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
9991 Nestlings Of A Dark God Michael R. Collings 1996 American English
9991 The Fuel Of Tender Years Joey Froehlich 1996 American Unknown
9991 Magill's Guide To Science Fiction And Fantasy Literature Magill 1996 Unknown English
9991 Dreams And Wishes Susan Cooper 1996 British English
10005 Someone In The Dark August Derleth 1941 American English
10004 Lone Women Victor LaValle 2023 American English
10002 Where Tigers Are At Home Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès 2008 French French
10009 The End Of Nature Bill McKibben 1989 American English
10013 The Zafarani Files Jamal al- Ghitani 1976 Egyptian Arabic
10019 The End Of The World Is A Cul De Sac Louise Kennedy 2021 Irish English
10021 The Nine Lives Of Charlotte Taylor Sally Armstrong 2007 Canadian English
10022 Ragged Islands Don Hannah 2007 Canadian English
10025 The Dreaming City Michael Moorcock 1961 British English
10027 The Boy Who Stole Attila's Horse Ivan Repila 2013 Spanish Spanish
10027 Obsidio Amie Kaufman 2018 Australian English
10027 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
10027 Wishes And Wellingtons Julie Berry 2018 American English
10027 Let Me Love You Alexandria House 2018 Unknown English
10036 The Kulla Gulla Series Martha Sandwall-Bergström 1945 Swedish Swedish
10037 Houseboat Days John Ashbery 1977 American English
10037 The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford Ron Hansen 1983 American English
10043 Statarna Ivar Lo-Johansson 1936 Swedish Swedish
10045 Poems Of Karin Boye Karin Boye 1941 Swedish Swedish
10047 Jac The Clown Hjalmar Bergman 1919 Swedish Swedish
10046 Would I Lie To The Duke Eva Leigh 2020 Unknown English
10055 Collected Shorter Plays Samuel Beckett 1984 Irish English
10055 Stars And Bars William Boyd 1984 British English
10062 The Killings At Badger's Drift Caroline Graham 1987 British English
10064 The Mountain People Colin M. Turnbull 1972 British English
10067 Verdes Valles, Colinas Rojas Ramiro Pinilla 2004 Spanish Spanish
10068 The Mirror & The Light Hilary Mantel 2020 British English
10066 The Silences Of Hammerstein Hans Magnus Enzensberger 2008 German German
10073 Nightmare By Daylight Christine Campbell Thomson 1942 British English
10076 Habibi Craig Thompson 2011 American English
10080 The Girl With All The Gifts M. R. Carey 2014 British English
10085 Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 1995 American English
10086 Blood Sport Robert F. Jones 1974 American English
10087 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10087 We Have No Idea Daniel Whiteson, Jorge Cham 2017 Unknown English
10091 Time Enough For Love Robert A. Heinlein 1973 American English
10093 The Secret History Of Costaguana Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2007 Colombian Spanish
10101 My Life As A Russian Novel Emmanuel Carrère 2007 French French
10103 The Fifth Elephant Terry Pratchett 1999 British English
10108 The Man Who Spoke Snakish Andrus Kivirähk 2007 Estonian Estonian
10110 Blackberry Winter Margaret Mead 1972 American English
10110 There Was Never A Once Upon A Time Carmen Naranjo 1972 Costa Rican Unknown
10113 Revelations Douglas Winter 1997 American English
10117 Through The Woods Emily Carroll 2014 Canadian English
10118 Angosta Héctor Abad Faciolince 2003 Colombian Spanish
10124 White City Kevin Power 2021 Irish English
10125 The Winds Of Change Eugene Linden 2006 Unknown English
10127 Nine Ghosts R. H. Malden 1943 British English
10128 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English
10131 Advances Anita Burgh 1998 British English
10133 Snowflake Louise Nealon 2021 Irish English
10135 Dealers Of Lightning Michael Hiltzik 2000 American English
10136 Badenheim 1939 Aharon Appelfeld 1978 Israeli Hebrew
10136 Maitreya Severo Sarduy 1978 Cuban Spanish
10136 New & Selected Things Taking Place May Swenson 1978 American English
