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
13359 The Absentee Maria Edgeworth 1812 British English
13359 Marriage Susan Ferrier 1818 British English
13359 Valerius John Gibson Lockhart 1821 British English
13359 Bracebridge Hall Washington Irving 1822 American English
13359 The Epicurean Thomas Moore 1827 American English
13359 The Adventures Of Hajji Baba Of Ispahan James Morier 1824 British English
13359 Lichtenstein Wilhelm Hauff 1826 German German
13359 The Collegians Gerald Griffin 1829 Irish English
13359 The Life Of Mansie Wauch David Macbeth Moir 1824 British English
13359 Fardorougha, The Miser William Carleton 1837 Irish English
13359 Susan Hopley Catherine Crowe 1841 British English
13359 Amy Herbert Elizabeth Missing Sewell 1844 British English
13359 The Adventures Of Mr. Ledbury And His Friend Jack Johnson Albert Smith 1844 British English
13359 The Descent Of Man Charles Darwin 1871 British English
13359 Kingsblood Royal Sinclair Lewis 1947 American English
13359 Anastasius Thomas Hope 1819 British English
13359 Die Fahrten Thiodolfs Des Isländers Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué 1815 German German
13359 A History Of New York Washington Irving 1809 American English
13359 The Pilot James Fenimore Cooper 1823 American English
13359 Sintram And His Companions Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué 1814 German German
13359 The Spy James Fenimore Cooper 1821 American English
13359 The Naked Year Boris Pilnyak 1922 Russian Russian
13359 The Selected Poems Of T’ao Ch’ien T’ao Ch’ien -365 Chinese Classical chinese
13359 The Sarashina Diary Sugawara no Takasue no Musume 1050 Japanese Classical japanese
13359 The Story Of Beauty And The Beast Madame de Villeneuve 1740 French French
13359 Voyage Around My Room Xavier de Maistre 1794 French French
13359 Delphine Madame de Staël 1802 French French
13359 A Riot Of Goldfish Kanoko Okamoto 1937 Japanese Japanese
13359 The Book Of Lamentations Rosario Castellanos 1962 Mexican Spanish
13359 Iza's Ballad Magda Szabó 1963 Hungarian Hungarian
13359 The Seersucker Whipsaw Ross Thomas 1967 American English
13359 The Duel And Other Stories Anton Chekhov 1891 Russian Russian
13359 The Slave Isaac Bashevis Singer 1962 Polish Yiddish
13359 Rain And Other South Sea Stories W. Somerset Maugham 1921 British English
13359 A Perfect Day For Bananafish J. D. Salinger 1948 American English
13359 First Love And Other Sorrows Harold Brodkey 1957 American English
13359 The Chronicles Of Prydain Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
13359 Toby Tyler James Otis 1881 American English
13359 The Dark Is Rising Sequence Susan Cooper 1965 British English
13359 Il Grande Meaulnes Alain-Fournier 1913 French French
13359 Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving 1819 American English
13504 Straight Man Richard Russo 1997 American English
13507 Feesters In The Lake And Other Stories Bob Leman 2002 American English
13511 As Simple As Snow Gregory Galloway 2005 American English
13511 Gil's All Fright Diner A. Lee Martinez 2005 American English
13511 Indecision Benjamin Kunkel 2005 American English
13511 More Like Not Running Away Paul Shepherd 2005 Unknown English
13511 Jesus Land Julia Scheeres 2005 American English
13517 The March Of The Musicians P. O. Enquist 1978 Swedish Swedish
13520 星星．月亮．太陽 Su Xu 1955 Chinese Unknown
13521 Island Aldous Huxley 1962 British English
13522 The Girl From The Earth Kirill Bulytsev 1960 Russian Russian
13522 The Vale Of Cedars Grace Aguilar 1850 British English
13527 More Than Human Theodore Sturgeon 1953 American English
13532 Noon, 22nd Century Arkady Strugatsky 1961 Russian Russian
13532 The Height Of The Scream Ramsey Campbell 1976 British English
13532 Blood Summer Louise Cooper 1976 British English
13532 Nightmares Charles L. Grant 1976 American English
13532 Return From The Grave Hugh Lamb 1976 British English
