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
2448 Blindness Henry Green 1926 British English
2448 The Rector's Daughter F. M. Mayor 1924 British English
2452 Worse Things Waiting Manly Wade Wellman 1973 American English
2453 Joy in the Morning P. G. Wodehouse 1946 British English
2454 Black Mischief Evelyn Waugh 1932 British English
2456 Molesworth Geoffrey Willans, Ronald Searle 1953 British English
2459 The Prisoner Of Zenda Anthony Hope 1894 British English
2464 Poems Of William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant 1821 American English
2466 Non Stop Brian Aldiss 1958 British English
2471 Hyperion Dan Simmons 1989 American English
2477 The Last Battle C. S. Lewis 1956 British English
2488 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 1995 British English
2496 Rogue Moon Algis Budrys 1960 American English
2497 The Garden Of Forking Paths Jorge Luis Borges 1941 Argentinian Spanish
2499 Room Emma Donoghue 2010 Irish English
2506 Pastoralia George Saunders 2000 American English
2509 The Abyss Marguerite Yourcenar 1968 French French
2515 Deathbird Stories Harlan Ellison 1975 American English
2519 Rites of Passage William Golding 1980 British English
2523 The Happy Prince And Other Tales Oscar Wilde 1888 British English
2527 The Everlasting Man G. K. Chesterton 1925 British English
2530 The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen Alan Garner 1960 British English
2546 The Pit and the Pendulum Edgar Allan Poe 1842 American English
2559 Death Sentence Maurice Blanchot 1948 French French
2567 The Caves Of Steel Isaac Asimov 1954 American English
2569 In Matto's Realm Friedrich Glauser 1936 Swiss German
2575 The Hedgehog and the Fox Isaiah Berlin 1953 British English
2580 A Cup Of Rage Raduan Nassar 1978 Brazilian Portuguese
2582 Scenes From The Life Of A Faun Arno Schmidt 1953 German German
2584 Dawn Octavia E. Butler 1987 American English
2592 Emily of New Moon L. M. Montgomery 1923 Canadian English
2593 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
2601 Out Of The Silent Planet C. S. Lewis 1938 British English
2603 Regarding the Pain of Others Susan Sontag 2003 American English
2606 Ender's Game Orson Scott Card 1985 American English
2609 The Gambler Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 Russian Russian
2612 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2619 The Mezzanine Nicholson Baker 1988 American English
2625 The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell 1949 American English
2638 The Adventures of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey 1997 American English
2641 The Palm At The End Of The Mind Wallace Stevens 1971 American English
2645 The Hardy Boys Franklin W. Dixon 1927 American English
2652 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
2657 Ariel Sylvia Plath 1965 American English
2664 Debit And Credit Gustav Freytag 1855 German German
2665 The Lost World Arthur Conan Doyle 1912 British English
2668 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 1955 Canadian English
2672 The Mysteries Of Paris Eugène Sue 1842 French French
2674 Microbe Hunters Paul de Kruif 1926 American English
2676 Deep Water Patricia Highsmith 1957 American English
2677 Anne Of The Island L. M. Montgomery 1915 Canadian English
2684 Calamity Town Ellery Queen 1942 American English
2687 Prince Caspian C. S. Lewis 1951 British English
2689 The Ceremonies T. E. D. Klein 1984 American English
2695 Pet Sematary Stephen King 1983 American English
2701 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
2707 The Works Of Thomas Lovell Beddoes Thomas Lovell Beddoes 1851 British English
2713 Mission Of Gravity Hal Clement 1954 American English
2712 Reasons And Persons Derek Parfit 1984 British English
2718 Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Unknown 1400 British Middle english
2723 Perelandra C. S. Lewis 1943 British English
