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
6331 Devotions Mary Oliver 2017 American English
6335 Srpnovští Páni Vladimir Neff 1980 Czech Czech
6341 The Lost Country Luminița Cioabă 2002 Romanian Unknown
6341 Kriminalgeschichte Des Christentums Karlheinz Deschner 1986 German German
6341 Repetition Peter Handke 1986 Austrian German
6347 Nineteen Ways Of Looking At Wang Wei Eliot Weinberger 1987 American English
6354 Yes Thomas Bernhard 1978 Austrian German
6356 At Twilight They Return Zyranna Zateli 1993 Greek Greek
6356 Heroes' Shrine For Sale or The Elegant Toilet Marios Hakkas 1993 Greek Greek
6365 Studies in Iconology Erwin Panofsky 1939 German English
6369 The Journal Of Raïssa Maritain Raïssa Maritain 1974 French French
6369 The Candle Of Vision George William Russell 1974 Irish English
6374 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
6375 Beartown Fredrik Backman 2016 Swedish Swedish
6378 Jumpers Tom Stoppard 1972 British English
6379 The Mysterious Island Jules Verne 1874 French French
6380 An Essay On Universal History, The Manners, And Spirit Of Nations Voltaire 1756 French French
6380 The Life Of Jesus Critically Examined David Friedrich Strauss 1835 German German
6397 Return To Ithaca Eyvind Johnson 1946 Swedish Swedish
6401 The Chairs Eugène Ionesco 1952 French French
6403 Dark Prince Christine Feehan 1999 American English
6407 My Mother Gets Married Moa Martinson 1936 Swedish Swedish
6408 The Fighting Fisherman Raymond Fraser 1981 Canadian English
6409 Bluets Maggie Nelson 2009 American English
6412 All Systems Red Martha Wells 2017 American English
6417 The Pastel City M. John Harrison 1971 British English
6419 A Czech Dreambook Ludvík Vaculík 1981 Czech Czech
6432 A Very Normal Man Vincenzo Cerami 1976 Italian Italian
6437 The Gaudy Image William Talsman 1958 American English
6443 Eaarth Bill McKibben 2010 American English
6446 Kapo Aleksandar Tišma 1987 Serbian Serbo-croatian
6457 The Essential Ellison Harlan Ellison 1987 American English
6461 Air Geoff Ryman 2005 British English
6467 Disputers Of The Tao A. C. Graham 1989 British English
6468 The Lion and the Mouse Jerry Pinkney 2009 American English
6469 The Spinning Heart Donal Ryan 2012 Irish English
6479 The Stoic Theodore Dreiser 1947 American English
6481 Year Of Wonders Geraldine Brooks 2001 Australian English
6483 Coming of Age in the Milky Way Timothy Ferris 1988 American English
6502 The End Of The Road John Barth 1958 American English
6507 Arcadia Jim Crace 1992 British English
6507 Indigo Marina Warner 1992 British English
6514 The Year's Best Fantasy And Horror Ellen Datlow 1988 American English
6520 The Escaped Cock D. H. Lawrence 1929 British English
6524 The Mars Room Rachel Kushner 2018 American English
6526 The Power That Preserves Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
6531 Kit's Law Donna Morrissey 1999 Canadian English
6532 A Stranger In Olondria Sofia Samatar 2013 American English
6534 Modern Fantasy C. N. Manlove 1975 British English
6534 The Fog James Herbert 1975 British English
6536 The Empathy Exams Leslie Jamison 2014 American English
6541 F Dumitru Radu Popescu 2000 Romanian Unknown
6545 Ride This Night Vilhelm Moberg 1941 Swedish Swedish
6543 Collected Poems Les A. Murray 1991 Australian English
6542 Voyage Of The Iceberg Richard Brown 1983 Canadian English
6547 Heirs To The Great Sinner Sheikh San’on Erkin A’zam 2004 Unknown Unknown
6547 Kindheit In Ostpreußen Marion Gräfin Dönhoff 1988 German German
6556 King Matt The First Janusz Korczak 1923 Polish Polish
6557 Hernani Victor Hugo 1830 French French
6559 The Wind Eye Robert Westall 1973 British English
6561 Nights Below Station Street David Adams Richards 1988 Canadian English
