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
8075 The Great Derangement Matt Taibbi 2008 American English
8075 Clea Lawrence Durrell 1960 British English
8088 Process And Reality Alfred North Whitehead 1929 British English
8097 Day A. L. Kennedy 2007 British English
8105 Hermione Hilda Doolittle 1927 American English
8105 The Home Maker Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1924 American English
8105 Islanders Helen R. Hull 1927 American English
8105 Kelroy Rebecca Rush 1812 American English
8105 Purple Springs Nellie L. McClung 1921 Canadian English
8141 Mort Terry Pratchett 1987 British English
8142 Bathsheba Torgny Lindgren 1984 Swedish Swedish
8142 Night Circus And Other Stories Ursula Kovalyk 2014 Slovak Unknown
8142 Alindarka’s Children Alhierld Bakharevich 2014 Belarusian Belarusian
8142 Down Girl Kate Manne 2017 American English
8142 Secrets Nuruddin Farah 1998 Somali English
8142 Simple Stories Ingo Schulze 1998 German German
8142 Vor Uns Die Sintflut Urs Widmer 1998 Swiss German
8157 Out Of Mao’s Shadow Philip P. Pan 2008 Unknown English
8162 Loving A Lost Lord Mary Jo Putney 2009 American English
8162 To Catch A Bride Anne Gracie 2009 Australian English
8169 A Long Way Down Nick Hornby 2005 British English
8168 The Truth Commissioner David Park 2008 Irish English
8171 Ladrón De Lunas Isaac Montero 1990 Spanish Spanish
8174 Saints And Strangers Angela Carter 1985 British English
8176 Three Novels Samuel Beckett 1955 Irish French
8176 Cards Of Identity Nigel Dennis 1955 British English
8185 Feminist Theory bell hooks 1984 American English
8189 The Fisherman John Langan 2016 American English
8190 Temblor Rosa Montero 1990 Spanish Spanish
8198 Acasă, pe Cîmpia Armaghedonului Marta Petreu 2011 Romanian Romanian
8207 Outer Dark Cormac McCarthy 1968 American English
8208 The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield 2006 British English
8212 Collected Stories Of Richard Matheson Richard Matheson 1989 American English
8213 Stories In An Almost Classical Mode Harold Brodkey 1989 American English
8214 Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson 1993 American English
8216 Bells In Winter Czesław Miłosz 1978 Polish Polish
8221 Island Alistair MacLeod 2000 Canadian English
8225 We Are Legion Dennis E. Taylor 2016 Unknown English
8225 Unsouled Will Wight 2016 American English
8227 The Rose Of Time Bei Dao 2005 Chinese Chinese
8232 U and I Nicholson Baker 1991 American English
8232 Beyond The Mask, Race, Gender And Identity Amina Mama 1995 British English
8240 Bronze And Sunflower Cao Wenxuan 2005 Chinese English
8242 Bully For Brontosaurus Stephen Jay Gould 1991 American English
8246 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl 1970 British English
8252 Ghost Light Joseph O'Connor 2010 Irish English
8254 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
8255 Someone Knows My Name Lawrence Hill 2007 Canadian English
8262 Round Up Ring Lardner 1929 American English
8266 The Dead Romantics Ashley Poston 2022 American English
8266 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8266 You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty Akwaeke Emezi 2022 Nigerian English
8262 Rosie Carpe & Hilda Marie NDiaye 2001 French French
8275 Love And Summer William Trevor 2009 Irish English
8276 Solace Belinda McKeon 2011 Irish English
8278 Poems Of Octavio Paz Octavio Paz 1957 Mexican Spanish
8278 Three Plays Thornton Wilder 1957 American English
8283 The Other Side Of Desire Daniel Bergner 2009 American English
8287 Night They Missed The Horror Show Joe R. Lansdale 1988 American English
8288 They Will Drown In Their Mother’s Tears Johannes Anyuru 2017 Swedish Swedish
8295 Alec: The Years Have Pants Eddie Campbell 2008 British English
