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
5936 The Old Fox Deceiv'd Martha Grimes 1982 American English
5946 The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
5948 The Afternoon of a Writer Peter Handke 1987 Austrian German
5948 Cigarettes Harry Mathews 1987 American English
5953 Collected Stories Gabriel García Márquez 1996 Colombian Spanish
5957 The Time Ships Stephen Baxter 1995 British English
5963 A Princess In Theory Alyssa Cole 2018 American English
5961 Swords In The Mist Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
5961 Swords Against Wizardry Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
5964 Incarnate Ramsey Campbell 1983 British English
5965 Pornografia Witold Gombrowicz 1960 Polish Polish
5974 So Much! Trish Cooke 1994 British English
5979 Soulstealers Philip A. Kuhn 1990 American English
5982 Ecotopia Ernest Callenbach 1975 American English
5986 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare 1602 British English
5988 Bloodchild Octavia E. Butler 1984 American English
5997 After Virtue Alasdair MacIntyre 1981 British English
6001 The Rehearsal Eleanor Catton 2008 New Zealand English
6002 A Balcony In The Forest Julien Gracq 1958 French French
6002 Five On A Treasure Island Enid Blyton 1942 British English
6002 The Wild Swans Hans Christian Andersen 1838 Danish Danish
6002 Chekhov's Selected Stories Anton Chekhov 1903 Russian Russian
6002 Collected Stories Franz Kafka 1931 Austrian German
6002 Ivanov Anton Chekhov 1887 Russian Russian
6002 The Lord Chandos Letter And Other Writings Hugo von Hofmannsthal 1902 Austrian German
6002 Waiting For Nothing And Other Writings Tom Kromer 1935 American English
6002 A Woman Named Solitude André Schwarz-Bart 1972 French French
6002 Bound To Violence Yambo Ouologuem 1968 Malian French
6002 Marginalia On Casanova Miklós Szentkuthy 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
6002 Master And Man Leo Tolstoy 1895 Russian Russian
6002 Night Edgar Hilsenrath 1964 German German
6002 Seven Gothic Tales Karen Blixen 1934 Danish Danish
6002 Testimony Charles Reznikoff 1965 American English
6002 The Burrow Franz Kafka 1924 Austrian German
6002 The Ratcatcher Marina Tsvetaeva 1926 Russian Russian
6002 The Return Of Münchausen Sigismund Krzyzanowski 1927 Russian Russian
6002 The Sailor From Gibraltar Marguerite Duras 1952 French French
6002 The Story Of My Wife Milán Füst 1942 Hungarian Hungarian
6002 The Wonderful Farm Marcel Aymé 1939 French French
6002 Things Seen Victor Hugo 1887 French French
6002 Tous N'étaient Pas Des Anges Joseph Kessel 1970 French French
6002 Travaux Georges Navel 1945 French French
6073 The Voyeur Alain Robbe-Grillet 1955 French French
6075 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
6074 A Knight In Shining Armor Jude Deveraux 1989 American English
6084 The Maker Of Universes Philip José Farmer 1965 American English
6086 The End Of The World News Anthony Burgess 1982 British English
6093 True Betrayals Nora Roberts 1995 American English
6093 Tonight And Forever Brenda Jackson 1995 American English
6092 The Secret History Of The World Jonathan Black 2007 British English
6089 Herr Gustafsson Himself Lars Gustafsson 1983 Swedish Swedish
6098 The Foxes Of Beachy Cove Harold Horwood 1977 Canadian English
6099 Life and a Half Sony Labou Tansi 1979 French French
6102 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
6103 Poems Of Mr. Pieter C. Hooft P. C. Hooft 1642 Dutch Dutch
6103 Het Leven En De Dood In Den Ast Stijn Streuvels 1926 Belgian Dutch
6120 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
6121 Monster Naoki Urasawa 1994 Japanese Japanese
6122 Obabakoak Bernardo Atxaga 1988 Spanish Basque
6130 The Story of Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson 1991 British English
