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
16931 The Cay Theodore Taylor 1969 American English
17125 A Deadly Education Naomi Novik 2020 American English
17125 The Jaunt Stephen King 1981 American English
17125 Paradise Rot Jenny Hval 2009 Norwegian Norwegian
17125 Room To Dream David Lynch 2018 American English
17125 The City Of Ember Jeanne DuPrau 2003 American English
17125 Storm Boy Colin Thiele 1999 Australian English
17125 Selected Stories Of Andre Dubus Andre Dubus 1996 American English
17125 Brokeback Mountain Annie Proulx 2005 American English
17125 Death In Her Hands Ottessa Moshfegh 2020 American English
17125 Panenka Rónán Hession 2021 Irish English
17125 Interior Chinatown Charles Yu 2020 American English
17125 Gates Of Fire Steven Pressfield 1998 American English
17125 Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy Edmund Morris 1979 American English
17125 Darth Plagueis James Luceno 2012 American English
17125 Griffin & Sabine Nick Bantock 1991 British English
17125 One Of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus 2017 American English
17125 Invincible Robert Kirkman 2003 American English
17125 Astro City, Vol. 1 Kurt Busiek 1996 American English
17125 Batman Jeph Loeb 1996 American English
17125 We3 Grant Morrison 2004 British English
17125 The Collected Essex County Jeff Lemire 2009 Canadian English
17125 Astonishing X Men, Vol. 1 Joss Whedon 2004 American English
17125 Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 Hiromu Arakawa 2001 Japanese Japanese
17125 Marvels Kurt Busiek 1994 American English
17125 All Star Superman, Vol. 1 Grant Morrison 2006 British English
17125 Death Neil Gaiman 1993 British English
17125 Kingdom Come Mark Waid 1996 American English
17125 Death Note, Vol. 1 Tsugumi Ohba 2003 Japanese Japanese
17125 Days Gone Bye Robert Kirkman 2004 American English
17125 Edinburgh Alexander Chee 2001 American English
17125 To Paradise Hanya Yanagihara 2022 American English
17125 Let It Snow John Green 2008 American English
17125 Rise Of The Evening Star Brandon Mull 2007 American English
17125 Bliss Peter Carey 1981 Australian English
17125 Forty Stories Donald Barthelme 1981 American English
17125 Once A Runner John L. Parker Jr. 1978 American English
17125 Girl With Curious Hair David Foster Wallace 1988 American English
17125 The Broom Of The System David Foster Wallace 1987 American English
17125 Women And Men Joseph McElroy 1987 American English
17125 El Viento Conoce Mi Nombre / The Wind Knows My Name Isabel Allende 2023 Chilean Spanish
17125 The Gift Of Asher Lev Chaim Potok 1990 American English
17125 How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg 2023 Unknown English
17125 A Winter's Promise Christelle Dabos 2013 French French
17050 The Guns Of Avalon Roger Zelazny 1972 American English
17125 Harry Potter Boxset J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
17125 Bloody Jack L.A. Meyer 2002 American English
17125 Miss Rumphius Barbara Cooney 1985 American English
16767 A Medicine For Melancholy And Other Stories Ray Bradbury 1959 American English
16818 The Adventures And Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 British English
17125 Still Me Jojo Moyes 1998 British English
17125 The Snow Queen Hans Christian Andersen 1986 Danish Danish
17125 Moby Dick Will Eisner 1998 Unknown Unknown
17068 Пикник на обочине. Отель «У погибшего альпиниста». Улитка на склоне Arkady Strugatsky 1972 Russian Russian
17125 Град обреченный / За миллиард лет до конца света Arkady Strugatsky 1984 Russian Russian
17125 Французская волчица. Лилия и лев Maurice Druon 1959 French French
16774 Los Venenos De La Corona Maurice Druon 1956 French French
17031 Понедельник начинается в субботу Arkady Strugatsky 1965 Russian Russian
17125 The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara 1993 Argentinian Spanish
