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
17122 Goblin Secrets William Alexander 2012 American English
17122 The Thing About Luck Cynthia Kadohata 2013 American English
17122 What I Saw And How I Lied Judy Blundell 2008 American English
17122 Pulp Charles Bukowski 1994 American English
17122 A Night In The Lonesome October Roger Zelazny 1993 American English
17122 All Our Names Dinaw Mengestu 2014 American English
17122 Cyclonopedia Reza Negarestani 2008 Unknown English
17122 St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves Karen Russell 2024 American English
17122 China Room Sunjeev Sahota 2021 British English
17099 Vis And Ramin Fakhraddin Gorgani 1048 Persian Persian
17122 The Gate Of The Feral Gods Matt Dinniman 2022 American English
17122 The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook Matt Dinniman 2020 Unknown English
17122 Okay For Now Gary D. Schmidt 2011 American English
17113 Pied Piper Nevil Shute 1942 British English
17122 The Stupids Step Out Harry Allard 1974 American English
17122 The Day My Bum Went Psycho Andy Griffiths 2001 Australian English
17122 Judy Moody Megan McDonald 2000 American English
17122 Junie B. Jones And The Stupid Smelly Bus A.K.A. Junie B. Jones Is On Her Way! Barbara Park 1992 American English
17122 Sammy Keyes And The Hotel Thief Wendelin Van Draanen 1998 American English
17122 End Games Michael Dibdin 2007 British English
17122 Quicksand And Cactus Juanita Brooks 1982 American English
17122 Winter Count Barry Lopez 1981 American English
17122 Graven Images Paul Fleischman 1982 American English
17005 Under The Autumn Star Knut Hamsun 1906 Norwegian Norwegian
17057 The Wanderer Knut Hamsun 1917 Norwegian Norwegian
17064 Victoria Knut Hamsun 1898 Norwegian Norwegian
17122 This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson 2005 British English
17122 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
16809 Sette Piani Dino Buzzati 1954 Italian Italian
17122 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2022 British English
17122 The Middle Kingdoms Martyn Rady 2023 Unknown English
17122 Migrations Charlotte McConaghy 2020 Australian English
17122 Un Monde à Portée De Main Maylis de Kerangal 2018 French French
17122 Morrer Na Primavera Ralf Rothmann 2015 German German
17122 Fire From Heaven Mary Renault 1969 British English
17122 The Sea Came In At Midnight Steve Erickson 1999 American English
17122 Inés Da Minha Alma Isabel Allende 2006 Chilean Spanish
17122 Scale Geoffrey B. West 2017 American English
17120 O Livro Das 1001 Noites; Volume 2 Of 7 Unknown -800 Multiple Arabic
17122 Silêncio Na Era Do Ruído Erling Kagge 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17122 Social Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 American English
17122 Pay It Forward Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999 American English
17122 Shrek! William Steig 1990 American English
17016 Bambi Felix Salten 1923 Austrian German
17122 Nexus Ramez Naam 2012 American English
17122 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17122 Barlaam And Josaphat Gui de Cambrai 2014 French Old french
16799 The Biography Of Ying Ying Yuan Zhen 820 Chinese Classical chinese
16903 Le Jouvencel Jean V de Bueil 1466 French French
16923 The Romance Of 'Antar Unknown 1100 Multiple Arabic
17045 Epic Of Sundiata Unknown 1235 Multiple Mandinka
17122 Huon De Bordeaux Unknown French Old french
17105 Daredevils Of Sassoun Unknown 800 Multiple Armenian
17122 Girl In Pieces Kathleen Glasgow 2016 American English
16758 Yama Aleksandr Kuprin 1909 Russian Russian
17052 Candide And Other Stories Voltaire 1759 French French
17122 The Call Of Cthulhu And Other Weird Stories H. P. Lovecraft 1999 American English
17075 Uncle’s Dream Fyodor Dostoevsky 1859 Russian Russian
17122 Good Reasons For Bad Feelings Randolph M. Nesse 2019 American English
