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
8504 Latitudes Of Melt Joan Clark 2000 Canadian English
8507 Crônica Da Casa Assassinada Lúcio Cardoso 1959 Brazilian Portuguese
8508 The Broken Shore Peter Temple 2005 Australian English
8511 Harvest Home Thomas Tryon 1973 American English
8512 Bones Of The Moon Jonathan Carroll 1987 American English
8514 Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson 1996 American English
8515 Os Escravos Castro Alves 1883 Brazilian Portuguese
8517 Sourdough And Other Stories Angela Slatter 2010 Australian English
8531 Young Skins Colin Barrett 2013 Irish English
8533 Man Plus Frederik Pohl 1976 American English
8533 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
8540 Milton's God William Empson 1961 British English
8539 Peace Is Every Step Thich Nhat Hanh 1992 Vietnamese English
8551 Igur Neblí Miquel de Palol 1994 Spanish Unknown
8548 The Hunter Kerrigan Byrne 2016 Unknown English
8553 The Woodwitch Stephen Gregory 1988 British English
8556 The Sad End Of Policarpo Quaresma Lima Barreto 1911 Brazilian Portuguese
8575 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8576 The Sorrow Of War Dương Thu Hương 1990 Vietnamese Vietnamese
8583 Sermões Padre Vieira 1642 Brazilian Portuguese
8584 The Accidental Indies Robert Finley 2000 Canadian English
8585 The Postcard Anne Berest 2021 French French
8591 Sonnenschein Daša Drndić 2007 Croatian Croatian
8592 The Wise Man's Fear Patrick Rothfuss 2011 American English
8594 Homecoming Cynthia Voigt 1981 American English
8597 Beauties, Beasts And Enchantment Jack Zipes 1989 American English
8597 Blood Is Not Enough Ellen Datlow 1989 American English
8604 Fact, Fiction, And Forecast Nelson Goodman 1955 American English
8605 The Dyer's Hand W. H. Auden 1962 British English
8605 Lyrical And Critical Essays Albert Camus 1968 French French
8614 Civilisation Steve Braunias 2012 New Zealand English
8616 The Queue Basma Abdel Aziz 2013 Egyptian Arabic
8619 Carnality Lina Wolff 2019 Swedish Swedish
8623 Stargirl Jerry Spinelli 2000 American English
8626 Navalha Na Carne Plínio Marcos 1967 Brazilian Portuguese
8629 Vanishing Point David Markson 2004 American English
8628 The 13 Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths 2011 Australian English
8631 Red Prophet Orson Scott Card 1988 American English
8631 The Knight And Knave Of Swords Fritz Leiber 1988 American English
8633 The Dragon's Gift Deborah Brautigam 2009 Unknown English
8635 Patient Zero Jonathan Maberry 2009 American English
8636 Unformed Landscape Peter Stamm 2001 Swiss German
8640 The Fraud Zadie Smith 2023 British English
8643 Orality And Literacy Walter J. Ong 1982 American English
8644 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
8645 The Raj Quartet Paul Scott 1976 British English
8647 The Leiber Chronicles Fritz Leiber 1990 American English
8658 Krabat Otfried Preußler 1971 German German
8659 The Heiress Effect Courtney Milan 2013 American English
8659 Lord Of Wicked Intentions Lorraine Heath 2013 American English
8667 The Rape of the Lock Alexander Pope 1712 British English
8671 From Blood And Ash Jennifer L. Armentrout 2020 American English
8673 Birds Saint-John Perse 1963 French French
8673 Fables Of Identity Northrop Frye 1963 Canadian English
8679 The Chronology Of Water Lidia Yuknavitch 2011 American English
8673 Marabou Stork Nightmares Irvine Welsh 1995 British English
8679 Adapt Tim Harford 2011 British English
8673 The Peanuts Treasury Charles M. Schulz 1969 American English
8683 Miss Peabody’s Inheritance Elizabeth Jolley 1983 Australian English
8684 Fantasy Literature For Children And Young Adults Ruth Nadelman Lynn 1989 American English
