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
17131 A Song Of Ice And Fire George R. R. Martin 2011 American English
17131 The Complete Tales Beatrix Potter 1986 British English
17131 Dr Seuss's Beginner Book Collection Dr. Seuss 2009 American English
17131 Ankomst Gøhril Gabrielsen 2017 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 The Bird Tribunal Agnes Ravatn 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 Umami Laia Jufresa 2015 Mexican Spanish
17131 On Lighthouses Jazmina Barrera 2017 Mexican Spanish
17131 The House On Calle Sombra Marga Ortigas 2021 Philippine English
17131 Hansen’s Children Ognjen Spahić 2004 Montenegrin Montenegrin
17131 Three Elegies For Kosovo Ismail Kadare 1998 Albanian Albanian
17131 The Walnut Mansion Miljenko Jergović 2003 Croatian Croatian
17131 Stork Mountain Miroslav Penkov 2016 Bulgarian English
17131 Dry Season Gabriela Babnik 2012 Unknown Slovene
17131 Border State Tõnu Õnnepalu 1993 Estonian Estonian
17131 Flesh Coloured Dominoes Zigmunds Skujiņš 1999 Latvian Latvian
17131 Those Whom I Would Like To Meet Again Giedra Radvilavičiūtė 2013 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17131 Great Italian Stories Jhumpa Lahiri 2023 Unknown Italian
17131 Great Spanish Stories Margaret Jull Costa 2014 Unknown Spanish
17131 The Disaster Tourist Yun Ko-eun 2013 Korean Korean
17131 Thud! Terry Pratchett 2005 British English
17131 Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett 1998 British English
17131 The Last Continent Terry Pratchett 1998 British English
17131 Monstrous Regiment Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
17131 The Galaxy, And The Ground Within Becky Chambers 2021 American English
17131 Record Of A Spaceborn Few Becky Chambers 2018 American English
17131 Provenance Ann Leckie 2017 American English
17131 The Confusion Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17131 The System Of The World Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17131 Wintersmith Terry Pratchett 2006 British English
17131 Robopocalypse Daniel H. Wilson 2011 American English
17131 The Little Bandits Michael Henry 2025 Australian English
17131 Worm Wildbow 2011 Canadian English
17131 The Power Of Myth Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers 1988 American English
17131 The Christmas Pig J. K. Rowling 2021 British English
17131 The Hate You Give Angie Thomas 2017 American English
17131 Gallant V. E. Schwab 2022 American English
17131 Dear Edward Ann Napolitano 2020 American English
17131 Son Lois Lowry 2012 American English
17131 Messenger Lois Lowry 2004 American English
17131 The Midwife's Apprentice Karen Cushman 1995 American English
17131 The Selection Kiera Cass 2012 American English
17131 Twisted Love Ana Huang 2021 Unknown English
17131 The Winthrop Woman Anya Seton 1958 American English
16953 The Big Rock Candy Mountain Wallace Stegner 1943 American English
17131 Gould's Book Of Fish Richard Flanagan 2001 Australian English
17131 Ancient Light John Banville 2012 Irish English
17131 The Wonder Emma Donoghue 2023 Irish English
17131 Why Liberalism Failed Patrick J. Deneen 2018 American English
16925 The Collected Songs Of Cold Mountain Hanshan -800 Chinese Classical chinese
17131 Yoga Emmanuel Carrère 2020 French French
17131 Conversations With David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace 2012 American English
17131 The Fifth Sacred Thing Starhawk 1993 American English
17131 The Red Book C.G. Jung 2009 Swiss German
17131 Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption Stephen King 1982 American English
16828 The Silent Cry Kenzaburō Ōe 1967 Japanese Japanese
17131 Red Plenty Francis Spufford 2010 British English
17131 Silo 1 Hugh Howey 2012 American English
17035 Inquisiciones Jorge Luis Borges 1925 Argentinian Spanish
17040 The Great Wall Of China Franz Kafka 1931 Austrian German
