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 Children Of Ruin Adrian Tchaikovsky 2019 British English
17122 Embers Of War Gareth L. Powell 2018 British English
17122 The Rift Nina Allan 2017 British English
17122 Ack Ack Macaque Gareth L. Powell 2012 British English
17122 Jack Glass Adam Roberts 2012 British English
17122 The Islanders Christopher Priest 2011 British English
17122 End Of The World Blues Jon Courtenay Grimwood 2006 British English
17122 Ash Mary Gentle 2000 British English
17122 The Sky Road Ken MacLeod 1999 Scottish English
17122 Aztec Century Christopher Evans 1993 British English
17122 Lavondyss Robert Holdstock 1988 British English
17122 The Ragged Astronauts Bob Shaw 1986 British English
17122 Helliconia Winter Brian Aldiss 1985 British English
17122 Tik Tok John Sladek 1983 American English
17122 Helliconia Spring Brian Aldiss 1982 British English
17122 Brontomek! Michael G. Coney 1976 British English
17122 The Moment Of Eclipse Brian Aldiss 1970 British English
17122 The Jagged Orbit John Brunner 1969 British English
17122 The Knight Of The Swords Michael Moorcock 1971 British English
17122 The King Of The Swords Michael Moorcock 1971 British English
17122 Hrolf Kraki's Saga Poul Anderson 1973 American English
17122 The Sword And The Stallion Michael Moorcock 1974 British English
17122 The Hollow Lands Michael Moorcock 1974 British English
17122 Death's Master Tanith Lee 1979 British English
17122 To Wake The Dead Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
17122 Outside The Dog Museum Jonathan Carroll 1991 American English
17122 Dark Sister Graham Joyce 1992 British English
17122 The Long Lost Ramsey Campbell 1993 British English
17122 Light Errant Chaz Brenchley 1997 British English
17122 Indigo Graham Joyce 1999 British English
17122 The Night Of The Triffids Simon Clark 2001 British English
17122 Dusk Tim Lebbon 2006 British English
17122 The Grin Of The Dark Ramsey Campbell 2007 British English
17122 One Conrad Williams 2009 British English
17122 No One Gets Out Alive Adam Nevill 2014 British English
17122 The Once And Future Witches Alix E. Harrow 2020 American English
17122 The Bone Ships RJ Barker 2019 British English
17122 The Bitter Twins Jen Williams 2018 British English
17122 The Tiger And The Wolf Adrian Tchaikovsky 2016 British English
17122 Cuckoo Song Frances Hardinge 2014 British English
17122 The Icarus Plot Timothy Zahn 2022 American English
17122 A Star Wheeled Sky Brad R. Torgersen 2018 American English
17122 Somewhither John C. Wright 2015 American English
17122 Witch King Martha Wells 2023 American English
17122 Book Of Night Holly Black 2022 American English
17122 House Of Assassins Larry Correia 2019 American English
17122 Son Of The Black Sword Larry Correia 2015 American English
17122 A House With Good Bones T. Kingfisher 2023 American English
17122 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English
17122 The Hollow Places T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
17122 The Twisted Ones T. Kingfisher 2019 American English
17122 Sleeping Beauties Stephen King, Owen King 2017 American English
17122 Souldancer Brian Niemeier 2016 American English
17122 I'm Thinking Of Ending Things Iain Reid 2016 Canadian English
17122 Be Here To Love Me At The End Of The World Sasha Fletcher 2021 American English
17122 Plums Of P.G. Wodehouse P. G. Wodehouse 1993 British English
17122 Social Satire And The Modern Novel Paul Rich 1984 Unknown Unknown
17122 Vampire Academy Richelle Mead 2007 American English
17122 Ние, мушмороците Viktor Samuilov 1981 Bulgarian Bulgarian
17122 Naksitrallid Eno Raud 1972 Estonian Estonian
17122 The Vampire Diaries L. J. Smith 1991 American English
17122 The Coin Light Amidst Shadows 2007 Unknown Unknown
17122 Arthur And The Invisibles Luc Besson 2002 French French