8684 The Poetic Fantastic Patrick D. Murphy 1989 American English
8688 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
8689 I Juca Pirama Gonçalves Dias 1851 Brazilian Portuguese
8691 The Discomfort Of Evening Lucas Rijneveld 2018 Dutch Dutch
8692 Amberlough Lara Elena Donnelly 2017 American English
8693 Throne Of Glass Sarah J. Maas 2012 American English
8696 Cry, Heart, But Never Break Glenn Ringtved 2001 Danish Danish
8695 Too Much Lip Melissa Lucashenko 2018 Australian English
8704 Strategies Of Fantasy Brian Attebery 1992 American English
8713 Gifted Patrick Evans 2010 New Zealand English
8736 Second Skin John Hawkes 1964 American English
8736 Poems Of Alvin Feinman Alvin Feinman 1964 American English
8747 Reaper Man Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
8758 Rats And Gargoyles Mary Gentle 1990 British English
8761 Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card 1989 American English
8761 Tourists Lisa Goldstein 1989 American English
8764 The Island Of Crimea Vasily Aksenov 1979 Russian Russian
8763 Spill Simmer Falter Wither Sara Baume 2015 Irish English
8779 Among The Cities Jan Morris 1985 British English
8780 Noite Na Taverna Álvares De Azevedo 1855 Brazilian Portuguese
8782 Cape Breton Road D. R. MacDonald 2001 Canadian English
8785 Romance D'a Pedra Do Reino E O Príncipe Do Sangue Do Vai E Volta Ariano Suassuna 1971 Brazilian Portuguese
8787 Dinosaurs On Other Planets Danielle McLaughlin 2014 Irish English
8793 Here Are The Young Men Rob Doyle 2014 Irish English
8796 The Understatement Of The Year Sarina Bowen 2014 American English
8795 Heave Christy Ann Conlin 2002 Canadian English
8798 The Edge Of Running Water William M. Sloane 1939 American English
8798 The Revenger's Tragedy Thomas Middleton 1606 British English
8798 Creep, Shadow! A. Merritt 1934 American English
8798 Pages From Cold Point Paul Bowles 1947 American English
8798 House Of Flesh Bruno Fischer 1950 American English
8798 A Question Of Upbringing Anthony Powell 1951 British English
8798 Time Regained Marcel Proust 1927 French French
8798 Ann Veronica H. G. Wells 1909 British English
8798 Trails Plowed Under Charles Marion Russell 1927 American English
8798 The Valley Of The Moon Jack London 1913 American English
8798 World Light Halldor Laxness 1937 Icelandic Icelandic
8811 Feed M. T. Anderson 2002 American English
8814 Shikasta Doris May Lessing 1979 British English
8817 China In Ten Words Yu Hua 2011 Chinese Chinese
8816 Canaã Graça Aranha 1902 Brazilian Portuguese
8818 The Weird Tale S. T. Joshi 1990 American English
8818 The Unsettled Dust Robert Aickman 1990 British English
8824 The Laws Of Hospitality Pierre Klossowski 1965 French French
8824 The Baphomet Pierre Klossowski 1965 French French
8824 Words In Stone Yves Bonnefoy 1965 French French
8824 All The Names José Saramago 1997 Portuguese Portuguese
8822 The Sacred Hoop Paula Gunn Allen 1986 American English
8832 Memórias Sentimentais De João Miramar Oswald De Andrade 1924 Brazilian Portuguese
8837 A Coleira Do Cão Rubem Fonseca 1965 Brazilian Portuguese
8839 The Chalice And The Blade Riane Eisler 1987 American English
8850 The Emperor's New Mind Roger Penrose 1989 British English
8851 I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home Lorrie Moore 2023 American English
8853 A Estrela Sobe Marques Rebelo 1939 Brazilian Portuguese
8857 The Navigator Of New York Wayne Johnston 2002 Canadian English
8863 Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 2020 American English
8865 O Ateneu Raul Pompéia 1888 Brazilian Portuguese
8873 Fogo Morto José Lins Do Rego 1943 Brazilian Portuguese
8872 Yawning Heights Alexander Sinowjew 1976 Russian Russian
8877 Invenção De Orfeu Jorge De Lima 1952 Brazilian Portuguese