6134 Iron John Robert Bly 1990 American English
6138 Cry Horror! H. P. Lovecraft 1963 American English
6142 Oreille Rouge Eric Chevillard 1993 French French
6144 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 2005 American English
6151 CivilWarLand in Bad Decline George Saunders 1996 American English
6153 Use Of Weapons Iain Banks 1990 Scottish English
6164 Atlan Jane Gaskell 1965 British English
6164 Peregrine Avram Davidson 1965 American English
6169 The Fantastic Tzvetan Todorov 1970 French French
6169 Swords Against Death Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
6171 Ludo Conrad Detrez 1974 Belgian French
6178 The John Collier Reader John Collier 1972 British English
6179 The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams Wayne Johnston 1998 Canadian English
6183 The Tunnel Of Love Peter De Vries 1954 American English
6186 The March Of Folly Barbara Wertheim Tuchman 1984 American English
6186 Kein Schöner Land Silvio Blatter 1984 Swiss German
6194 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 1997 Japanese Japanese
6200 The Bridge Iain Banks 1986 Scottish English
6204 The High King Lloyd Alexander 1968 American English
6206 Let The River Stand Vincent O’Sullivan 1993 New Zealand English
6211 The Unconquered Country Geoff Ryman 1986 Canadian English
6214 The Sound Of Our Steps Ronit Matalon 2008 Israeli Hebrew
6217 Chronicle of Feelings Alexander Kluge 2000 German German
6218 The City Jane Gaskell 1967 British English
6220 Power Politics Martin Wright 1946 British Unknown
6232 The Cannibal John Hawkes 1949 American English
6233 Petrolio Pier Paolo Pasolini 1992 Italian Italian
6233 Tar Baby Toni Morrison 1981 American English
6233 The Affirmation Christopher Priest 1981 British English
6237 The Decagon House Murders Yukito Ayatsuji 1987 Japanese Japanese
6238 Dictionary Of Newfoundland English G.M. Story 1982 Canadian English
6241 Audience Vaclav Havel 1978 Czech Czech
6252 Six Four Hideo Yokoyama 2012 Japanese Japanese
6254 Omensetter's Luck William H. Gass 1966 American English
6263 Sozaboy Ken Saro-Wiwa 1985 Nigerian English
6263 Burning Patience Antonio Skármeta 1985 Chilean Spanish
6277 Nothing Henry Green 1950 British English
6278 Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Alvin Schwartz 1981 American English
6279 The Mirror and the Lamp Meyer Howard Abrams 1953 American English
6283 New Worlds Of Fantasy Terry Carr 1967 American English
6285 Not Her Real Name, And Other Stories Emily Perkins 1996 New Zealand English
6288 Out Of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 2010 American English
6289 Amers Saint-John Perse 1957 French French
6290 Gaston André Franquin 1957 French French
6294 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
6295 Stone Junction Jim Dodge 1990 American English
6297 Mark Twain's Which Was The Dream Mark Twain 1966 American English
6298 Ecology Of Fear Mike Davis 1998 American English
6300 Lord Of The Barnyard Tristan Egolf 1998 American English
6301 The Professor Of Desire Philip Roth 1977 American English
6301 Dreaming Of Babylon Richard Brautigan 1977 American English
6301 Les Lieux De Marguerite Duras Marguerite Duras 1977 French French
6308 Burial Rites Hannah Kent 2013 Australian English
6312 The Fifth Gospel Mario Pomilio 1974 Italian Italian
6314 Borderlands/La Frontera Gloria Anzaldúa 1987 American English
6316 The Artist's Way Julia Cameron 1992 American English
6318 My Brother Jamaica Kincaid 1997 Antiguan English
6324 The Day Of Creation J. G. Ballard 1987 British English
6327 My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Amos Tutuola 1954 Nigerian English
6327 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish