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
8879 Mockingbird Walter Tevis 1980 American English
8883 Black and Blur Fred Moten 2017 American English
8886 Theft Of Swords Michael J. Sullivan 2011 American English
8884 The Violent Land Jorge Amado 1943 Brazilian Portuguese
8887 Cendrillon Éric Reinhardt 2007 French French
8894 Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama Alison Bechdel 2012 American English
8903 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
8904 A Moreninha Joaquim Manuel De Macedo 1844 Brazilian Portuguese
8910 Spells Of Enchantment Jack Zipes 1991 American English
8909 The Night Guest Fiona McFarlane 2013 Australian English
8912 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 American English
8911 O Ex Mágico Murilo Rubião 1947 Brazilian Portuguese
8914 O Picapau Amarelo Monteiro Lobato 1939 Brazilian Portuguese
8916 As Metamorfoses Murilo Mendes 1938 Brazilian Portuguese
8921 The Devil's Racetrack Mark Twain 1966 American Unknown
8921 At The Stone Of Losses T. Carmi 1966 Israeli Hebrew
8928 The Slum Aluísio Azevedo 1890 Brazilian Portuguese
8929 A Escrava Isaura Bernardo Guimarães 1875 Brazilian Portuguese
8931 O Coronel E O Lobisomem José Cândido De Carvalho 1964 Brazilian Portuguese
8932 Cordelia And Other Stories Françoise Mallet-Joris 1958 French French
8932 Storm In The Village Miss Read 1958 British English
8938 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
8938 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
8943 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
8940 Febeapá Stanislaw Ponte Preta 1966 Brazilian Portuguese
8945 Os Cavalinhos De Platiplanto José J. Veiga 1959 Brazilian Portuguese
8948 The Hunger And Other Stories Charles Beaumont 1957 American English
8946 Avalovara Osman Lins 1973 Brazilian Portuguese
8950 Eu Augusto Dos Anjos 1912 Brazilian Portuguese
8956 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
8957 Quarup Antonio Callado 1967 Brazilian Portuguese
8961 Inocência Visconde De Taunay 1872 Brazilian Portuguese
8962 Poesias Olavo Bilac 1888 Brazilian Portuguese
8963 O Tronco Bernardo Élis 1956 Brazilian Portuguese
8964 O Uraguai Basílio Da Gama 1769 Brazilian Portuguese
8965 Juca Mulato Menotti Del Picchia 1917 Brazilian Portuguese
8968 The Shack William P. Young 2007 American English
8967 Asking For It Louise O'Neill 2015 Irish English
8973 Mantra Rodrigo Fresán 2001 Argentinian Spanish
8980 Downhill Chance Donna Morrissey 2002 Canadian English
8981 Sailors, Slackers And Blind Pigs Stephen Kimber 2002 Canadian English
8987 Falling Free Lois McMaster Bujold 1988 American English
8991 The Deal Of The Century Steve Coll 1986 American English
8994 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
8995 A Scent Of New Mown Hay John Blackburn 1958 British English
8998 Haunted Joyce Carol Oates 1994 American English
8997 The Deal Elle Kennedy 2015 Canadian English
9001 Circe's Mountain Marie Luise Kaschnitz 1959 German Unknown
9007 T Zero Italo Calvino 1967 Italian Italian
9007 Four Plays Jean Giraudoux 1967 French French
9007 That Voice Robert Pinget 1967 French French
9007 Guide To The Underworld Gunnar Ekelöf 1967 Swedish Swedish
9018 Climbing Mount Improbable Richard Dawkins 1996 British English
9020 Memories Of My Father Watching Tv Curtis White 1998 American English
9019 Love Hanne Ørstavik 1997 Norwegian Norwegian
9029 Citizen Of The Galaxy Robert A. Heinlein 1957 American English
9027 Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver 2000 American English
9031 Five Go To Smuggler's Top Enid Blyton 1945 British English
9034 From A To X John Berger 2008 British English
9034 Them Old Cowboy Songs Annie Proulx 2008 American English