13548 Conan The Barbarian Robert E. Howard 1932 American English
13559 The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons 1990 American English
13558 The Inverted World Christopher Priest 1974 British English
13555 Part Of The Solution Ulrich Peltzer 2007 German German
13565 Old Man's War John Scalzi 2005 American English
13566 The Woman Who Lost Her Soul Bob Shacochis 2013 American English
13574 The Young Duke Benjamin Disraeli 1831 British English
13566 Sammy And Juliana In Hollywood Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2006 American English
13566 Johnny Cash Reinhard Kleist 2006 German German
13578 Grey Bees Andrey Kurkov 2018 Ukrainian Ukrainian
13579 More Tomorrow & Other Stories Michael Marshall Smith 2003 British English
13581 The Spire William Golding 1964 British English
13582 Heartland Wilson Harris 1964 Guyanese English
13585 Octobriana And The Russian Underground Peter Sadecky 1971 Unknown English
13587 Spring Snow Yukio Mishima 1969 Japanese Japanese
13590 Papyrus Irene Vallejo 2019 Spanish Spanish
13596 Ettore Fieramosca Massimo D'Azeglio 1833 Italian Italian
13599 One-Way Didier van Cauwelaert 1994 French French
13599 Le Chasseur Zéro Pascale Roze 1996 French French
13599 Not Everybody Lives the Same Way Jean-Paul Dubois 2019 French French
13599 Brazil Red Jean-Christophe Rufin 2001 French French
13599 The Law Roger Vailland 1957 French French
13599 The Rock Of Tanios Amin Maalouf 1993 French French
13599 And Their Children After Them Nicolas Mathieu 2018 French French
13693 Masters Of Terror William Hope Hodgson 1977 British Unknown
13693 Cold Chills Robert Bloch 1977 American English
13693 Night Side Joyce Carol Oates 1977 American English
13693 Cold Fear Hugh Lamb 1977 British English
13693 The Thrill Of Horror Hugh Lamb 1977 British English
13693 The Year's Best Horror Stories: V Gerald W. Page 1977 American English
13693 First World Fantasy Awards Gahan Wilson 1977 American English
13693 The Fabulous Fantasy Films Jeff Rovin 1977 American English
13706 The Little Country Charles de Lint 1991 Canadian English
13708 Canto Yo Y La Montaña Baila Irene Solà 2019 Spanish Catalan
13715 The Just City Jo Walton 2015 Canadian English
13715 The Philosopher Kings Jo Walton 2015 Canadian English
13715 Radiance Catherynne M. Valente 2015 American English
13715 The Traitor Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2015 American English
13711 The Aerodrome Rex Warner 1941 British English
13715 The God Of Animals Aryn Kyle 2007 American English
13715 The Headmaster Ritual Taylor Antrim 2007 American English
13715 I Love You, Beth Cooper Larry Doyle 2007 American English
13715 What I Was Meg Rosoff 2007 British English
13715 Age Of Bronze Eric Shanower 2007 American English
13730 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Philip K. Dick 2002 American English
13732 Vendetta Jan Guillou 1991 Swedish Swedish
13734 Atlas Der Abgelegenen Inseln Judith Schalansky 2009 German German
13736 Heir To The Empire Timothy Zahn 1991 American English
13737 Song Never to End Nelson I. Wu 1959 Unknown Unknown
13741 Darconville's Cat Alexander Theroux 1981 American English
13738 Mindset Carol S. Dweck 2006 American English
13742 Menschen Wie Götter Sergej Snegow 1966 Russian Russian
13742 Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art James Hall 1974 British English
13745 Songs My Mother Taught Me Wakako Yamauchi 1994 American English
13748 The Enchantments Of Mammon Eugene McCarraher 2019 American English
13752 Japhet, In Search Of A Father Frederick Marryat 1836 British English
13757 The Chronicles Of Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
13761 Everything Sad Is Untrue Daniel Nayeri 2020 American English
13764 Anathem Neal Stephenson 2008 American English
13763 Foundation And Empire Isaac Asimov 1952 American English
13765 Second Foundation Isaac Asimov 1953 American English