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
14984 The Cabin At The End Of The World Paul Tremblay 2018 American English
14984 The Luminous Dead Caitlin Starling 2019 American English
14984 George Alex Gino 2015 American English
14984 Exit Strategy Martha Wells 2018 American English
14984 12 Rules For Life Jordan B. Peterson 2018 Canadian English
14984 The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*Ck Mark Manson 2016 American English
14984 Ender's Shadow Orson Scott Card 1999 American English
14984 The Player Of Games Iain Banks 1988 Scottish English
14984 The Robots Of Dawn Isaac Asimov 1983 American English
14984 The Warrior's Apprentice Lois McMaster Bujold 1986 American English
14984 Nightfall Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg 1990 American English
14984 Eon Greg Bear 1985 American English
14984 Memory Lois McMaster Bujold 1996 American English
14977 Time Out Of Joint Philip K. Dick 1959 American English
14984 The Many Coloured Land Julian May 1981 American English
14984 The Real Story Stephen R. Donaldson 1991 American English
14984 Power Of Now Eckhart Tolle 1997 Canadian English
14984 The Secret Lives Of Colour Kassia St. Clair 2016 British English
14984 The Shadow Year Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
14984 Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan 2008 Australian English
14984 Alif The Unseen G. Willow Wilson 2012 American English
14984 Hothouse Brian Aldiss 1962 British English
14984 Orbitsville Bob Shaw 1975 British English
14984 Engine Summer John Crowley 1979 American English
14984 The Skystone (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 1) Jack Whyte 1992 Canadian English
14984 Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto 2018 Japanese Japanese
14984 The Appeal Janice Hallett 2021 British English
14984 Pandora's Jar Natalie Haynes 2020 British English
14984 Humble Pi Matt Parker 2019 British English
14984 The Body Bill Bryson 2019 American English
14984 Sabriel Garth Nix 1995 Australian English
14984 House Of X Powers Of X Jonathan Hickman 2019 American English
14984 Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James 2022 Jamaican English
14984 Blasted Sarah Kane 1995 British English
14984 John Annie Baker 2015 American English
14984 The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? Edward Albee 2000 American English
14984 The Pillowman Martin McDonagh 2003 Irish English
14971 All That Fall Samuel Beckett 1957 Irish English
14974 The Fire Raisers Max Frisch 1953 Swiss German
14984 Cloud 9 Caryl Churchill 1979 British English
14984 A Clash Of Kings George R. R. Martin 1998 American English
14984 A Feast For Crows George R. R. Martin 2005 American English
14984 A Dance With Dragons George R. R. Martin 2011 American English
14984 Foundation And Earth Isaac Asimov 1986 American English
14984 Forward The Foundation Isaac Asimov 1993 American English
14984 In The Hand Of The Goddess Tamora Pierce 1984 American English
14984 The Woman Who Rides Like A Man Tamora Pierce 1986 American English
14984 Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce 1988 American English
14984 The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie 2006 British English
14984 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
14984 Sailing To Sarantium Guy Gavriel Kay 1998 Canadian English
14984 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
14984 The Ninth Rain Jen Williams 2017 British English
14984 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay 2019 Canadian English
14984 The Raven Tower Ann Leckie 2019 American English
14984 The 10,000 Doors Of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 American English
14984 Some Kind Of Fairy Tale Graham Joyce 2012 British English
14984 The Magician King Lev Grossman 2011 American English
14984 Ship Of Magic Robin Hobb 1998 American English
14984 The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Robert E. Howard 2003 American English
14984 The Long Earth Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter 2012 British English
14984 Altered Carbon Richard Morgan 2002 British English
14984 The Rediscovery Of Man Cordwainer Smith 1975 American English
14984 A Snake Falls To Earth Darcie Little Badger 2021 American English
14984 I Shall Wear Midnight Terry Pratchett 2010 British English
14984 Chasm City Alastair Reynolds 2001 British English
14984 The Extremes Christopher Priest 1998 British English
14984 Feersum Endjinn Iain Banks 1994 British English
14984 Pyramids Terry Pratchett 1989 British English
14984 The Jonah Kit Ian Watson 1975 British English
14984 Floating Dragon Peter Straub 1983 American English
14984 The Last House On Needless Street Catriona Ward 2021 British English
14984 The Spear Cuts Through Water Simon Jimenez 2022 American English
14984 Artemis Andy Weir 2017 American English
14984 Oathbringer Brandon Sanderson 2017 American English
14984 Blood Of Elves Andrzej Sapkowski 1994 Polish Polish
14984 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins 2009 American English
14984 Mockingjay Suzanne Collins 2010 American English
14984 The Maze Runner James Dashner 2009 American English
14984 The Mammoth Hunters Jean M. Auel 1985 American English
14984 Dreamcatcher Stephen King 2001 American English
14984 The Sea Of Monsters Rick Riordan 2006 American English
14984 Skellig David Almond 1998 British English
14984 No One Belongs Here More Than You Miranda July 2007 American English
14984 The Year Of The Flood Margaret Atwood 2009 Canadian English
14984 Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman 2015 American English
14984 The House Across The Lake Riley Sager 2022 American English
14984 Fairy Tale Stephen King 2023 American English
14984 I Who Have Never Known Men Jacqueline Harpman 1995 Belgian French
14984 On the Calculation Of Volume 2 Solvej Balle 2024 Danish Danish
14984 In The Night Room Peter Straub 2004 American English
14984 Lisey's Story Stephen King 2006 American English
14984 The Missing Sarah Langan 2006 American English
14984 My Heart Is A Chainsaw Stephen Graham Jones 2021 American English
14984 The Shadow Rising Robert Jordan 1992 American English
14984 The Dark Tower Stephen King 1982 American English
14984 The Hero Of Ages Brandon Sanderson 2008 American English
14984 Lord Of Scoundrels Loretta Chase 1995 American English
14984 The Duke Who Didn't Courtney Milan 2020 American English
14984 The Hole Hye-Young Pyun 2016 Korean Korean
14984 Welcome To The Hyunam Dong Bookshop Hwang Bo-reum 2022 Unknown Korean
14984 A Psalm For The Wild Built Becky Chambers 2021 American English
14984 Gai Jin James Clavell 1993 American English
14984 English, August Upamanyu Chatterjee 1988 Indian English
14984 The Complete Cosmicomics Italo Calvino 1965 Italian Italian
14984 The Heart Of Redness Zakes Mda 2000 South African English
14984 Mussel Feast Birgit Vanderbeke 1990 German German
14984 The Collector Of Worlds Iliya Troyanov 2006 German German
14984 Go As A River Shelley Read 2023 Unknown English
14984 The Girls Emma Cline 2016 American English
14984 The Plot Jean Hanff Korelitz 2021 American English
14984 Horse Geraldine Brooks 2022 Australian English
14984 The Glass Hotel Emily St John Mandel 2020 Canadian English
14984 Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way To Deal With Change In Your Work And In Your Life... Spencer Johnson 1998 American English
14984 Boy Roald Dahl 1984 British English
14984 Before The Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2015 Japanese Japanese
14984 The Library At Mount Char Scott Hawkins 2015 American English
14970 The Stepford Wives Ira Levin 1972 American English
14984 The Vorrh Brian Catling 2012 British English
14984 Salt Mark Kurlansky 2002 American English