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
16899 The Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison 1961 American English
17122 The Rowan Anne McCaffrey 1990 American English
16918 The White Mountains John Christopher 1967 British English
17122 The Engines Of God Jack McDevitt 1994 American English
17122 Armor John Steakley 1984 American English
17122 Beggars In Spain Nancy Kress 1991 American English
17122 Diaspora Greg Egan 1997 Australian English
17038 The Man Who Sold The Moon Robert A. Heinlein 1950 American English
17055 Little Fuzzy H. Beam Piper 1962 American English
17067 Logan's Run William F. Nolan 1967 American English
17122 Earth David Brin 1990 American English
17122 Starfish Peter Watts 1999 Canadian English
17122 Dragon's Egg Robert L. Forward 1980 American English
17122 The Trotternama I. Allan Sealy 1988 Indian English
17122 The Devil In The Dustbin Indi Rana 1989 Unknown Unknown
17122 The Root And The Flower L. H. Myers 1935 British English
17122 The Voyage Charles Morgan 1940 British English
17122 Travellers L. A. G. Strong 1950 British English
17122 Poor Man's Tapestry G. Oliver Onions 1946 British English
17122 Through The Valley Robert Henriques 1950 British English
17122 Father Goose W. C. Chapman-Mortimer 1899 British Unknown
17122 Mother And Son Ivy Compton-Burnett 1955 British English
17122 The Ha Ha Jennifer Dawson 1961 British English
17122 Act Of Destruction Ronald Hardy 1971 British English
17122 A Slanting Light Gerda Charles 1963 British English
17122 Such Christine Brooke-Rose 1966 British English
17122 The Gasteropod Maggie Ross 1968 Unknown Unknown
17122 The Bird Of Paradise Lily Powell 1970 British Unknown
17122 Darkness Visible William Golding 1979 British English
17122 Allegro Postillions Jonathan Keates 1983 British Unknown
17122 Winter Garden Robert Edric 1985 British English
17122 Persephone Jenny Joseph 1986 British Unknown
17122 Justine Alice Thompson 1996 British English
17122 Renegade Or Halo2 Timothy Mo 1999 British Unknown
17122 You And I Padgett Powell 2011 American English
17122 The Language Of The Genes Steve Jones 1993 British English
17122 The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide John Emsley 1994 British English
17122 The Wisdom Of Bones Alan Walker, Pat Shipman 1996 American English
17122 The Universe In A Nutshell Stephen Hawking 2001 British English
17122 Right Hand, Left Hand Chris McManus 2002 British English
17122 Life Ascending Nick Lane 2009 British English
17122 The Wavewatcher's Companion Gavin Pretor-Pinney 2010 British English
17122 Testosterone Rex Cordelia Fine 2017 Australian English
17122 Inventing Ourselves Sarah-Jayne Blakemore 2018 British English
17122 Explaining Humans Camilla Pang 2020 British English
17122 Doughnut Economics Kate Raworth 2017 British English
17122 Reservoir 13 Jon McGregor 2017 British English
17122 A Sunlit Absence Martin Laird 2011 American English
17122 Into The Silent Land Martin Laird 2006 British English
17122 Die Wise Stephen Jenkinson 2015 Canadian English
17122 Stillness Speaks Eckhart Tolle 2003 German English
17122 Words Of Radiance Brandon Sanderson, Kate Reading, Michael Kramer 2014 American English
17122 Linden Hills Gloria Naylor 1985 American English
17122 Ugly Ways Tina McElroy Ansa 1993 American English
17122 Fledgling Octavia E. Butler 2005 American English
17122 Dark Matters Simone Browne 2015 Canadian English
17122 Wizard And Glass Stephen King 1997 American English
17122 The Looking Glass Wars Frank Beddor 2004 American English
17122 Doctor Rat William Kotzwinkle 1976 American English
17122 Watchtower Elizabeth A. Lynn 1979 American English
17122 The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford 1983 American English
17122 Madouc Jack Vance 1989 American English
17122 Glimpses Lewis Shiner 1993 American English
17122 Godmother Night Rachel Pollack 1996 American English
17122 The Physiognomy Jeffrey Ford 1997 American English
17122 Thraxas Martin Scott 1999 British English
17122 The Other Wind Ursula K. Le Guin 2001 American English
17122 The Facts Of Life Graham Joyce 2002 British English
17122 Tooth And Claw Jo Walton 2003 British English
17122 Soldier Of Sidon Gene Wolfe 2006 American English
17122 The Jasmine Throne Tasha Suri 2021 British English
17122 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English
17122 The Sound Of A Wild Snail Eating Renee Raudman, Elisabeth Tova Bailey 2010 American English
17122 Limbo Bernard Wolfe 1952 American English
17122 The Paradox Men Charles L. Harness 1953 American English
17122 Ring Around The Sun Clifford D. Simak 1952 American English
17122 A Mirror For Observers Edgar Pangborn 1954 American English
17122 The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett 1955 American English
17122 Venus Plus X Theodore Sturgeon 1960 American English
17122 Journey Beyond Tomorrow Robert Sheckley 1962 American English
17122 Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith 1975 American English
17122 Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick 1965 American English
17122 The Dream Master Roger Zelazny 1966 American English
17122 Heroes And Villains Angela Carter 1969 British English
17122 The Palace Of Eternity Bob Shaw 1969 British English
17122 Downward To The Earth Robert Silverberg 1970 American English
17122 The Fifth Head Of Cerberus Gene Wolfe 1972 American English
17122 The Dancers At The End Of Time Michael Moorcock 1972 British English
17122 Looking Backward, From The Year 2000 Mack Reynolds 1987 American English
17122 The Embedding Ian Watson 1973 British English
17122 Walk To The End Of The World Suzy McKee Charnas 1974 American English
17122 The Centauri Device M. John Harrison 1974 British English
17122 Galaxies Barry N. Malzberg 1975 American English
17122 Michaelmas Algis Budrys 1977 American English
17122 The Ophiuchi Hotline John Varley 1977 American English
17122 Miracle Visitors Ian Watson 1978 British English
17122 The Walking Shadow Brian Stableford 1979 British English
17122 Juniper Time Kate Wilhelm 1979 American English
17122 The Dreaming Dragons Damien Broderick 1980 Australian English
17122 The Complete Roderick John Sladek 1982 American English
17122 The Unreasoning Mask Philip José Farmer 1981 American English
17122 Oath Of Fealty Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle 1981 American English
17122 Harsh Cry Of The Heron Lian Hearn 2006 Japanese English
17122 Solo Leveling 02 Dubu, CHUGONG 2020 Korean Korean
17122 Lord Brocktree Brian Jacques 2000 British English
17122 Keep Moving, Keep Shooting Clay E. Novak 2022 American Unknown
17122 A Book Of Common Prayer Joan Didion 1977 American English
17122 Forty Seventeen Frank Moorhouse 1988 Australian English
17122 The Redundancy Of Courage Timothy Mo 1991 British English
17122 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
17122 Demon Slayer Koyoharu Gotouge 2016 Japanese Japanese
17122 Tamara Drewe Posy Simmonds 2007 British English
17122 The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil Stephen Collins 2013 British English
17122 Good Vibes, Good Life Vex King 2018 British English
17122 Why Men Love Bitches Sherry Argov 2002 American English
17122 Otherlands Thomas Halliday 2022 British English
17122 Other Minds Peter Godfrey-Smith 2016 Australian English
17122 The Rise And Fall Of The Dinosaurs Steven Brusatte 2018 American English
17122 Art Matters Neil Gaiman 2018 British English
17122 Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That Susie Hodge 2012 British English