17122 Telephone Tales Gianni Rodari 1962 Italian Italian
17122 Lilli The Witch Knister 1989 German German
17122 Войната на таралежите the Mormarev Brothers 1979 Bulgarian Bulgarian
17122 Franklin The Turtle Paulette Bourgeois 1986 Canadian English
17122 Миличко мое тефтерче! Vesela Flamburari 2009 Bulgarian Bulgarian
16882 The Complete Fairy Tales Of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1908 Irish English
17122 Тина и половина Yulia Spiridonova 2009 Bulgarian Russian
17122 Небивалици Donald Bissett 1968 British Russian
17084 Hauff's Fairy Tales Wilhelm Hauff 1825 German German
17122 Humanity's End Nicholas Agar 2010 New Zealand English
17122 Paradigms Regained John L. Casti 2000 American English
17122 Ultrasociety Peter Turchin 2016 American English
17122 If The Universe Is Teeming With Aliens ... Where Is Everybody? Second Edition Stephen Webb 2015 British English
17122 The Inescapable Self Timothy Chappell 2006 British English
17122 The Higher Power Of Lucky Susan Patron 2006 American English
17122 Inkspell Cornelia Funke 2005 German German
17035 The Chocolate War Robert Cormier 1974 American English
17087 Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry 1940 American English
17122 Bleachers John Grisham 2003 American English
17122 The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman 1986 American English
17122 Paradigms Lost John L. Casti 1989 American English
17122 What Does It All Mean? Thomas Nagel 1987 American English
17122 Schismatrix Plus Bruce Sterling 1996 American English
16920 At The Hawk's Well William Butler Yeats 1916 Irish English
17122 The Planets Dava Sobel 2005 American English
17122 Turn Left At Orion Guy Consolmagno, Dan M. Davis 1989 American English
17122 The Backyard Astronomer's Guide Terence Dickinson 1991 Canadian English
17122 365 Starry Nights Chet Raymo 1982 American English
17122 Black Holes And Time Warps Kip S. Thorne 1994 American English
17122 The Alchemy Of The Heavens Ken Croswell 1995 American English
17122 Exoplanets And Alien Solar Systems Tahir Yaqoob 2011 American English
17122 How Pleasure Works Paul Bloom 2010 American English
17122 Bathtub Science Shar Levine 2001 British English
17122 The Berenstain Bears' Big Book Of Science And Nature Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain 1997 American English
17122 Candy Experiments Loralee Leavitt 2013 Unknown English
17122 It's Not The Stork! Robie H. Harris 2006 American English
17122 The Story Of Snow Mark Cassino, Jon Nelson 2009 American English
17122 Koko's Kitten Francine Patterson 1985 American English
17122 What Is The World Made Of? Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld 1994 American English
17122 Charged Up Jacqui Bailey 2004 British English
17122 The Periodic Table Adrian Dingle, Simon Basher 2007 British English
17122 Microlife That Helps Us Steve Parker 2005 British English
17122 Hyperspace Michio Kaku 1994 American English
17122 The Magic Furnace Marcus Chown 1999 British English
17122 Only The Longest Threads Tasneem Zehra Husain 2014 Pakistani English
17122 The Cosmic Landscape Leonard Susskind 2005 American English
17122 Five Ages Of The Universe Fred C. Adams, Greg Laughlin 1999 American English
17122 Against Method Paul Feyerabend 1975 German English
17122 Individuals P. F. Strawson 1959 British English
17122 The Object Of Morality G. J. Warnock 1971 British English
17122 Warped Passages Lisa Randall 2005 American English
17122 Dogside Story Patricia Grace 2001 New Zealand English
17122 Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me Eric Carle 1986 American English
17122 Abel's Island William Steig 1976 American English
17122 Vacuum Diagrams Stephen Baxter 1997 British English
17122 Company Samuel Beckett 1979 Irish English
17122 Giants And Heroes Dianne Tittle De Laet 1995 Belgian Unknown