9034 Yama Loka Terminus Léo Henry, Jacques Mucchielli 2008 French French
9041 Against The Loveless World Susan Abulhawa 2020 Palestinian English
9046 The Rachel Incident Caroline O'Donoghue 2023 Irish English
9047 The Sun Walks Down Fiona McFarlane 2022 Australian English
9052 The Crossover Kwame Alexander 2014 American English
9054 The Emperor Of The Amazon Márcio Souza 1976 Brazilian Portuguese
9059 Pond Claire-Louise Bennett 2015 Irish English
9061 Décadence Mandchoue Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse 2011 Unknown English
9062 Tigrela And Other Stories Lygia Fagundes Telles 1977 Brazilian Portuguese
9064 A Million Windows Gerald Murnane 2014 Australian English
9070 The Town That Forgot How To Breathe Kenneth J. Harvey 2003 Canadian English
9071 Stone Upon Stone Wiesław Myśliwski 1984 Polish Polish
9077 Event Factory Renee Gladman 2010 American English
9079 Polaris Rising Jessie Mihalik 2019 American English
9089 Pluto's Republic Peter B. Medawar 1982 British English
9094 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9103 Foundations Of Fear David Hartwell 1992 American English
9102 The Big Why Michael Winter 2004 Canadian English
9096 Eifel Liebe Jacques Berndorf 2003 German German
9111 Cruddy Lynda Barry 1999 American English
9112 200 Crônicas Escolhidas Rubem Braga 1977 Brazilian Portuguese
9114 Poems Of Daryl Hine Daryl Hine 1968 Canadian English
9114 The Blue Estuaries Louise Bogan 1968 American English
9114 Bending The Bow Robert Duncan 1968 American English
9113 The Dunwich Horror And Others H. P. Lovecraft 1963 American English
9124 Lumberjanes Noelle Stevenson 2014 American English
9124 The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin 2014 American English
9127 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
9130 Through the Language Glass Guy Deutscher 2010 British English
9133 Raised From The Ground José Saramago 1980 Portuguese Portuguese
9138 George's Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl 1981 British English
9152 My Friend Annie Jane Duncan 1961 Scottish English
9163 A Place Between The Tides Harry Thurston 2004 Canadian English
9168 Oleanna David Mamet 1992 American English
9170 Memories Of The Body Lisa Tuttle 1992 American English
9170 MetaHorror Dennis Etchison 1992 American English
9170 Christian Fantasy C. N. Manlove 1992 British English
9170 The Impulse Of Fantasy Literature C. N. Manlove 1992 British English
9169 Tales Of Terror Charles Higham 1961 British English
9175 Anima Wajdi Mouawad 2012 French French
9178 The Cocktail Collection Alice Clayton 2016 Unknown English
9179 Off To Be The Wizard Scott Meyer 2013 English
9184 The Writer on Her Work Janet Sternburg 1980 American English
9184 Untitled Subjects Richard Howard 1969 American English
9191 But What If We're Wrong? Chuck Klosterman 2016 American English
9191 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9222 Slan A. E. van Vogt 1940 Canadian English
9224 Burning Your Boats Angela Carter 1995 British English
9225 Han Hinkon Makoto Yuasa 2008 Japanese Unknown
9227 That's How It Was Natalia Ginzburg Italian Italian
9226 Poems Jorge Luis Borges 2010 Argentinian Spanish
9229 Foal's Bread Gillian Mears 2011 Australian English
9234 The Natural Way Of Things Charlotte Wood 2015 Australian English
9239 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
9240 Soul Music Terry Pratchett 1994 British English
9245 The Complete Dramatic Works Of Samuel Beckett Samuel Beckett 1986 Irish English
9244 The Red Tree Caitlín R. Kiernan 2009 American English
9246 An Audience Of Chairs Joan Clark 2005 Canadian English
9254 To Your Scattered Bodies Go Philip José Farmer 1971 American English
9256 The Grace Of Kings Ken Liu 2015 American English