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
9255 Portrait Of A Man Unknown Nathalie Sarraute 1948 French French
9260 The Memory Police Yōko Ogawa 2024 Japanese Japanese
9261 An Immense World Ed Yong 2022 British English
9261 A Children’s Bible Lydia Millet, Xe Sands 2020 American English
9279 Kurangaituku Whiti Hereaka 2022 New Zealander English
9287 It’s Been A Pleasure, Noni Blake Claire Christian 2020 Australian English
9287 Spoiler Alert Olivia Dade 2020 American English
9292 The Double Dream Of Spring John Ashbery 1970 American English
9292 Findings Richard Howard 1970 American Unknown
9292 A River Called Time Mia Couto 2002 Mozambican Portuguese
9298 The Imaginary Lives Of James Poneke Tina Makereti 2018 New Zealand English
9304 Part Of Your World Abby Jimenez 2022 American English
9305 Ploaia De Trei Sute De Zile Gabriel Chifu 2017 Romanian Romanian
9308 Down To The Dirt Joel Hynes 2004 Canadian English
9314 Hamlet On The Holodeck Janet H. Murray 1997 American English
9315 The Dark Side Of Love Rafik Schami 2004 German German
9326 Sylvanus Now Donna Morrissey 2004 Canadian English
9327 René’S Flesh Virgilio Piñera 1988 Cuban Spanish
9328 Údolí Včel Vladimír Körner 2009 Czech Czech
9332 Authority Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9332 Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9340 Suzy Zeus Gets Organized Maggie Robbins 2000 American English
9346 Demons And Shadows Robert Westall 1993 British English
9346 Ellipse Of Uncertainty Lance Olsen 1993 American English
9351 Dread And Delights Philippa Pearce 1995 British Unknown
9354 The Old Garden Hwang Sok-yong 2000 Korean Korean
9363 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
9356 Spring Shade Robert Fitzgerald 1971 American English
9356 Poems Of Howard Moss Howard Moss 1971 American English
9369 Leviathan Wakes James S. A. Corey 2011 American English
9373 Their Brilliant Careers Ryan O’Neill 2016 Australian English
9368 A Line Made By Walking Sara Baume 2017 Irish English
9372 Oh My God What A Complete Aisling Emer McLysaght, Sarah Breen 2017 Irish English
9375 Sir Bertrand, A Fragment Anna Laetitia Barbauld 1773 British English
9375 The Heroine Eaton Stannard Barrett 1813 British English
9375 The Monk Of Udolpho T. J. Horsley Curties 1807 British English
9375 Confessions Of The Nun Of Saint Omer Charlotte Dacre 1805 British English
9375 The Abbess William Henry Ireland 1801 British English
9375 The Necromancer Karl Friedrich Kahlert 1794 German German
9375 The Abbey Of Saint Asaph Isabella Kelly 1795 British English
9375 The Recess Sophia Lee 1783 British English
9375 The Castle Spectre Matthew Lewis 1797 British English
9375 Bertram Charles Robert Maturin 1816 Irish English
9375 Count Saint Blancard Elizabeth Meeke 1803 British Unknown
9375 Grasville Abbey George Moore 1797 Irish English
9375 The Castle Of Wolfenbach Eliza Parsons 1793 British English
9375 The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne Ann Radcliffe 1789 British English
9375 The Nocturnal Visit Regina Maria Roche 1800 British English
9375 Zastrozzi Percy Bysshe Shelley 1810 British English
9375 Saint Irvyne Percy Bysshe Shelley 1811 British English
9375 Barozzi Catherine Smith 1815 Unknown Unknown
9375 The Mysterious Mother Horace Walpole 1768 British English
9375 Tales For Christmas Eve Rhoda Broughton 1873 British English
9375 Monos And Daimonos Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1830 British English
9375 The Night Side Of Nature Catherine Crowe 1848 British English
9375 Checkmate Sheridan Le Fanu 1871 British Unknown
9375 The Iron Shroud William Mudford 1830 British English
9375 Tales Of The Good Woman, By A Doubtful Gentleman James Kirke Paulding 1835 American English
9375 The Vroucolacas James Kirke Paulding 1846 American Unknown
9375 Spook Stories E. F. Benson 1928 British English
9375 Can Such Things Be? Ambrose Bierce 1893 American English
