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
12587 Diamond Dogs Alan Watt 2000 Unknown English
12587 How All This Started Pete Fromm 2000 American English
12587 Jim The Boy Tony Earley 2000 American English
12587 Sunday You Learn How To Box Bil Wright 2000 American English
12650 The Book Of Eve Marianne Fredriksson 1983 Swedish Swedish
12656 And The Stars Were Shining John Ashbery 1994 American English
12656 Poems Of John Hollander John Hollander 2013 American English
12656 Earthly Measures Edward Hirsch 1994 American English
12653 Merab's Beauty Torgny Lindgren 1983 Swedish Swedish
12656 Thunder & Lightning Lauren Redniss 2015 Unknown English
12702 A Winter Haunting Dan Simmons 2002 American English
12702 Cold Skin Albert Sánchez Piñol 2002 Spanish Catalan
12725 The Shock of the New Robert Hughes 1980 Australian English
12726 A Little Hatred Joe Abercrombie 2019 British English
12726 Jade War Fonda Lee 2019 Canadian English
12726 Tiamat's Wrath James S. A. Corey 2019 American English
12726 The Bird King G. Willow Wilson 2019 American English
12734 Reprisal Mitchell Smith 1999 American English
12734 Space James A. Michener 1982 American English
12740 Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me Mariko Tamaki, illustrated Rosemary Valero-O’Connell 2019 Canadian English
12752 Border Districts Gerald Murnane 2017 Australian English
12755 Maidenhair Mikhail Shishkin 2005 Russian Russian
12764 Father's On The Phone With The Flies Herta Müller 2012 German German
12778 Tender Is The Flesh Agustina Bazterrica 2017 Argentine Spanish
12793 Echine Philippe Djian 1982 French French
12799 The Eighth Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories Robert Aickman 1972 British English
12797 The Island Victoria Hislop 2005 British English
12833 Killing Color Charlotte W. Sherman 1992 American English
12833 Magic Eyes Wendy Ewald 1992 American English
12833 Mrs. Vargas And The Dead Naturalist Kathleen Alcalá 1992 American English
12833 The Straight Mind Monique Wittig 1992 French French
12833 Talking To The Dead Sylvia Watanabe 1992 American English
12871 Yarrow Charles de Lint 1986 Canadian English
12977 Lessons In Magic And Disaster Charlie Jane Anders 2025 Unknown Unknown
13008 L'enchanteur René Barjavel 1984 French French
13004 Thus Were Their Faces Silvina Ocampo 1988 Argentinian Spanish
13065 Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 1977 American English
13212 Hyperbole And A Half Allie Brosh 2013 American English
13212 Stuff Matters Mark Miodownik 2013 British English
13216 The Belgariad David Eddings 1982 American English
13218 Summer Blonde Adrian Tomine 2002 American English
13223 My Stupid Dog John Fante 1986 American English
13224 A Haunting Beauty Charles Birkin 2000 British Unknown
13227 Gardens Of The Moon Steven Erikson 1999 Canadian English
13225 Through The Eye Of A Needle Peter Brown 2012 Unknown English
13230 From Evil's Pillow Basil Copper 1973 British English
13230 The Year's Best Horror Stories: Iii Richard Davis 1973 British English
13230 A Wave Of Fear Hugh Lamb 1973 British English
13237 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
13237 The Space Between Worlds Micaiah Johnson 2020 American English
13237 Harrow The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2020 New Zealand English
13237 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
13237 The Last Emperox John Scalzi 2020 American English
13242 Poussières D'étoiles Hubert Reeves 1984 French French
13247 You Should See Me In A Crown Leah Johnson 2020 American English
13253 House Of Psychotic Women Kier-La Janisse 2012 Unknown English
13252 Jernbane Eposet Sara Lidman 1977 Swedish Swedish
13267 Libby Betty John 1993 American Unknown
13267 Why Not Me? Wendy L. Bovard 1993 Unknown Unknown
13257 The Meaning Of Consuelo Judith Ortiz Cofer 2003 American English
13257 The True Account Howard Frank Mosher 2003 American English
13257 Wonder When You’ll Miss Me Amanda Davis 2003 American English