2725 The Book Of Questions Edmond Jabès 1963 French French
2728 They Return At Evening H. Russell Wakefield 1928 British English
2735 The Circular Staircase Mary Roberts Rinehart 1908 American English
2743 The Little White Horse Elizabeth Goudge 1946 British English
2745 Dialogues of the Courtesans Lucian of Samosata 150 Unknown Ancient greek
2746 Erec And Enide Chrétien de Troyes 1160 French Old french
2747 The Romance of the Rose Guillaume (de Lorris) 1230 French Old french
2752 Gods And Heroes Gustav Schwab 1838 German German
2752 Threepenny Novel Bertolt Brecht 1934 German German
2752 Mephisto Klaus Mann 1936 German German
2751 Decisive Moments in History Stefan Zweig 1927 Austrian German
2749 Physica Hildegard of Bingen 1150 German Latin
2748 Poor Henry Hartmann von Aue 1190 German Middle high german
2777 Helmbrecht Wernher der Gartenaere 1250 German Middle high german
2776 Gedichte Walther von der Vogelweide 1200 German Middle high german
2782 The Legend Of Thyl Ulenspiegel And Lamme Goedzak Charles de Coster 1867 Belgian French
2779 Lay Down Your Arms! Bertha von Suttner 1889 Austrian German
2781 Mist Miguel de Unamuno 1914 Spanish English
2786 The Philosophy Of Symbolic Forms Ernst Cassirer 1929 German German
2785 Märchenalmanach Auf Das Jahr 1828 Wilhelm Hauff 1827 German German
2787 By Night Under The Stone Bridge Leo Perutz 1953 Austrian German
2791 The Island Of Second Sight Albert Vigoleis Thelen 1953 German English
2796 The Silver Chair C. S. Lewis 1953 British English
2801 Collected Plays Of Euripides Euripides -405 Greek Ancient greek
2803 Stormbringer Michael Moorcock 1965 British English
2810 Roadside Picnic Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky 1972 Russian Russian
2812 The Haunted Omnibus Alexander Laing 1937 American English
2815 The Golden Apples Eudora Welty 1949 American English
2819 The Riddle Walter de la Mare 1923 British English
2819 On The Edge Walter de la Mare 1930 British English
2822 The Damnation Game Clive Barker 1985 British English
2823 The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis 1954 British English
2828 A Swiftly Tilting Planet Madeleine L'Engle 1978 American English
2831 The Room In The Tower E. F. Benson 1912 British English
2836 How to Cook a Wolf M. F. K. Fisher 1942 American English
2842 The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis 1955 British English
2845 The Book Of Ptath A. E. van Vogt 1943 American English
2852 Dictionary of the Khazars Milorad Pavic 1984 Serbian Serbian
2861 The Ghost Pirates William Hope Hodgson 1909 British English
2861 The Haunters And The Haunted Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1859 British English
2861 Tales Of Wonder Matthew Lewis 1801 British English
2865 Endgame Samuel Beckett 1957 Irish French
2889 Olvidado Rey Gudú Ana María Matute 1996 Spanish Spanish
2893 Seven Days In New Crete Robert Graves 1949 British English
2893 Silverlock John Myers Myers 1949 American English
2896 Speculations About Jakob Uwe Johnson 1959 German German
2900 City Clifford D. Simak 1952 American English
2915 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson 1954 American English
2916 The Woman In Black Susan Hill 1983 British English
2917 Legend David Gemmell 1984 British English
2922 The Progress of Love Alice Munro 1986 Canadian English
2925 The Castle Of Iron L. Sprague de Camp 1950 American English
2927 The Great Shark Hunt Hunter S. Thompson 1979 American English
2931 Martian Time Slip Philip K. Dick 1964 American English
2932 The Compleat Werewolf And Other Stories Of Fantasy And Science Fiction Anthony Boucher 1969 American English
2934 Dolly City Orly Castel-Bloom 1992 Israeli Hebrew
2938 The Demon Lover Elizabeth Bowen 1927 British English
2938 Beyond The Wall Of Sleep H. P. Lovecraft 1919 American English
2938 The Supernatural Omnibus Montague Summers 1931 British English