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
13767 Heroes And Horrors Fritz Leiber 1978 American English
13767 The Year's Best Horror Stories: Vi Gerald W. Page 1978 American English
13767 Supernatural Poetry Michael Hayes 1978 Unknown Unknown
13771 Necessity Jo Walton 2016 Canadian English
13771 City Of Blades Robert Jackson Bennett 2016 American English
13771 Every Heart A Doorway Seanan McGuire 2016 American English
13771 Tale Of The Troika Arkady Strugatsky 1968 Russian Russian
13771 Over And Under Todd Tucker 2008 Unknown English
13771 The Third Angel Alice Hoffman 2008 American English
13771 When We Get There Shauna Seliy 2008 Unknown English
13771 Flood Of Fire Amitav Ghosh 2015 Indian English
13788 Ocean Sea Alessandro Baricco 1993 Italian Italian
13793 The Ghost In The Shell Shirow Masamune 1989 Japanese Japanese
13792 Vampires In The Lemon Grove Karen Russell 2013 American English
13805 The First Book Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
13805 The Chronicles Of The Deryni Katherine Kurtz 1970 American English
13805 Hyperion Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1839 American English
13817 Celestial Bodies Jokha Alharthi 2010 Omani Arabic
13817 The Eunuch Of Constantinople Zülfü Livaneli Turkish Unknown
13885 City Of Miracles Robert Jackson Bennett 2017 American English
13885 Down Among The Sticks And Bones Seanan McGuire 2017 American English
13885 Raven Stratagem Yoon Ha Lee 2017 American English
13885 An Unkindness Of Ghosts Rivers Solomon 2017 American English
13878 Edwin Mullhouse Steven Millhauser 1972 American English
13878 Ravenshoe Henry Kingsley 1861 British English
13885 Fred And Edie Jill Dawson 2000 British English
13885 Underground Airlines Ben H. Winters 2016 American English
13885 Into The Beautiful North Luis Alberto Urrea 2009 American English
13885 Huge James W. Fuerst 2009 Unknown English
13885 Unseen Academicals Terry Pratchett 2009 British English
13885 Elmer Gerry Alanguilan 2009 Unknown English
13885 Pygmy Chuck Palahniuk 2009 American English
13885 The Vanishing Of Katharina Linden Helen Grant 2009 British English
13904 Painted Devils Robert Aickman 1979 British English
13904 Such Stuff As Screams Are Made Of Robert Bloch 1979 American English
13904 Ariel Lawrence Block 1979 American English
13904 The Princess Of All Lands Russell Kirk 1979 American English
13904 Tales Of The Werewolf Clan: Vol. I. In The Tomb Of The Bishop H. Warner Munn 1979 American English
13904 Tales Of The Werewolf Clan: Vol. Ii. The Master Goes Home H. Warner Munn 1979 American English
13904 In The Mist, And Other Uncanny Encounters Elizabeth Walter 1979 British English
13904 Shadows 2 Charles L. Grant 1979 American English
13904 Weird Tales Peter Haining 1979 British English
13904 A Tide Of Terror Hugh Lamb 1979 British English
13904 The Year's Best Horror Stories: Vii Gerald W. Page 1979 American English
13904 Whispers Ii Stuart David Schiff 1979 American English
13918 Life Against Death Norman O. Brown 1959 American English
13919 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 1965 Polish Polish
13922 Dangerous Visions Harlan Ellison 1967 American English
13923 The Channings Mrs. Henry Wood 1862 British English
13923 The Hero And The Crown Robin McKinley 1984 American English
13929 Dykungens Dotter Birgitta Trotzig 1985 Swedish Swedish
13930 The White Lioness Henning Mankell 1993 Swedish Swedish
13931 Ramona The Pest Beverly Cleary 1968 American English
13933 Salem Chapel Margaret Oliphant 1863 British English
13933 Chronicles Of The Schönberg Cotta Family Elizabeth Rundle Charles 1863 British English
13939 A History Of Reading Alberto Manguel 1996 Canadian English
13941 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
13941 The Tale Of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 2003 American English
13941 Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! Mo Willems 2003 American English
