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
17122 You Bright and Risen Angels William T. Vollmann 1987 American English
17122 Creamy and Delicious Steve Katz 1970 American Unknown
17122 Mulligan Stew Gilbert Sorrentino 1979 American English
17122 Easy Travel to Other Planets Ted Mooney 1981 American English
17122 Hogg Samuel R. Delany 1995 American English
17122 Ever Since Darwin Stephen Jay Gould 1977 American English
17122 Taking the World in for Repairs Richard Selzer 1986 American English
17122 Airships Barry Hannah 1978 American English
17122 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Roald Dahl 1977 British English
17122 Native American Folktales Thomas A. Green 2008 American English
17122 Entropy Jeremy Rifkin, Ted Howard 1980 American English
17122 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
17122 The Wine of Astonishment Earl Lovelace 1982 Trinidadian English
17122 The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg Deborah Eisenberg 2010 American English
17122 Die andere Bildung. Was man von den Naturwissenschaften wissen sollte Ernst Peter Fischer 2001 German German
17122 The Invented Part Rodrigo Fresán 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17122 Titan John Varley 1979 American English
17122 The Integral Trees Larry Niven 1984 American English
17122 The Rise of Endymion Dan Simmons 1997 American English
17122 The Telling Ursula K. Le Guin 2000 American English
17122 Accelerando Charles Stross 2005 British English
17122 Embassytown China Miéville 2011 British English
17122 The City in the Middle of the Night Charlie Jane Anders 2019 American English
17122 The Song of Rhiannon Evangeline Walton 1972 British English
17122 Unfinished Tales Christopher John Reuel Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien 1980 British English
17122 The Firelings Carol Kendall 1981 American English
17122 When Voiha Wakes Joy Chant 1983 British English
17122 Cards of Grief Jane Yolen 1984 American English
17122 The Folk of the Air Peter S. Beagle 1986 American English
17122 Unicorn Mountain Michael Bishop 1988 American English
17122 A Woman of the Iron People Eleanor Arnason 1991 American English
17122 Briar Rose Jane Yolen 1992 American English
17122 The Porcelain Dove Delia Sherman 1993 American English
17122 Something Rich and Strange Patricia A. McKillip 1984 American English
17122 The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye A. S. Byatt 1994 British English
17122 Tamsin Peter S. Beagle 1999 American English
17122 The Innamorati Midori Snyder 1998 American English
17122 The Curse of Chalion Lois McMaster Bujold 2001 Japanese English
17122 Solstice Wood Patricia A. McKillip 2006 American English
17122 In the Night Garden Catherynne M. Valente 2006 American English
17122 In the Cities of Coin and Spice Catherynne M. Valente 2007 American English
17122 Flesh and Spirit Carol Berg 2007 American English
17122 Lifelode Jo Walton 2009 British English
17122 The Uncertain Places Lisa Goldstein 2011 American English
17122 Tales from Rugosa Coven Sarah Avery 2013 American English
17122 Kingfisher Patricia A. McKillip 2016 American English
17122 Snow White Learns Witchcraft Theodora Goss 2019 American English
17122 Or What You Will Jo Walton 2020 British English
17122 Knight's Wyrd Debra Doyle 1992 American English
17122 The Kingdom of Kevin Malone Suzy McKee Charnas 1977 American English
17122 Owl in Love Patrice Kindl 1993 American English
17122 The Crown of Dalemark Diana Wynne Jones 1993 British English
17122 Passager Jane Yolen 1996 American English
17122 Hobby Jane Yolen 1996 American Unknown
17122 Merlin Jane Yolen 2004 American English
17122 Dark Lord of Derkholm Diana Wynne Jones, Magali Mangin 1998 British English
17122 The Folk Keeper Franny Billingsley 1999 American English
17122 Aria of the Sea Dia Calhoun 2000 American English
17122 The Ropemaker Peter Dickinson 2001 British English
17122 Summerland Michael Chabon 2002 American English
17122 The Hollow Kingdom Clare B. Dunkle 2003 American English
17122 Ptolemy's Gate Jonathan Stroud 2005 British English
17122 Corbenic Catherine Fisher 2002 British English
17122 The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2000 American English
17122 The King of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2006 American English
17122 A Conspiracy of Kings Megan Whalen Turner 2010 American English
17122 Vessel Sarah Beth Durst 2012 American English
17122 Doll Bones Holly Black 2013 American English
17122 A Snicker of Magic Natalie Lloyd 2014 American English
17122 Castle Hangnail Ursula Vernon 2015 American English
17122 Bob Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass 2018 American English
17122 Dragon Pearl Yoon Ha Lee 2019 American English
17122 Pahua and the Soul Stealer Lori Lee 2021 American English
17122 The Child Garden Geoff Ryman 1989 British English
17122 Fairyland Paul J. McAuley 1995 British English
17122 The Sparrow Enid Blyton 1991 British Unknown
17122 Dreaming In Smoke Tricia Sullivan 1999 British English
17122 Distraction Bruce Sterling 1998 American English
17122 Nova Swing M. John Harrison 2006 British English
17122 Black Man Richard Morgan 2007 British English
17122 Dark Eden Chris Beckett 2012 British English
17122 Dreams Before The Start Of Time Anne Charnock 2017 British English
17122 Deep Wheel Orcadia Harry Josephine Giles 2021 Scottish Orcadian
17122 Blindsight Maurice Gee 2005 New Zealander English
17122 Zoology Sheridan Keith​ 1995 New Zealand Unknown
17122 Monstress Vol. 1 Marjorie Liu 2015 American English
17122 Black Panther By Ta Nehisi Coates Vol. 1 Ta-Nehisi Coates 2016 American English
17122 A Bride's Story Kaoru Mori 2009 Japanese Japanese
17122 Horrorstör Grady Hendrix 2014 American English
17122 Alice Christina Henry 2015 American English
17122 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
17122 Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk 2016 American English
17122 Journey Aaron Becker 2013 American English
17122 The Book With No Pictures B. J. Novak 2014 American English
17122 Worm Loves Worm J.J Austrian 2016 American English
17122 Maybe Something Beautiful F. Isabel Campoy 2016 American English
17122 The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson 2018 American English
17122 When Aidan Became A Brother Kyle Lukoff 2019 American English
17122 A Girl Like Her Talia Hibbert 2018 British English
17122 Hate To Want You Alisha Rai 2017 American English
17122 The Quantum Thief Hannu Rajaniemi 2010 Finnish English
17122 Vn Madeline Ashby 2012 Canadian English
17122 The Stars Are Legion Kameron Hurley 2017 American English
17122 Heroine Mindy McGinnis 2019 American English
17122 The Idea Of Perfection Kate Grenville 1999 Australian English
17122 Xenocide Orson Scott Card 1991 American English
17122 2010 Arthur C. Clarke 1982 British English
17122 Shards Of Honour Lois McMaster Bujold 1986 American English
17122 On Basilisk Station David Weber 1993 American English
17122 The Reality Dysfunction Peter F. Hamilton 1996 British English
17122 Sundiver David Brin 1980 American English
17122 Burning Chrome William Gibson 1986 Canadian English
17122 Friday Robert A. Heinlein 1982 American English
17122 The Songs Of Distant Earth Arthur C. Clarke 1986 British English
16832 From The Earth To The Moon Jules Verne 1865 French French
16857 The Gods Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1913 American English
17122 Foreigner C. J. Cherryh 1994 American English
17122 Grass Sheri S. Tepper 1989 American English
16899 The Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison 1961 American English
17122 The Rowan Anne McCaffrey 1990 American English