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
10978 Man Made Language Dale Spender 1980 Australian English
10993 The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández 2016 Chilean Spanish
10993 Portable Curiosities Julie Koh 2016 Australian English
10999 Bad Girls Jacqueline Wilson 1996 British English
11002 The Island Of The Day Before Umberto Eco 1994 Italian Italian
11010 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 2023 American English
11013 Gergő és Az álomfogók Gyula Böszörményi 2007 Hungarian Hungarian
11030 The Weird Ann VanderMeer 2011 American English
11036 Babylon's Ashes James S. A. Corey 2016 American English
11038 Sörgården Anna-Maria Roos 1912 Swedish Swedish
11047 Black Swan Green David Mitchell 2006 British English
11052 The Hammer Of God Bo Giertz 1941 Swedish Swedish
11055 Two Years Eight Months And Twenty Eight Nights Salman Rushdie 2015 British English
11058 Look Solmaz Sharif 2016 American English
11060 The Red Grass Boris Vian 1949 French French
11061 A Vida Como Ela é... Nelson Rodrigues 2006 Brazilian Portuguese
11064 All The Wrong Places James Fenton 1994 British English
11064 The Complete Works Of Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft 1989 British English
11064 Fire Down Below William Golding 1989 British English
11073 Life Adjustment Center Ryan McGinley 2010 American Unknown
11082 The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 American English
11109 Rite of Passage Alexei Panshin 1968 American English
11109 A Time of Changes Robert Silverberg 1971 American English
11109 Stations of the Tide Michael Swanwick 1991 American English
11109 Moving Mars Greg Bear 1993 American English
11109 Slow River Nicola Griffith 1995 British English
11109 The Quantum Rose Catherine Asaro 2000 American English
11109 The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon 2003 American English
11109 Seeker Jack McDevitt 2005 American English
11109 Powers Ursula K. Le Guin 2007 American English
11109 2312 Kim Stanley Robinson 2012 American English
11109 A Song for a New Day Sarah Pinsker 2019 American English
11089 The Pious Dance Klaus Mann 1926 German German
11089 Perrudja Hans Henny Jahnn 1929 German German
11089 Heeresbericht Edlef Köppen 1930 German German
11089 Effingers Gabriele Tergit 1951 German German
11089 Marriage In Philippsburg Martin Walser 1957 German German
11089 Der Weg Nach Oobliadooh Fritz Rudolf Fries 1966 German German
11089 Die Palette Hubert Fichte 1968 German German
11089 Franziska Linkerhand Brigitte Reimann 1974 German German
11089 Stella Émeric Bergeaud 1859 Haitian French
11089 Layli And Majnun Nezami Ganjavi 1188 Persian Persian
11109 The Economic Emergence Of Women Barbara Bergmann 2005 American English
11129 The Ancient Future Trilogy Traci Harding 1996 Australian English
11133 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 1953 American English
11134 An Arrow’s Flight Mark Merlis 1998 American English
11136 Ravage René Barjavel 1943 French French
11137 The Undying Anne Boyer 2019 American English
11159 The Dark Forest Cixin Liu 2008 Chinese Chinese
11158 Lie Down In Darkness William Styron 1951 American English
11163 Krilon Eyvind Johnson 1941 Swedish Swedish
11164 Scattered All Over The Earth Yoko Tawada 2018 Japanese Japanese
11164 The Creators Daniel J. Boorstin 1992 American English
11164 Ghost Wall Sarah Moss 2018 British English
11174 Foundation's Edge Isaac Asimov 1982 American English
11181 Strange Toys Patricia Geary 1987 American English
11183 The Loväng Series Sven Edvin Salje 1942 Swedish Swedish
11191 Love And Sleep John Crowley 1994 American English
11201 Five Go Adventuring Again Enid Blyton 1943 British English
11206 Canoës Maylis de Kerangal 2021 French French
11209 Based On A True Story Norm Macdonald 2016 Canadian English
11212 Ship Breaker Paolo Bacigalupi 2010 American English
11221 Malpertuis Jean Ray 1943 Belgian French
11225 Poems Hjalmar Gullberg 1937 Swedish Swedish
11228 Whereabouts Jhumpa Lahiri 2018 Italian Italian
11231 The Mote In God's Eye Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle 1974 American English
11232 Godnatt, Jord Ivar Lo-Johansson 1933 Swedish Swedish
11235 Until Stones Become Lighter Than Water António Lobo Antunes 2017 Portuguese Portuguese
11244 Another Roadside Attraction Tom Robbins 1971 American English
11243 Black Ballads Dan Andersson 1917 Swedish Swedish
11246 The Island Of Slaves Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 1725 French French
11265 Blanca & Roja Anna-Marie McLemore 2018 American English
11265 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
11265 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
11265 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
11253 Sister Age M. F. K. Fisher 1983 American English
11270 The Need Helen Phillips 2019 American English
11274 Kisses From Another Dream Antonio Porta 1987 Italian Italian
11274 Space In Motion Juan Goytisolo 1987 Spanish Unknown
11274 In The Storm Of Roses Ingeborg Bachmann 1987 Austrian German
11274 The Fly Miroslav Holub 1987 Czech Czech
11274 In Other Words May Swenson 1987 American English
11274 Seasons On Earth Kenneth Koch 1987 American English
11274 I Am The Dust Under Your Feet Walter Abish 1987 American English
11274 Poems Of Jay Wright Jay Wright 1987 American English
11274 Shella Andrew Vachss 1993 American English
11274 Gospel Wilton Barnhardt 1993 American English
11295 A Year Brian Eno 2022 British Unknown
11298 The Adventures Of China Iron Gabriela Cabezón Cámara 2017 Argentinian Spanish
11305 The Immortals René Barjavel 1960 French French
11306 James Tiptree, Jr. Julie Phillips 2006 Unknown English
11307 Mysteries Of The Middle Ages Thomas Cahill 2006 American English
11311 No Place On Earth Christa Wolf 1979 German German
11316 The Little Friend Donna Tartt 2002 American English
11323 By Bizarre Hands Joe R. Lansdale 1989 American English
11323 The Prince R. M. Koster 1972 Unknown English
11327 Heart Shaped Box Joe Hill 2007 American English
11328 The Abominations Of Yondo Clark Ashton Smith 1960 American English
11335 Kleinstadtnovelle Ronald M. Schernikau 1980 German German
11338 The Incendiaries R. O. Kwon 2018 American English
11339 She Who Runs on the Waves Alexander Grin 2002 Russian Russian
11342 Heartwork Solveig von Schoultz 1984 Finnish Swedish
11342 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11352 Memory And Dream Charles de Lint 1994 Canadian English
11361 Une Façon D'aimer Dominique Barbéris 2019 French French
11363 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11390 The One Day Donald Hall 1988 American English
11390 Elaine's Book Jay Wright 1988 American Unknown
11390 River Writing James Applewhite 1988 American English
11402 The Alfie Atkins Series Gunilla Bergström 1972 Swedish Swedish
11405 Here Gather the Stars Clifford D. Simak 1963 American English
11406 Women Who Run With The Wolves Clarissa Pinkola Estés 1992 American English
11407 The Island Robert Merle 1962 French French
11411 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm 1976 American English
11411 Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold 1991 American English
11420 Feminism And Pop Culture Andi Zeisler 2008 American English
11425 Locas Jaime Hernandez 1989 American English
11426 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
11426 We Hunt The Flame Hafsah Faizal 2019 American English
11430 The Troop Nick Cutter 2014 Canadian English