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
5939 Die Bertinis Ralph Giordano 1982 German German
5939 The Old Fox Deceiv'd Martha Grimes 1982 American English
5949 The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
5951 The Afternoon of a Writer Peter Handke 1987 Austrian German
5951 Cigarettes Harry Mathews 1987 American English
5956 Collected Stories Gabriel García Márquez 1996 Colombian Spanish
5960 The Time Ships Stephen Baxter 1995 British English
5966 A Princess In Theory Alyssa Cole 2018 American English
5964 Swords In The Mist Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
5964 Swords Against Wizardry Fritz Leiber 1968 American English
5967 Incarnate Ramsey Campbell 1983 British English
5968 Pornografia Witold Gombrowicz 1960 Polish Polish
5977 So Much! Trish Cooke 1994 British English
5982 Soulstealers Philip A. Kuhn 1990 American English
5985 Ecotopia Ernest Callenbach 1975 American English
5989 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare 1602 British English
5991 Bloodchild Octavia E. Butler 1984 American English
6000 After Virtue Alasdair MacIntyre 1981 British English
6004 The Rehearsal Eleanor Catton 2008 New Zealand English
6005 A Balcony In The Forest Julien Gracq 1958 French French
6005 Five On A Treasure Island Enid Blyton 1942 British English
6005 The Wild Swans Hans Christian Andersen 1838 Danish Danish
6005 Chekhov's Selected Stories Anton Chekhov 1903 Russian Russian
6005 Collected Stories Franz Kafka 1931 Austrian German
6005 Ivanov Anton Chekhov 1887 Russian Russian
6005 The Lord Chandos Letter And Other Writings Hugo von Hofmannsthal 1902 Austrian German
6005 Waiting For Nothing And Other Writings Tom Kromer 1935 American English
6005 A Woman Named Solitude André Schwarz-Bart 1972 French French
6005 Bound To Violence Yambo Ouologuem 1968 Malian French
6005 Marginalia On Casanova Miklós Szentkuthy 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
6005 Master And Man Leo Tolstoy 1895 Russian Russian
6005 Night Edgar Hilsenrath 1964 German German
6005 Seven Gothic Tales Karen Blixen 1934 Danish Danish
6005 Testimony Charles Reznikoff 1965 American English
6005 The Burrow Franz Kafka 1924 Austrian German
6005 The Ratcatcher Marina Tsvetaeva 1926 Russian Russian
6005 The Return Of Münchausen Sigismund Krzyzanowski 1927 Russian Russian
6005 The Sailor From Gibraltar Marguerite Duras 1952 French French
6005 The Story Of My Wife Milán Füst 1942 Hungarian Hungarian
6005 The Wonderful Farm Marcel Aymé 1939 French French
6005 Things Seen Victor Hugo 1887 French French
6005 Tous N'étaient Pas Des Anges Joseph Kessel 1970 French French
6005 Travaux Georges Navel 1945 French French
6076 The Voyeur Alain Robbe-Grillet 1955 French French
6078 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
6077 A Knight In Shining Armor Jude Deveraux 1989 American English
6087 The Maker Of Universes Philip José Farmer 1965 American English
6089 The End Of The World News Anthony Burgess 1982 British English
6096 True Betrayals Nora Roberts 1995 American English
6096 Tonight And Forever Brenda Jackson 1995 American English
6095 The Secret History Of The World Jonathan Black 2007 British English
6092 Herr Gustafsson Himself Lars Gustafsson 1983 Swedish Swedish
6101 The Foxes Of Beachy Cove Harold Horwood 1977 Canadian English
6102 Life and a Half Sony Labou Tansi 1979 French French
6105 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
6106 Poems Of Mr. Pieter C. Hooft P. C. Hooft 1642 Dutch Dutch
6106 Het Leven En De Dood In Den Ast Stijn Streuvels 1926 Belgian Dutch
6123 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
6124 Monster Naoki Urasawa 1994 Japanese Japanese
6125 Obabakoak Bernardo Atxaga 1988 Spanish Basque