17125 Red Menace Joe Thomas 2024 Unknown English
17125 Tales From Muggleswick Wood Vicky Cowie 2024 Unknown English
17125 Fathers And Fugitives SJ Naudé 2024 Unknown Afrikaans
17125 Otherworldly Antarctica Edward Stump 2024 Unknown Unknown
17125 Towers Of Ivory And Steel Maya Wind 2024 Unknown Unknown
17125 Animals Eva Menasse 2017 Austrian German
17125 A Matter Of Taste Lauren Samuelsson 2024 Unknown English
16894 Set This House On Fire William Styron 1960 American English
17125 Accordion Crimes Annie Proulx 1996 American English
17125 The School For Good And Evil : The Complete Series : The School For Good And Evil, The School For Good And Evil Soman Chainani 2013 American English
17125 The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea Axie Oh 2022 Unknown English
17125 The Only Plane In The Sky Garrett M. Graff 2019 American English
17125 Os Malaquias Andréa del Fuego 2010 Brazilian Portuguese
17125 The Marriage Question Clare Carlisle 2022 British English
17125 Tides Of Fire James Rollins 2023 American English
17125 The Sicilian Mario Puzo 1984 American English
17125 The Last Odyssey James Rollins 2020 American English
17125 The Demon Crown James Rollins 2017 American English
17125 The 6th Extinction James Rollins 2014 American English
17125 Bloodline James Rollins 2012 American English
17125 The Devil Colony James Rollins 2011 American English
17125 The Doomsday Key James Rollins 2009 American English
17125 The Judas Strain James Rollins 2007 American English
17125 Black Order James Rollins 2006 American English
17125 Map Of Bones James Rollins 2005 American English
17125 Sandstorm James Rollins 2004 American English
17125 коти вояки. книга 1. на волю! Erin Hunter 2003 British English
17125 Kingdom Of Bones James Rollins 2022 American English
16854 How The West Was Won Louis L'Amour 1963 American English
17125 The Winter King Bernard Cornwell 1995 British English
17125 The Dark Elf Trilogy Collector's Edition R. A. Salvatore 1998 American English
17125 Orfeo Richard Powers 2014 American English
17125 The World Ending Fire Wendell Berry 2017 American English
17125 Hannah Coulter Wendell Berry 2004 American English
17125 Stephen Florida Gabe Habash 2017 American English
17019 Tales From The Arabian Nights Andrew Lang 1898 Multiple English
17125 The Great American Novel Philip Roth 1973 American English
17125 The Dog Stars Peter Heller 2012 American English
17125 London Edward Rutherfurd 1997 British English
17125 The Tie That Binds Kent Haruf 1984 American English
17125 Shakespeare For Squirrels Christopher Moore 2020 American English
17125 Folly And Glory Larry McMurtry 2004 American English
17125 Fool Christopher Moore 2009 American English
17125 Ireland Frank Delaney 2004 British English
17120 King Henry Vi, Part 3 William Shakespeare 2001 British English
16762 King Henry Vi, Part 2 William Shakespeare 1594 British English
17120 Henry Vi, Part 1 William Shakespeare 2000 British English
17125 Florida Lauren Groff 2018 American English
17125 The Music Of Chance Paul Auster 1990 American English
17125 Deadhouse Gates Steven Erikson 2000 Canadian English
17125 A Very British Killing Andrew Williams 2012 British English
17125 Moses, Citizen And Me Delia Jarrett-Macauley 2005 British English
17125 The Likes Of Us Michael Collins 2004 British English
17125 Alexander Solzhenitsyn D. M. Thomas 1998 Unknown English
17125 In Search Of A State Fionnuala O'Connor 1993 Unknown English
17125 The Immortals Of Meluha Amish Tripathi 2010 Indian English
17125 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17125 Secret Wars Jonathan Hickman 2015 American English
17125 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 1 Hayao Miyazaki 1982 Japanese Japanese
17125 The Sandman, Vol. 7 Neil Gaiman 1994 British English
17125 Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman Matt Wagner 2005 American English