13941 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin Jr. 1989 American English
13941 The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet Becky Chambers 2014 American English
13964 Barbarian Spring Jonas Lüscher 2013 Swiss German
13968 In The Matter Of Nat Turner Christopher Tomlins 2020 Unknown English
13971 The Fated Sky Mary Robinette Kowal 2018 American English
13971 Beneath The Sugar Sky Seanan McGuire 2018 American English
13971 Revenant Gun Yoon Ha Lee 2018 Korean-American English
13971 The Monster Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2018 American English
13971 The Consuming Fire John Scalzi 2018 American English
13971 Hotel World Ali Smith 2001 British English
13971 Citrus County John Brandon 2010 American English
13971 The Outside Boy Jeanine Cummins 2010 Unknown English
13971 Anthill E. O. Wilson 2010 American English
13971 The Radleys Matt Haig 2010 British English
13971 Star Island Carl Hiaasen 2010 American English
13971 Doonesbury And The Art Of G.B. Trudeau Brian Walker 2010 American English
13992 Chu Liuxiang Gu Long 1967 Chinese Chinese
13993 The Parasite Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
13993 New Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
13993 New Terrors Two Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
13993 Shadows 3 Charles L. Grant 1980 American English
13993 The World Fantasy Awards: Vol. 2 Fritz Leiber, Stuart David Schiff 1980 American Unknown
13993 The Year's Best Horror Stories: Viii Karl Edward Wagner 1980 American English
14001 The Golden Apple Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson 1975 American English
14001 Coningsby Benjamin Disraeli 1844 British English
14008 The Ordinary Seaman Francisco Goldman 1997 American English
14011 Великий Гусляр Kir Bulychev 1976 Russian Russian
14025 The Kingdom Of Copper S. A. Chakraborty 2019 American English
14025 The Rosewater Insurrection Tade Thompson 2019 British English
14025 The Rosewater Redemption Tade Thompson 2019 British English
14025 In An Absent Dream Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
14025 The True Queen Zen Cho 2019 Malaysian English
14025 The Big Book Of Adventure Stories Otto Penzler 2011 American English
14025 Jamrach’s Menagerie Carol Birch 2011 British English
14025 2030 Albert Brooks 2011 American English
14025 Split Tooth Tanya Tagaq 2018 Canadian English
14041 Durcheinandertal Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1989 Swiss German
14043 Chronik Meiner Straße Barbara Honigmann 2015 German German
14055 City Alessandro Baricco 1999 Italian Italian
14063 The Troika Stepan Chapman 1997 American English
14070 Erste Erde Epos Raoul Schrott 2016 Austrian German
14075 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde 2001 British English
14078 The Trouble With Peace Joe Abercrombie 2020 British English
14078 The Empire Of Gold S. A. Chakraborty 2020 American English
14078 The Relentless Moon Mary Robinette Kowal 2020 American English
14078 The Tyrant Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2020 American English
14077 Kavanagh Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1849 American English
14078 Deaf Republic Ilya Kaminsky 2019 American English
14089 Dune Messiah Frank Herbert 1969 American English
14090 String Theory David Foster Wallace 2016 American English
14093 Leviathan Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson 1981 American English
14097 Trader Charles de Lint 1997 Canadian English
14102 The Boxcar Children Gertrude Chandler Warner 1942 American English
14101 Caps For Sale Esphyr Slobodkina 1940 American English
14103 Bread And Jam For Frances Russell Hoban 1964 American English
14112 Geography Ptolemy 150 Greek Greek
14113 Yeast Charles Kingsley 1851 British English
14122 Why We Sleep Matthew Walker 2017 American English
14122 Life 3.0 Max Tegmark 2017 Swedish English
14122 Lais Of Marie De France Marie de France 2010 French Anglo-norman
14129 Sunshine Robin McKinley 2003 American English