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
17125 The Empress Of Salt And Fortune Nghi Vo 2020 American English
17125 The Invasion K. A. Applegate 1996 American English
17125 Autonomous Annalee Newitz 2017 American English
17125 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 Canadian English
17125 The Darkness That Comes Before R. Scott Bakker 2003 Canadian English
17125 Recitatif Toni Morrison 1983 American English
17125 Milk And Honey & The Sun And Her Flowers By Rupi Kaur 2 Books Collection Set Rupi Kaur 2014 Canadian English
17125 Dear Medusa Olivia A. Cole 2023 American English
17125 Marked (House Of Night) Unknown 2007 American English
17125 A Light In The Attic (20th Anniversary Edition Book & Cd) Shel Silverstein 1981 American English
17125 Ttfn Lauren Myracle 2006 American English
17125 L8r, G8r Lauren Myracle 2007 American English
17125 Sara's Face Melvin Burgess 2006 British English
17125 I Hope This Reaches Her In Time r.h. Sin 2017 American English
17125 She Fits Inside These Words r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake, Samantha King Holmes 2021 American English
17125 She Felt Like Feeling Nothing r.h. Sin 2018 American English
17125 Empty Bottles Full Of Stories r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake 2019 American English
17125 Love Her Wild Atticus 2017 Canadian English
17125 Far Away Caryl Churchill 2000 British English
17125 An Oak Tree Tim Crouch 2005 British English
17125 The Effect Lucy Prebble 2012 British English
17125 Faith Healer Brian Friel 1979 Irish English
17125 Frozen Bryony Lavery 1998 British English
17125 The Flick Annie Baker 2014 American English
17125 Red John Logan 2009 American English
17125 The Aliens Annie Baker 2010 American English
16843 The Man Who Came To Dinner George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart 1939 American English
17125 Good People David Lindsay-Abaire 2011 American English
16900 Harvey Mary Chase 1944 American English
16958 You Can't Take It With You George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart 1936 American English
16981 A Delicate Balance Edward Albee 1966 American English
17014 Blithe Spirit Noel Coward 1941 British English
17125 A Doll's House, Part 2 Lucas Hnath 2017 American English
17125 Master Class Terrence McNally 1995 American English
17125 The Wolves Sarah DeLappe 2016 American English
17125 The Mysteries Tony Harrison 1985 British English
16813 The House Of Bernarda Alba Federico García Lorca 1936 Spanish Spanish
16958 Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance John Arden 1959 British English
16990 Black Comedy Peter Shaffer 1965 British English
17125 Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn 1972 British English
17125 Fefu And Her Friends María Irene Fornés 1977 American English
16953 Journey’s End R. C. Sherriff 1929 British English
17125 A Wind In The Door Madeleine L'Engle 1973 American English
17125 Many Waters Madeleine L'Engle 1986 American English
17125 Moreta Anne McCaffrey 1983 American English
17125 Nerilka's Story Anne McCaffrey 1986 Irish English
17125 Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey 1988 American English
17125 Renegades Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1989 American English
17125 All The Weyrs Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1991 American English
17125 The Chronicles Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1993 Irish English
17125 Searching For Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1991 American English
17125 Calling On Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1993 American English
17125 Talking To Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1985 American English
17125 Castle In The Air Diana Wynne Jones 1990 British English
17125 House Of Many Ways Diana Wynne Jones 2008 British English
17125 The End Of Vandalism Tom Drury 1994 American English
17125 Hunts In Dreams Tom Drury 2000 American English
17125 The Fates Will Find Their Way Hannah Pittard 2011 American English
17125 The Funny Man John Warner 2011 American English
17125 House Of Sky And Breath Sarah J. Maas 2022 American English
17125 I Am Charlotte Simmons Tom Wolfe 2004 American English
17125 A Window In Thrums J. M. Barrie 1889 Scottish English
17125 The Atonement Of Leam Dundas Eliza Lynn Linton 1876 British English
17125 On The Face Of The Waters Flora Annie Steel 1896 British English
17125 Inside The Bar George Whyte-Melville 1872 British English
17125 Heroines Kate Zambreno 2012 American English
17125 Revolting Prostitutes Molly Smith, Juno Mac 2018 British English
17125 Feminism For The 99% Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser 2019 American English
16774 Our Inner Conflicts Karen Horney 1945 German English
17125 Illness As Metaphor Susan Sontag 1978 American English
17125 We Had To Remove This Post Hanna Bervoets 2021 Dutch Dutch
17125 Under Heaven Guy Gavriel Kay 2010 Canadian English
17125 The Black Company Glen Cook 1984 American English
17125 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
17125 Prince Of Thorns Mark Lawrence 2011 British English
17125 Duncton Wood William Horwood 1980 British English
17125 Palimpsest Catherynne M. Valente 2009 American English
17125 The Silent Land Graham Joyce 2010 British English
17125 The Killing Moon N. K. Jemisin 2012 American English
17125 Blackwing Ed McDonald 2017 British English
17125 Middlegame Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
17125 Tales From Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett 1989 American English
17125 We Were Liars E. Lockhart 2014 American English
17125 Before I Fall Lauren Oliver 2010 American English
17125 The Isle Of Youth Laura Van den Berg 2013 American English
17125 Daybreak On A Different Mountain Colin Greenland 1984 British English
17125 Taltos Steven Brust 1988 American English
17125 The Hills Have Spies Mercedes Lackey 2018 American English
17125 Dawnthief James Barclay 1999 British English
17125 The Serpent Mage Greg Bear 1986 American English
17125 Dun Lady's Jess Doranna Durgin 1994 American English
17125 Rise Of The Dragons Morgan Rice 2014 American English
17125 The White Tower Michael Wisehart 2017 American English
17125 Andymon Angela Steinmüller, Karlheinz Steinmüller 1982 German German
17125 Commander Perkins H. G. Francis 1978 German German
17125 Midworld Alan Dean Foster 1975 American English
17125 A Door Into Ocean Joan Slonczewski 1986 American English
17125 The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, And Five Doris May Lessing 1980 British English
17125 Evolution Stephen Baxter 2003 British English
17125 Hell Is The Absence Of God Ted Chiang 2001 American English
17125 The Last Day Of Creation Wolfgang Jeschke 1981 German German
17125 Love Is The Plan The Plan Is Death James Tiptree Jr. 1973 American English
17125 Aftermath Chuck Wendig 2015 American English
17125 Life Debt Chuck Wendig 2016 American English
17125 Empire's End Chuck Wendig 2017 American English
17125 Otherland Tad Williams 1996 American English
17125 We Were Out Of Our Minds With Joy David Marusek 1995 American English
17125 Universal Consciousness alexis karpouzos 2016 Greek Unknown
17125 Ruby Finley Vs. The Interstellar Invasion K. Tempest Bradford 2023 American English
17125 Riverland Fran Wilde 2019 American English
17125 The Art Of Starving Sam J. Miller 2017 American English
17125 Arabella Of Mars David D. Levine 2016 American English
17125 Updraft Fran Wilde 2015 American English
17125 Sister Mine Nalo Hopkinson 2013 Canadian English
17125 Fair Coin E. C. Myers 2012 American English
17125 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making Catherynne M. Valente 2011 American English
17125 Flora's Dare Ysabeau S. Wilce 2008 American English
17125 Magic Or Madness Justine Larbalestier 2005 Australian English
17125 City Of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 British English
17125 Shards Of Earth Adrian Tchaikovsky 2021 British English