17131 Historia De Una Gaviota Y Del Gato Que Le Enseñó A Volar Luis Sepúlveda 1996 Chilean Spanish
17131 Saltatempo Stefano Benni 2001 Italian Italian
17131 The Book Of Life Deborah Harkness 2014 American English
17131 The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer 2012 American English
17131 The Magician Michael Scott 2008 Irish English
17131 Blue Lily, Lily Blue Maggie Stiefvater 2014 American English
17131 Miss Nelson Is Missing! Harry Allard 1977 American English
17131 Hoot Carl Hiaasen 2002 American English
17131 Carry On Rainbow Rowell 2015 American English
17131 Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Seth Grahame-Smith 2009 American English
17131 Fablehaven Brandon Mull 2006 American English
17131 Darkfever Karen Marie Moning 2006 American English
17131 The Hunger Games Kate Egan 2008 Unknown English
17131 For One More Day Mitch Albom 2006 American English
17131 Bleach, Vol. 1 Tite Kubo 2001 Japanese Japanese
17131 Unravel Me Tahereh Mafi 2013 American English
17131 The Twelve Justin Cronin 2012 American English
17131 The People Could Fly Virginia Hamilton 1985 American English
17131 The Hike Drew Magary 2016 American English
17131 The Rook Daniel O'Malley 2012 Australian English
17131 A Boy And A Bear In A Boat Dave Shelton 2012 British English
17131 Run Blake Crouch 2011 American English
17015 Discourses And Selected Writings Epictetus 108 Greek Greek
17131 Strange The Dreamer Laini Taylor 2017 American English
17131 Killer Instinct Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2014 American English
17131 Heartless Marissa Meyer 2016 American English
17131 The Shaman's Mind Jonathan Hammond 2020 Unknown English
17131 Library Lion Michelle Knudsen 2006 American English
17131 Dan Brown Omnibus Dan Brown 2004 American English
17131 Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre David Lodge 1997 Unknown English
17131 The Art Of The Lord Of The Rings By J.R.R. Tolkien Wayne G. Hammond 2015 British English
17131 The Lord Of The Rings Brian Sibley British Unknown
17131 I Am Ozzy Ozzy Osbourne 2009 British English
17131 Combee Edda L. Fields-Black 2024 Unknown English
17131 Stranger Than We Can Imagine John Higgs 2015 British English
17131 Klf John Higgs 2012 British English
17131 Plato At The Googleplex Rebecca Goldstein 2014 American English
17131 Piranesi Jonathan Scott 2020 Unknown English
16991 Winged Pharaoh Joan Grant 1937 British English
17131 Tolstoy's "War And Peace" A Study R.F. Christian 1978 Unknown English
16985 Nightfall And Other Stories Isaac Asimov 1969 American English
17131 The Salmon Of Doubt Douglas Adams 2002 British English
17131 The Pleasures Of The Imagination John Brewer 1997 British English
17131 The Angelical Language, Volume I Aaron Leitch 2010 Unknown English
16937 The Book Of Thoth Aleister Crowley 1944 British English
16886 Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 British English
17131 Murder Among Friends Elizabeth Ferrars 1946 British English
17131 Mystery Stories Stanley Ellin 1956 American English
17131 The New Sonia Wayward Michael Innes 1960 British English
17131 Murder Against The Grain Emma Lathen 1967 American English
17131 The Tremor Of Forgery Patricia Highsmith 1969 American English
17131 Beyond This Point Are Monsters Margaret Millar 1970 Canadian English
17131 The Players And The Game Julian Symons 1972 British English
17131 The Poison Oracle Peter Dickinson 1974 British English
17131 The Naked Nuns Colin Watson 1975 British English
17131 Nobody's Perfect Donald E. Westlake 1977 American English
17131 A Pinch Of Snuff Reginald Hill 1978 British English
17131 Kill Claudio P. M. Hubbard 1979 British English
17131 The Green Ripper John D. MacDonald 1979 American English
17131 The Artful Egg James McClure 1984 South African English
17131 جای خالی سلوچ Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 1979 Iranian Persian