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 Wandering Earth Cixin Liu 2013 Chinese Chinese
17125 Dear Evan Hansen : The Novel Free Preview Edition Justin Paul, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, Val Emmich 2018 American English
17022 Notes From Underground, White Nights, The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man, And Selections From The House Of The Dead Fyodor Dostoevsky 1961 Russian Russian
17125 The Serpent Of Venice Christopher Moore 2014 American English
17125 The Story Of A New Name Elena Ferrante 2012 Italian Italian
17125 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami 2013 Japanese Japanese
17125 Algorithms To Live By Brian Christian 2016 American English
17125 The Course Of Love Alain de Botton 2016 British English
17125 The Life You Can Save Peter Singer 2009 Australian English
17125 The Morning Star Karl Ove Knausgård 2020 Norwegian Norwegian
17125 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17125 Shakespeare Judi Dench 2024 Unknown Unknown
17125 My Adventures As An Illustrator Norman Rockwell 1995 American English
17125 Search And Destroy Vol. 1 Atsushi Kaneko, Osamu Tezuka, Ben Applegate 2024 Japanese Japanese
17125 The Secret History Of Bigfoot John O'Connor 2024 Unknown Unknown
17125 France Tyler Brûlé 2024 Unknown Unknown
17125 The Ghosts Of Iraq’s Marshes Steve Lonergan, Jassim Al-Asadi, Keith Holmes 2024 Unknown Unknown
17125 Japan’s Quiet Leadership Mireya Solís 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Three Musketeers, The Count Of Monte Cristo, And The Man In The Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas 2006 French French
17125 Quichotte Salman Rushdie 2019 British English
17125 The Curse Of The Bronze Lamp Carter Dickson 1945 British English
17125 Inspector French’s Greatest Case Freeman Wills Crofts 1924 British English
17125 Overture To Death Ngaio Marsh 1939 New Zealander English
17125 Moonflower Murders Anthony Horowitz 2020 British English
17125 Sleeping Murder Agatha Christie 1976 British English
17125 Hell And Back Craig Johnson 2022 American English
17114 In This House Of Brede Rumer Godden 1969 British English
17125 Maus Ii Art Spiegelman 1992 American English
17125 The Viaduct Murder Ronald Knox 1925 British English
17125 Niccolò Rising Dorothy Dunnett 1986 British English
17125 The Moving Target Ross Macdonald 1950 American English
17125 Mary Coin Marisa Silver 2013 American English
17125 The World According To Star Wars Cass R. Sunstein 2016 American English
17125 Saga, Volume 4 Brian K. Vaughan 2014 American English
17125 Appleby's End Michael Innes 1973 British English
17125 Lament For A Maker Michael Innes 1938 British English
17125 In The Last Analysis Amanda Cross 1964 American English
17125 Death In A Tenured Position Amanda Cross 1981 American English
17125 Death Comes To Pemberley P. D. James 2011 British English
17125 Naruto, Vol. 1 Masashi Kishimoto 1999 Japanese Japanese
17007 Crooked House Agatha Christie 1949 British English
17125 The Crooked Hinge John Dickson Carr 1937 American English
17125 The Cardinal Sins Andrew M. Greeley 1981 American English
17125 Death Of A Peer Ngaio Marsh 1996 New Zealand English
16815 A Shilling For Candles Josephine Tey 1953 British English
17125 Breakfast With Buddha Roland Merullo 2007 American English
17125 The Penderwicks Jeanne Birdsall 2005 American English
17125 The Murder Room P. D. James 2003 British English
17125 Unto This Hour Tom Wicker 1984 American English
17125 The Silent Woman Edward Marston 1994 British English
17125 The Archer's Tale Bernard Cornwell 2000 British English
17125 Sleepers Lorenzo Carcaterra 1995 American English
17125 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17125 The Birchbark House Louise Erdrich 1999 American English
17125 The Hinge Factor Erik Durschmied 1999 Unknown English
17125 In The Wake Of The Plague Norman F. Cantor 2001 American English
