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
2446 Blindness Henry Green 1926 British English
2446 The Rector's Daughter F. M. Mayor 1924 British English
2450 Worse Things Waiting Manly Wade Wellman 1973 American English
2451 Joy in the Morning P. G. Wodehouse 1946 British English
2452 Black Mischief Evelyn Waugh 1932 British English
2454 Molesworth Geoffrey Willans, Ronald Searle 1953 British English
2457 The Prisoner Of Zenda Anthony Hope 1894 British English
2462 Poems Of William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant 1821 American English
2464 Non Stop Brian Aldiss 1958 British English
2469 Hyperion Dan Simmons 1989 American English
2475 The Last Battle C. S. Lewis 1956 British English
2486 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 1995 British English
2494 Rogue Moon Algis Budrys 1960 American English
2495 The Garden Of Forking Paths Jorge Luis Borges 1941 Argentinian Spanish
2497 Room Emma Donoghue 2010 Irish English
2504 Pastoralia George Saunders 2000 American English
2507 The Abyss Marguerite Yourcenar 1968 French French
2513 Deathbird Stories Harlan Ellison 1975 American English
2517 Rites of Passage William Golding 1980 British English
2521 The Happy Prince And Other Tales Oscar Wilde 1888 British English
2525 The Everlasting Man G. K. Chesterton 1925 British English
2528 The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen Alan Garner 1960 British English
2544 The Pit and the Pendulum Edgar Allan Poe 1842 American English
2558 Death Sentence Maurice Blanchot 1948 French French
2566 The Caves Of Steel Isaac Asimov 1954 American English
2568 In Matto's Realm Friedrich Glauser 1936 Swiss German
2574 The Hedgehog and the Fox Isaiah Berlin 1953 British English
2579 A Cup Of Rage Raduan Nassar 1978 Brazilian Portuguese
2581 Scenes From The Life Of A Faun Arno Schmidt 1953 German German
2583 Dawn Octavia E. Butler 1987 American English
2591 Emily of New Moon L. M. Montgomery 1923 Canadian English
2592 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
2600 Out Of The Silent Planet C. S. Lewis 1938 British English
2602 Regarding the Pain of Others Susan Sontag 2003 American English
2605 Ender's Game Orson Scott Card 1985 American English
2608 The Gambler Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 Russian Russian
2611 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2618 The Mezzanine Nicholson Baker 1988 American English
2624 The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell 1949 American English
2637 The Adventures of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey 1997 American English
2640 The Palm At The End Of The Mind Wallace Stevens 1971 American English
2644 The Hardy Boys Franklin W. Dixon 1927 American English
2651 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
2656 Ariel Sylvia Plath 1965 American English
2663 Debit And Credit Gustav Freytag 1855 German German
2664 The Lost World Arthur Conan Doyle 1912 British English
2667 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 1955 Canadian English
2671 The Mysteries Of Paris Eugène Sue 1842 French French
2673 Microbe Hunters Paul de Kruif 1926 American English
2675 Deep Water Patricia Highsmith 1957 American English
2676 Anne Of The Island L. M. Montgomery 1915 Canadian English
2683 Calamity Town Ellery Queen 1942 American English
2686 Prince Caspian C. S. Lewis 1951 British English
2688 The Ceremonies T. E. D. Klein 1984 American English
2694 Pet Sematary Stephen King 1983 American English
2700 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
2706 The Works Of Thomas Lovell Beddoes Thomas Lovell Beddoes 1851 British English
2712 Mission Of Gravity Hal Clement 1954 American English
2711 Reasons And Persons Derek Parfit 1984 British English
2717 Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Unknown 1400 British Middle english
2722 Perelandra C. S. Lewis 1943 British English
2724 The Book Of Questions Edmond Jabès 1963 French French
2727 They Return At Evening H. Russell Wakefield 1928 British English
2734 The Circular Staircase Mary Roberts Rinehart 1908 American English
2742 The Little White Horse Elizabeth Goudge 1946 British English
2744 Dialogues of the Courtesans Lucian of Samosata 150 Unknown Ancient greek
2745 Erec And Enide Chrétien de Troyes 1160 French Old french
2746 The Romance of the Rose Guillaume (de Lorris) 1230 French Old french
2751 Gods And Heroes Gustav Schwab 1838 German German
2751 Threepenny Novel Bertolt Brecht 1934 German German
2751 Mephisto Klaus Mann 1936 German German
2749 Physica Hildegard of Bingen 1150 German Latin
2747 Poor Henry Hartmann von Aue 1190 German Middle high german
2750 Decisive Moments in History Stefan Zweig 1927 Austrian German
2776 Helmbrecht Wernher der Gartenaere 1250 German Middle high german
2775 Gedichte Walther von der Vogelweide 1200 German Middle high german
2781 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
2780 Mist Miguel de Unamuno 1914 Spanish English
2785 The Philosophy Of Symbolic Forms Ernst Cassirer 1929 German German
2784 Märchenalmanach Auf Das Jahr 1828 Wilhelm Hauff 1827 German German
2786 By Night Under The Stone Bridge Leo Perutz 1953 Austrian German
2790 The Island Of Second Sight Albert Vigoleis Thelen 1953 German English
2795 The Silver Chair C. S. Lewis 1953 British English
2800 Collected Plays Of Euripides Euripides -405 Greek Ancient greek
2802 Stormbringer Michael Moorcock 1965 British English
2809 Roadside Picnic Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky 1972 Russian Russian
2811 The Haunted Omnibus Alexander Laing 1937 American English
2814 The Golden Apples Eudora Welty 1949 American English
2818 The Riddle Walter de la Mare 1923 British English
2818 On The Edge Walter de la Mare 1930 British English
2821 The Damnation Game Clive Barker 1985 British English
2822 The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis 1954 British English
2827 A Swiftly Tilting Planet Madeleine L'Engle 1978 American English
2830 The Room In The Tower E. F. Benson 1912 British English
2835 How to Cook a Wolf M. F. K. Fisher 1942 American English
2840 The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis 1955 British English
2843 The Book Of Ptath A. E. van Vogt 1943 American English
2859 The Ghost Pirates William Hope Hodgson 1909 British English
2859 The Haunters And The Haunted Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1859 British English
2859 Tales Of Wonder Matthew Lewis 1801 British English
2863 Endgame Samuel Beckett 1957 Irish French
2878 The Comedy Of Errors William Shakespeare 1594 British English
2888 Olvidado Rey Gudú Ana María Matute 1996 Spanish Spanish
2892 Seven Days In New Crete Robert Graves 1949 British English
2892 Silverlock John Myers Myers 1949 American English
2895 Speculations About Jakob Uwe Johnson 1959 German German
2899 City Clifford D. Simak 1952 American English
2914 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson 1954 American English
2915 The Woman In Black Susan Hill 1983 British English
2916 Legend David Gemmell 1984 British English
2921 The Progress of Love Alice Munro 1986 Canadian English
2924 The Castle Of Iron L. Sprague de Camp 1950 American English
2926 The Great Shark Hunt Hunter S. Thompson 1979 American English
2930 Martian Time Slip Philip K. Dick 1964 American English
2931 The Compleat Werewolf And Other Stories Of Fantasy And Science Fiction Anthony Boucher 1969 American English
2933 Dolly City Orly Castel-Bloom 1992 Israeli Hebrew
2937 The Demon Lover Elizabeth Bowen 1927 British English
2937 Beyond The Wall Of Sleep H. P. Lovecraft 1919 American English
2937 The Supernatural Omnibus Montague Summers 1931 British English