13277 The Adversary Michael Crummey 2024 Canadian English
13284 How To Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe Charles Yu 2010 American English
13290 Stjärnor Utan Svindel Louise Boije af Gennäs 1996 Swedish Swedish
13291 My Life Of Absurdity Chester Himes 1990 American English
13293 Outside The Gates Of Eden Peter Bacon Hales 2014 Unknown English
13295 Legend Of The Swordsmen Of The Mountains Of Shu Huanzhulouzhu 1932 Chinese Chinese
13296 The Great White Space Basil Copper 1974 British English
13296 The Year's Best Horror Stories: Ii Richard Davis 1974 British English
13296 The Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction And Fantasy, Vol. I Donald H. Tuck 1974 Australian English
13303 Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey 2001 American English
13302 Maze Of Blood Marly Youmans 2015 American English
13304 The Final Reflection John M. Ford 1984 American English
13314 Who Will Remember The People... Jean Raspail 1986 French French
13319 The Wanderer Fritz Leiber 1964 American English
13319 Downbelow Station C. J. Cherryh 1981 American English
13319 Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold 1994 American English
13319 A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge 1999 American English
13319 Redshirts John Scalzi 2012 American English
13319 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
13317 Brief Interviews With Hideous Men David Foster Wallace 1999 American English
13319 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 2022 American English
13317 The Lions Of Al Rassan Guy Gavriel Kay 1995 Canadian English
13319 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown
13329 Landnahme Christoph Hein 2004 German German
13329 Wir Schlafen Nicht Kathrin Röggla 2004 Austrian German
13338 The Rule Of Four Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason 2004 American English
13338 Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks 2011 Australian English
13338 Project X Jim Shepard 2004 American English
13338 River Of Smoke Amitav Ghosh 2011 Indian English
13350 New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson 2017 American English
13353 The Early Long Frank Belknap Long 1975 American Unknown
13353 Lovecraft L. Sprague de Camp 1975 American English
13357 Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein 1974 American English
13358 Period Power Maisie Hill 2019 British English
13360 An Enemy of the People Henrik Ibsen 1882 Norwegian Norwegian
13360 The Nude Kenneth Clark 1956 British English
13499 The Power Of Horses And Other Stories Elizabeth Cook 2021 British Unknown
13499 The Ship Of Fools Cristina Peri Rossi 2021 Uruguayan Spanish
13360 The Skylark Of Space Edward Elmer Smith 1928 American English
13360 Aelita Alexei Tolstoy 1923 Russian Russian
13360 The Amphibian Man Alexander Belyaev 1928 Russian Russian
13360 Andromeda Ivan Yefremov 1957 Russian Russian
13360 The People Of The Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1934 American English
13360 The Wizard Of The Emerald City Alexander Wolkow 1939 Russian Russian
13360 The Lovers Philip José Farmer 1952 American English
13360 How To Lie With Statistics Darrell Huff 1954 American English
13360 The Inner Game Of Tennis W. Timothy Gallwey 1974 American English
13360 Micromégas Voltaire 1752 French French
13360 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, And Other Stories And Essays Mark Twain 1900 American English
13360 Eupalinos, Or The Architect Paul Valéry 1921 French French
13360 Strange People Frank Edwards 1961 American English
13360 English Journey J. B. Priestley 1934 British English
13360 The Beano The Editor 1938 British English
13360 Zanoni Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1842 British English
13360 A Grave For A Dolphin Alberto Denti di Pirajno 1956 Italian Italian
13360 The Holy War John Bunyan 1682 British English
13360 The Wild Irish Girl Sydney Owenson 1806 Irish English
13360 The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1810 British English