17125 The Sunne In Splendour Sharon Kay Penman 1982 American English
17125 Shakespeare Is Hard, But So Is Life Fintan O'Toole 2002 Irish English
17125 Host City David Owen Kelly 2024 Unknown English
17125 Peterdown David Annand 2021 British English
17125 Australian Gospel Lech Blaine 2023 Unknown English
17125 Bird Courtney Collins 2012 Australian English
17125 Kubrick Nathan Abrams and Robert Kolker 2020 Unknown English
17125 Ladivine Marie NDiaye 2013 French French
17125 New Australian Fiction Suzy Garcia 2019 Unknown English
17125 Camp Zero Michelle Min Sterling 2023 Unknown English
17125 The City And Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
17125 Invisible Prisons Lisa Moore, Jack Whalen 2024 Unknown Unknown
17125 The Ping Pong Queen Of Chinatown Andrew Yang 2024 Unknown Unknown
17125 Opere V Vasile Alecsandri 1992 Romanian Romanian
17125 De Zondvloed Jeroen Brouwers 1988 Dutch Dutch
17125 The Viceroy Of Ouidah Bruce Chatwin 1980 British English
17125 West With Giraffes Lynda Rutledge 2021 Unknown English
17017 The Bridal Wreath Sigrid Undset 1920 Norwegian Norwegian
17125 Reincarnation Blues Michael Poore 2017 American English
17125 A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor Hank Green 2020 American English
17125 The Book Of Illusions Paul Auster 2002 American English
17125 The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August Claire North 2014 British English
17125 The Antagonist Lynn Coady 2011 Canadian English
17125 Mad Ship Robin Hobb 1999 American English
17125 Skinny Dip Carl Hiaasen 2004 American English
16825 Cup Of Gold John Steinbeck 1929 American English
17080 How To Be Good Nick Hornby 1960 British English
17125 Helen Of Troy Margaret George 2006 American English
17125 My Year Of Meat Ruth Ozeki 1998 American English
17125 The Stupidest Angel Christopher Moore 2004 American English
17125 The Penultimate Peril Lemony Snicket 2005 American English
17125 Royal Assassin Robin Hobb 1997 American English
17125 The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists Gideon Defoe 2004 British English
17125 The Autobiography Of Henry Viii Margaret George 1986 American English
17125 There And Back: Diaries 1999 2009 Michael Palin 2024 British English
17125 Circling The Sun Paula McLain 2015 American English
17125 The Pearl That Broke Its Shell Nadia Hashimi 2014 American English
17125 Mornings In Jenin Susan Abulhawa 2010 American English
17125 The Shell Collector Anthony Doerr 2002 American English
17125 Inner Engineering Sadhguru 2016 Indian English
17125 Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010 American English
17125 The Unthinkable Amanda Ripley 2008 American English
17125 Not Quite A Husband Sherry Thomas 2009 American English
17125 A Kingdom Of Dreams Judith McNaught 1989 American English
17125 The Magpie Lord K.J. Charles 2013 British English
17125 Act Your Age, Eve Brown Talia Hibbert 2021 British English
17125 Slightly Married Mary Balogh 2003 British English
17125 A Week To Be Wicked Tessa Dare 2012 American English
17125 Luck Of The Draw Kate Clayborn 2018 Unknown English
17125 Westwind Ian Rankin 1990 British English
17125 The Man With No Face Peter May 1981 British English
17125 Roman Year André Aciman 2024 Unknown Unknown
17036 The Golden Dawn Israel Regardie 1971 British English
17125 The Hot Zone Richard Preston 1994 American English
17125 The Nix Nathan Hill 2016 American English
16774 Capricornia Xavier Herbert 1938 Australian English
17125 The Brothers K David James Duncan 1992 American English
17125 Tales From Watership Down Richard Adams 1996 British English
17125 Radio Silence Alice Oseman 2016 British English
17125 The Book Of Goose Yiyun Li 2022 Unknown English
17125 The Camp Of The Saints Jean Raspail 1975 French French
17125 Margery Kempe Robert Glück 1994 Unknown English
17125 M Train Patti Smith 2015 American English
16931 The Cay Theodore Taylor 1969 American English