6562 A Castle Of Bone Penelope Farmer 1972 British English
6565 Songs And Sonnets Atlantean Donald Sidney-Fryer 1971 American English
6570 The Illearth War Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
6572 Zothique Clark Ashton Smith 1970 American English
6575 Ingrid Caven Jean-Jacques Schuhl 2000 French French
6580 So The Wind Won't Blow It All Away Richard Brautigan 1982 American English
6583 Mrs. Caliban Rachel Ingalls 1982 American English
6584 Kvartetten Som Sprängdes Birger Sjöberg 1924 Swedish Swedish
6590 The Story Of Bobby O'malley Wayne Johnston 1985 Canadian English
6592 The Queen's Gambit Walter Tevis 1983 American English
6596 Flood Robert Penn Warren 1964 American Unknown
6600 A Guide For The Perplexed E. F. Schumacher 1977 British English
6606 Still Life Louise Penny 2005 Canadian English
6607 The Anomaly Hervé Le Tellier 2020 French French
6608 Nos4 A2 Joe Hill 2013 American English
6609 The Collected Strange Stories Of Robert Aickman Robert Aickman 1999 British English
6613 Lars Hård Jan Fridegård 1935 Swedish Swedish
6614 The Game Of The Impossible W. R. Irwin 1976 American Unknown
6615 The Poetics Of Space Gaston Bachelard 1958 French French
6616 Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds 2000 British English
6622 The Life of Insects Victor Pelevin 1993 Russian Russian
6628 No Man's Land Harold Pinter 1975 British English
6633 Land Of Wooden Gods Jan Fridegård 1932 Swedish Swedish
6631 Confessions Jaume Cabré 2011 Spanish Catalan
6636 Autonauts Of The Cosmoroute Julio Cortazar 1983 Argentinian Spanish
6636 Journey To The Land Of The Real Victor Segalen 1983 French French
6636 Life With Jeeves P. G. Wodehouse 1983 British English
6636 The Curse Of Lono Hunter S. Thompson 1983 American English
6636 The Opoponax Monique Wittig 1983 French French
6636 The Ruin Of Kasch Roberto Calasso 1983 Italian Italian
6636 The Stadium Of Wimbledon Daniele del Giudice 1983 Italian Italian
6644 It's Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want To Be Paul Arden 2003 British English
6649 Nine Rules To Break When Romancing A Rake Sarah MacLean 2010 American English
6653 Beauty Salon Mario Bellatin 1994 Mexican Spanish
6662 How It Is Samuel Beckett 1961 Irish French
6667 The Gashlycrumb Tinies Edward Gorey 1963 American English
6671 Future Shock Alvin Toffler 1980 American English
6675 Uzumaki Junji Ito 1998 Japanese Japanese
6679 The Imago Sequence And Other Stories Laird Barron 2007 American English
6680 A Fraction Of The Whole Steve Toltz 2008 Australian English
6682 Barren Lives Graciliano Ramos 1965 Brazilian Portuguese
6689 Romanen Om Olof Eyvind Johnson 1934 Swedish Swedish
6691 Raskens Vilhelm Moberg 1927 Swedish Swedish
6692 Night Visitors Julia Briggs 1977 British Unknown
6692 Swords And Ice Magic Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
6695 The Times Are Never So Bad Andre Dubus 1983 American English
6700 It's A Good Life Jerome Bixby 1953 American English
6703 Seventh Son Orson Scott Card, Patrick Couton 1987 American English
6701 A Touch Of Chill Joan Aiken 1974 American English
6704 Collected essays Aldous Huxley 1958 British English
6705 Ruined City Jia Pingwa 1993 Chinese Chinese
6706 Maggie The Mechanic Jaime Hernandez 2003 American English
6707 The Mac Gregor Grooms Nora Roberts 1998 American English
6708 The Treasure Selma Lagerlöf 1899 Swedish Swedish
6711 Ooga-Booga Frederick Seidel 2006 American English
6712 Bock I örtagård Fritiof Nilsson Piraten 1933 Swedish Swedish
6717 Track Ernst Bloch 1949 German Unknown
6717 The Crime At Black Dudley Margery Allingham 1929 British English
6729 The Mysterious Universe James Jeans 1930 British English