10136 Sphere A. R. Ammons 1978 American English
10136 Dinner Along The Amazon Timothy Findley 1984 Canadian English
10158 On The Way To My Father’s Funeral Jonathan Baumbach 2004 American English
10165 Harvest Jim Crace 2013 British English
10180 Harmada João Gilberto Noll 1993 Brazilian Portuguese
10184 Immigrant, Montana Amitava Kumar 2017 American English
10192 How Beautiful We Were Imbolo Mbue 2021 Cameroonian English
10193 The Other Passenger John Keir Cross 1944 British English
10194 Duplex Kathryn Davis 2013 American English
10206 Neuromaani Jaakko Yli-Juonikas 2012 Finnish Finnish
10207 The Little Hotel Christina Stead 1973 Australian English
10211 Hjortronlandet Sara Lidman 1955 Swedish Swedish
10216 Her Majesty's Secret Service Christopher Andrew 1985 Unknown English
10216 What's Bred In The Bone Robertson Davies 1985 Canadian English
10224 Matrix Lauren Groff 2021 American English
10224 The Trees Percival Everett 2021 American English
10232 Rainbow Boys Alex Sanchez 2001 American English
10231 Que Cavalos São Aqueles Que Fazem Sombra No Mar? António Lobo Antunes 2009 Portuguese Portuguese
10241 Understanding Poetry Robert Penn Warren, Cleanth Brooks 1938 American English
10241 The New Science of Politics Eric Voegelin 1952 Austrian English
10241 Billy Bunter Butts In Frank Richards 1950 British English
10241 King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 1953 British English
10241 Nine Unlikely Tales E. Nesbit 1901 British English
10260 Poems Of F. T. Prince F. T. Prince 1979 British English
10260 The Ether Dome And Other Poems Allen Grossman 1979 American English
10260 The Warrior Who Carried Life Geoff Ryman 1985 British English
10270 How To Find A Princess Alyssa Cole 2021 American English
10270 The Spinster And The Rake Eva Devon 2021 Unknown English
10274 Death's End Cixin Liu 2010 Chinese Chinese
10278 The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson 1995 American English
10279 Birth Of A Bridge Maylis de Kerangal 2010 French French
10288 Ruby Redford Look Into My Eyes Lauren Child 2011 British English
10293 The Jumbies Tracey Baptiste 2015 Trinidadian English
10292 Girl Jamaica Kincaid 1978 Antiguan English
10305 Dear Departed Marguerite Yourcenar 1974 French French
10305 Man, Play And Games Roger Caillois 1958 French French
10305 The Sacred And The Profane Mircea Eliade 1957 Romanian French
10305 Worlds In Collision Immanuel Velikovsky 1950 American English
10356 The Colony Audrey Magee 2022 Irish English
10358 The Borrowers Mary Norton 1952 British English
10362 A Desolation Called Peace Arkady Martine 2021 American English
10361 Witches Abroad Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
10367 Still Can't See Nothin' Comin' Daniel Grey Marshall 2004 American English
10370 The Doll And One Other Algernon Blackwood 1946 British English
10370 West India Lights Henry S. Whitehead 1946 American English
10370 Who Knocks? August Derleth 1946 American English
10369 Complete Poems James Weldon Johnson 2000 American English
10375 The Mouse And The Motorcycle Beverly Cleary 1965 American English
10376 How To Say Babylon Safiya Sinclair 2023 Unknown English
10381 Rogue Forces Mark Willacy 2021 Unknown English
10380 Again, Rachel Marian Keyes 2022 Irish English
10391 Mudwoman Joyce Carol Oates 2012 American English
10408 The Double Invention Of Komo Jay Wright 1980 American Unknown
10408 The Free Frenchman Piers Paul Read 1986 British English
10424 Abaddon's Gate James S. A. Corey 2013 American English
10426 This Mortal Coil Cynthia Asquith 1947 British English
10426 Revelations In Black Carl Jacobi 1947 American English
10426 The Night Side August Derleth 1947 American English
10430 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 1992 American English
10435 The Forest Of Hours Kerstin Ekman 1988 Swedish Swedish
10436 Daughter Of The Dragon Yunte Huang 2023 Unknown English