17122 Chato’s Kitchen Gary Soto 1995 American English
17122 George And Martha James Marshall 1972 American English
17122 Joseph Had A Little Overcoat Simms Taback 1977 American English
17122 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes 1996 American English
17122 Lon Po Po Ed Young 1989 American English
17122 Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters John Steptoe 1987 American English
17122 Pink And Say Patricia Polacco 1994 American English
17122 Rickshaw Girl Mitali Perkins 2007 American English
17122 A Sick Day For Amos Mc Gee Philip Stead 2010 American English
17122 Starry River Of The Sky Grace Lin 2012 American English
17122 The Tales Of Uncle Remus Julius Lester 1987 American English
17122 Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People’s Ears Verna Aardema 1975 American English
17122 The Lion And The Lily Ira Mukhoty 2023 Unknown English
17122 Yellow Book Amitava Kumar 2023 Unknown English
17122 Tokyo Express Taiyō Matsumoto Unknown Unknown
17122 Zpověď Maxe Tivoliho Andrew Sean Greer 2004 American English
17122 Jameson's Raid Elizabeth Longford 1982 British English
17122 Binding 13 Chloe Walsh 2018 Unknown English
17122 Cursed Fates Caroline Peckham 2022 Unknown English
17122 Gold Raven Kennedy 2020 Unknown English
17122 The Ballad Of Never After Stephanie Garber 2022 American English
17122 A Dowry Of Blood S.T. Gibson 2021 Unknown English
17122 A Heart Of Blood And Ashes Milla Vane 2020 Unknown English
17122 A Fate Inked In Blood Danielle L. Jensen 2023 Unknown English
17122 A Curse For True Love Stephanie Garber 2023 American English
17122 The Captain Will Wight 2023 Unknown English
The Cat Who Saved Books Sōsuke Natsukawa 2017 Japanese Japanese
17122 Broken Bonds J. Bree 2021 Unknown English
17122 A Day Of Fallen Night Samantha Shannon 2023 British English
17122 The Phone Booth At The Edge Of The World Laura Imai Messina 2020 Italian Italian
17122 Him Sarina Bowen 2015 Unknown English
17122 A History Of Wild Places Shea Ernshaw 2021 American English
17122 This Woven Kingdom Tahereh Mafi 2022 American English
17122 I Want To Eat Your Pancreas Yoru Sumino 2015 Japanese Japanese
17122 House Of Hollow Krystal Sutherland 2021 Australian English
17122 The Queen Of The Tearling Erika Johansen 2014 American English
17122 All The Tides Of Fate Adalyn Grace 2021 American English
17122 Time's Convert Deborah Harkness 2018 American English
17122 Lord Of The Mysteries Volume 1 Ai Qianshui de Wuzei 2018 Chinese Chinese
17122 Reverend Insanity Gu Zhen Re 2015 Chinese Chinese
16771 دایی جان ناپلئون Iraj Pezeshkzad 1973 Iranian Persian
16764 The Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1902 American English
17122 To Calais In Ordinary Time James Meek 2019 British English
17122 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea Marcus Rediker 1987 American English
17122 Inventario Di Alcune Cose Perdute Judith Schalansky 2018 German German
17122 Il Paradiso Degli Orchi Daniel Pennac 1985 French Italian
17122 Tutti I Nomi José Saramago 1997 Portuguese Italian
17122 Q Luther Blissett 1999 Italian Italian
17122 The Oxford Book Of American Short Stories Joyce Carol Oates 1992 American English
17122 Communion Town Sam Thompson 2012 British English
17122 Wolves Simon Ings 2014 British English
17122 The Race Nina Allan 2014 British English
17122 The Ecliptic Benjamin Wood 2015 British English
17122 Europe In Autumn Dave Hutchinson 2014 British English
17122 The Wake Paul Kingsnorth 2014 British English
17122 Our Ecstatic Days Steve Erickson 2005 American English
17122 Angelmaker Nick Harkaway 2012 British English
17122 To Be Taught, If Fortunate Becky Chambers 2019 American English
17122 Here Goes Nothing Steve Toltz 2022 Australian English
17122 The Wrong End Of The Telescope Rabih Alameddine 2021 American English
17122 Thought To Exist In The Wild Derrick Jensen 2007 American English