6133 The Story of Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson 1991 British English
6137 Iron John Robert Bly 1990 American English
6141 Cry Horror! H. P. Lovecraft 1963 American English
6145 Oreille Rouge Eric Chevillard 1993 French French
6147 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 2005 American English
6154 CivilWarLand in Bad Decline George Saunders 1996 American English
6156 Use Of Weapons Iain Banks 1990 Scottish English
6167 Atlan Jane Gaskell 1965 British English
6167 Peregrine Avram Davidson 1965 American English
6172 The Fantastic Tzvetan Todorov 1970 French French
6172 Swords Against Death Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
6174 Ludo Conrad Detrez 1974 Belgian French
6181 The John Collier Reader John Collier 1972 British English
6182 The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams Wayne Johnston 1998 Canadian English
6186 The Tunnel Of Love Peter De Vries 1954 American English
6190 The March Of Folly Barbara Wertheim Tuchman 1984 American English
6190 Kein Schöner Land Silvio Blatter 1984 Swiss German
6198 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 1997 Japanese Japanese
6204 The Bridge Iain Banks 1986 Scottish English
6208 The High King Lloyd Alexander 1968 American English
6210 Let The River Stand Vincent O’Sullivan 1993 New Zealand English
6215 The Unconquered Country Geoff Ryman 1986 Canadian English
6218 The Sound Of Our Steps Ronit Matalon 2008 Israeli Hebrew
6221 Chronicle of Feelings Alexander Kluge 2000 German German
6222 The City Jane Gaskell 1967 British English
6224 Power Politics Martin Wright 1946 British Unknown
6236 The Cannibal John Hawkes 1949 American English
6237 Petrolio Pier Paolo Pasolini 1992 Italian Italian
6237 Tar Baby Toni Morrison 1981 American English
6237 The Affirmation Christopher Priest 1981 British English
6241 The Decagon House Murders Yukito Ayatsuji 1987 Japanese Japanese
6242 Dictionary Of Newfoundland English G.M. Story 1982 Canadian English
6245 Audience Vaclav Havel 1978 Czech Czech
6255 Six Four Hideo Yokoyama 2012 Japanese Japanese
6257 Omensetter's Luck William H. Gass 1966 American English
6266 Sozaboy Ken Saro-Wiwa 1985 Nigerian English
6266 Burning Patience Antonio Skármeta 1985 Chilean Spanish
6280 Nothing Henry Green 1950 British English
6281 Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Alvin Schwartz 1981 American English
6282 The Mirror and the Lamp Meyer Howard Abrams 1953 American English
6286 New Worlds Of Fantasy Terry Carr 1967 American English
6288 Not Her Real Name, And Other Stories Emily Perkins 1996 New Zealand English
6291 Out Of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 2010 American English
6292 Amers Saint-John Perse 1957 French French
6293 Gaston André Franquin 1957 French French
6297 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
6298 Stone Junction Jim Dodge 1990 American English
6300 Mark Twain's Which Was The Dream Mark Twain 1966 American English
6301 Ecology Of Fear Mike Davis 1998 American English
6303 Lord Of The Barnyard Tristan Egolf 1998 American English
6304 The Professor Of Desire Philip Roth 1977 American English
6304 Dreaming Of Babylon Richard Brautigan 1977 American English
6304 Les Lieux De Marguerite Duras Marguerite Duras 1977 French French
6311 Burial Rites Hannah Kent 2013 Australian English
6315 The Fifth Gospel Mario Pomilio 1974 Italian Italian
6317 Borderlands/La Frontera Gloria Anzaldúa 1987 American English
6319 The Artist's Way Julia Cameron 1992 American English
6321 My Brother Jamaica Kincaid 1997 Antiguan English
6327 The Day Of Creation J. G. Ballard 1987 British English
6330 My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Amos Tutuola 1954 Nigerian English