8300 Darkside Dennis Etchison 1986 American English
8308 This Present Darkness Frank Peretti 1986 American English
8317 The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart 2007 American English
8320 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
8328 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
8327 Contemporary Science Fiction, Fantasy, And Horror Poetry Scott E. Green 1989 American English
8330 The Architecture Of Fear Kathryn Cramer 1987 American English
8334 Fable Robert Pinget 1958 French French
8334 Three Short Novels Kay Boyle 1958 American English
8334 The Rebellion Of Yale Marrat Robert H. Rimmer 1964 American English
8334 The Bat Poet Randall Jarrell 1964 American English
8340 The Poems Of Li Po Li Po -750 Chinese Classical chinese
8343 The Man Who Fell In Love With The Moon Tom Spanbauer 1991 American English
8347 Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett 1989 British English
8351 River Thieves Michael Crummey 2001 Canadian English
8354 Chanda's Secrets Allan Stratton 2004 Canadian English
8359 On Being A Christian Hans Kueng 1974 German German
8367 The Wine Dark Sea Robert Aickman 1988 British English
8369 The Lecturer's Tale James Hynes 2001 American English
8375 Beautiful Disaster Jamie McGuire 2011 American English
8375 The Perfect Play Jaci Burton 2011 American English
8375 Never A Gentleman Eileen Dreyer 2011 Unknown English
8379 Towards Another Summer Janet Frame 2007 New Zealander English
8380 American War Omar El Akkad 2017 Canadian English
8391 de Kooning Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan 2004 American English
8387 In The Labyrinth Alain Robbe-Grillet 1959 French French
8392 Eventide Kent Haruf 2004 American English
8393 Junk Food Monkeys Robert Sapolsky 1997 American Unknown
8396 Science Fiction And Fantasy Reference Index, 1878 1985 And Supplements H. W. Hall 1987 American English
8396 The Failure Of The Gothic Elizabeth R. Napier 1987 Unknown English
8399 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
8403 Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett 1988 British English
8406 On Human Nature E. O. Wilson 1978 American English
8409 Lost In A Good Book Jasper Fforde 2002 British English
8407 Illusions Richard Bach 1977 American English
8409 Her Royal Spyness Rhys Bowen 2007 British English
8408 Lira Dos Vinte Anos Álvares De Azevedo 1853 Brazilian Portuguese
8412 The Palace Of Illusions Chitra Banerjee Divakurni 2008 American English
8414 Lavoura Arcaica Raduan Nassar 1975 Brazilian Portuguese
8416 The Way Of A Serpent Torgny Lindgren 1982 Swedish Swedish
8421 The Green Mile Stephen King 1996 American English
8423 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
8427 To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis 1997 American English
8435 Baltimore's Mansion Wayne Johnston 1999 Canadian English
8436 Morte E Vida Severina João Cabral de Melo Neto 1955 Brazilian Portuguese
8439 Heaven And Hell Jón Kalman Stefánsson 2007 Icelandic Icelandic
8441 Journal Mireille Havet 2003 French French
8455 Penpal Dathan Kahn Auerbach 2012 American English
8443 Die Dunkle Seite Des Mondes Martin Suter 2000 Swiss German
8443 The Interim Wolfgang Hilbig 2000 German German
8443 Der Geliebte Der Mutter Urs Widmer 2000 Swiss German
8461 Vestido De Noiva Nelson Rodrigues 1943 Brazilian Portuguese
8471 Natural History Joan Perucho 1960 Spanish Catalan
8462 Seeing Red David J. Schow 1990 American English
8462 Best New Horror Ramsey Campbell 1990 British English
8464 Being Wrong Kathryn Schulz 2010 American English
8493 Nazareth Hill Ramsey Campbell 1996 British English
8497 Serafim Ponte Grande Oswald De Andrade 1923 Brazilian Portuguese
8500 The Grass Harp Truman Capote 1956 American English