claus 1963 Belgian Dutch
5014 The Hungry Moon Ramsey Campbell 1986 British English
5016 Slave To Sensation Nalini Singh 2006 New Zealand English
5019 The Singapore Grip J. G. Farrell 1978 British English
5022 The Werewolf Aksel Sandemose 1958 Norwegian Norwegian
5022 The King David Report Stefan Heym 1972 German German
5022 Hourglass Danilo Kiš 1972 Serbian Serbo-croatian
5026 Στην Κοιλαδα Με Τους Ροδωνες Nikos Engonopoulos 1978 Greek Greek
5031 The City & the City China Miéville 2009 British English
5033 Honored Guest Joy Williams 2004 American English
5033 The Sluts Dennis Cooper 2004 American English
5037 Images And Symbols Mircea Eliade 1952 Romanian French
5039 Highland Velvet Jude Deveraux 1982 American English
5046 The Death Of Halpin Frayser Ambrose Bierce 1891 American English
5046 The Minister's Black Veil Nathaniel Hawthorne 1836 American English
5046 The Wolf Leader Alexandre Dumas 1857 French French
5046 Flower Phantoms Ronald Fraser 1926 British English
5046 Fantazius Mallare Ben Hecht 1922 American English
5046 Typewriter In The Sky & Fear L. Ron Hubbard 1940 American English
5046 Devil's Tor David Lindsay 1932 British English
5046 The Face In The Abyss A. Merritt 1931 American English
5046 By Firelight Edith Pargeter 1948 British English
5046 The Girl And The Faun Eden Phillpotts 1917 British English
5046 Pan And The Twins Eden Phillpotts 1906 British English
5046 The Wonderful Visit H. G. Wells 1895 British English
5046 The Two Thieves T. F. Powys 1932 British English
5046 The Stray Lamb Thorne Smith 1929 American English
5046 Salome the Wandering Jewess George Vierick, Paul Eldridge 1930 American English
5046 The Invincible Adam George Vierick, Paul Eldridge 1932 American English
5046 Who Wants A Green Bottle? Tod Robbins 1926 American English
5046 Maker Of Shadows Jack Mann 1939 British English
5046 Grey Shapes Jack Mann 1937 British English
5046 In Brief Authority F. Anstey 1896 British English
5046 The Lord Of The Dark Red Star Eugene Lee-Hamilton 1903 British English
5046 The Charwoman's Shadow Lord Dunsany 1926 British English
5084 Ernest And Celestine Gabrielle Vincent 1981 French French
5090 On Food and Cooking Harold McGee 1984 American English
5095 The Suns of Independence Ahmadou Kourouma 1968 French French
5098 The Disappearance Philip Wylie 1951 American English