9375 Ghost And Horror Stories Of Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce 1904 American English
9375 Ancient Sorceries And Other Tales Algernon Blackwood 1927 British English
9375 The Dance Of Death And Other Tales Algernon Blackwood 1927 British English
9375 Day And Night Stories Algernon Blackwood 1917 British English
9375 The Lost Valley And Other Stories Algernon Blackwood 1910 British English
9375 Pan's Garden Algernon Blackwood 1912 British English
9375 Ten Minute Stories Algernon Blackwood 1914 British English
9375 Tongues Of Fire And Other Sketches Algernon Blackwood 1924 British English
9375 The Willows And Other Queer Tales Algernon Blackwood 1907 British English
9375 The Maker Of Moons Robert W. Chambers 1896 American English
9375 The Stone Dragon And Other Tragic Romances R. Murray Gilchrist 1894 British English
9375 Wessex Tales Thomas Hardy 1888 British English
9375 The Luck Of The Strong William Hope Hodgson 1916 British Unknown
9375 Men Of Deep Waters William Hope Hodgson 1914 British English
9375 More Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary M. R. James 1911 British English
9375 They Rudyard Kipling 1904 British English
9375 The Glorious Mystery Arthur Machen 1924 British English
9375 The Shining Pyramid Arthur Machen 1895 British English
9375 The Terror Arthur Machen 1917 British English
9375 Ghosts In Daylight G. Oliver Onions 1924 British Unknown
9375 The Painted Face G. Oliver Onions 1929 British English
9375 Complete Short Stories H. G. Wells 1927 British English
9375 The Plattner Story And Others H. G. Wells 1897 British English
9375 Thirty Strange Stories H. G. Wells 1897 British English
9375 Twelve Stories And A Dream H. G. Wells 1903 British English
9375 The Valley Of Spiders H. G. Wells 1903 British English
9375 Here And Beyond Edith Wharton 1926 American English
9375 Fishhead Irvin S. Cobb 1913 British English
9375 Midnight Tales W. F. Harvey 1928 British English
9375 The Hounds Of Tindalos Frank Belknap Long 1929 American English
9375 The Werewolf Of Ponkert H. Warner Munn 1925 American English
9375 At Dead Of Night Christine Campbell Thomson 1931 British English
9375 By Daylight Only Christine Campbell Thomson 1929 British English
9375 Gruesome Cargoes Christine Campbell Thompson 1931 British English
9375 Not At Night Christine Campbell Thomson 1925 British English
9375 More Not At Night Christine Campbell Thomson 1930 British English
9375 Switch On The Light Christine Campbell Thompson 1931 British Unknown
9375 You'll Need A Light Christine Campbell Thompson 1927 British Unknown
9375 Lenore Gottfried Burger 1773 German German
9375 The Haunted Hour Margaret Widdemer 1920 American English
9512 If We Can't Go At The Speed Of Light Kim Cho-yeop 2019 Korean Korean
9515 C John Diamond 1998 British English
9517 Spheres Of Justice Michael Walzer 1983 American English
9522 A Visitation Of Spirits Randall Kenan 1989 American English
9527 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia Of Faeries Heather Fawcett 2023 Canadian English
9530 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
9541 Binti Nnedi Okorafor 2015 Nigerian English
9547 The Falls Joyce Carol Oates 2004 American English
9548 The Libera Me Domine Robert Pinget 1972 French Unknown
9548 Selected Poems Jacob Glatstein 1972 Polish Yiddish
9548 Collected Poems A. R. Ammons 1972 American English
9559 Travelling In A Strange Land David Park 2018 Irish English
9564 Reviving Ophelia Mary Pipher 1994 American English
9569 The Land Aleron Kong 2015 Unknown English
9569 Cold Hearted Rake Lisa Kleypas 2015 American English
9575 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 2021 American English
9575 The Hellion's Waltz Olivia Waite 2021 Unknown English
9575 The Princess Stakes Amalie Howard 2021 Unknown English
9585 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English