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
17120 Cunning Of The Dove Alfred Duggan 1960 British English
17120 Vows Of The Peacock Alice Walworth Graham 1961 Unknown English
17120 The Firedrake Cecelia Holland 1966 American English
17120 Kings In Winter Cecelia Holland 1970 American English
17120 Antichrist Cecelia Holland 1970 Unknown English
17120 The Heirs Of The Kingdom Zoe Oldenbourg 1970 French French
17120 White Boar Marian Palmer 1988 Unknown English
17120 Falls The Shadow Sharon Kay Penman 1988 American English
17120 The Reckoning Sharon Kay Penman 1991 American English
17120 The Last Englishman Hebe Weenolson Unknown Unknown
17120 The Hand Of Michelangelo Sidney Alexander 1976 Unknown English
17120 City Of God Cecelia Holland 1979 American English
17120 The Bride Of Sforza Miranda Seymour 1975 Unknown English
16768 Immortal Queen Elizabeth Byrd 1956 American English
17120 The Firedrake's Eye Patricia Finney 1992 British English
17120 Death Of The Fox George Garrett 1972 American English
17120 The Succession George Garrett 1983 American English
17120 Nicholas Cooke Stephanie Cowell 1993 Unknown English
17120 The Physician Of London Stephanie Cowell 1995 Unknown English
17120 The Glass Blowers Daphne du Maurier 1963 British English
17120 White Witch Elizabeth Goudge 1958 British English
17120 Dark Torrent Of Glencoe Edward Grierson 1960 British English
17120 The Frenchwoman Jeanne Mackin 1989 Unknown English
17120 Rasero Francisco Rebolledo 1995 Mexican Spanish
17120 Vindication Frances Sherwood 1993 Unknown English
17120 The Tennants Of Time Thomas Flannagan 1988 Unknown English
17120 The End Of The Hunt Thomas Flanagan 1994 American English
17120 A Durable Fire Virginia Bernhard 1990 Unknown English
17120 O Beulah Land Mary Lee Settle 1981 American English
17120 The First Rebel Neil Swanson 2009 American English
17120 The Carolinians Jane Barry 1959 Unknown English
17120 Guns Of Burgoyne Bruce Lancaster 1975 American English
17120 Beulah Land Harold Davis 1973 American English
17120 Surveyor Turman Nelson Unknown Unknown
17120 Know Nothing Mary Lee Settle 1960 American English
17120 Elkhorn Tavern Douglas C. Jones 1980 American English
17120 By Antietam Creek Don Robertson 1960 American English
17120 The Crater Richard Slotkin 1980 Unknown English
17120 Fancher Train Amelia Bean Unknown Unknown
17120 A Road We Do Not Know Frederick J. Chiaventone 1996 Unknown English
17120 A Distanr Trumpet Paul Horgan 1960 American English
17120 Carrington Michael Straight 1960 American English
17120 Lord Of The Kongo Peter Forbath 1988 Unknown English
17120 The Whales Of Lake Tanganyika Lennart Hagerfors 1992 Swedish Swedish
17120 Kenya John Halkin 1986 Unknown English
17120 The Court Of The Lion Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri 1988 Unknown English
17120 Deception Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri 1993 Unknown English
17120 Dynasty Robert S. Elegant 1977 American English
17120 Manchu Robert S. Elegant 1980 American English
17120 Mandarin Robert S. Elegant 1983 American English
17120 Peking Anthony Grey 1988 British English
17120 The Chinese Emperor Jean Levi 1985 French French
17120 The Dream Of Confucius Jean Levi 1989 French French
17120 Ming Robert B. Oxnam 1995 Unknown English
17120 The Moghul Thomas Hoover 1983 American English
16768 Shadow Of The Moon M.M. Kaye 1956 British English
17120 Yedo Lynn Guest 1985 Unknown English
17120 Tokaido Road Lucia St. Clair Robson 1991 American English
16768 The Heike Story Eiji Yoshikawa 1956 Japanese Japanese
17120 Molokai O.A. Bushnell 1960 Unknown English
17120 The Dreaming Barbara Wood 1991 American English
17120 All Soul's Rising Madison Smartt Bell 1995 American English
17120 The Luck Of Huemac Daniel Peters 1981 Unknown English
17120 Tikal Daniel Peters 1983 Unknown English
17120 The Incas Daniel Peters 1991 Unknown English
17120 A Signal Victory David Stacton 1960 American English
17120 Eleni Or Nobody Rhea Galanaki 1998 Greek Greek
17120 The Literature Express Lasha Bugadze 2009 Georgian Georgian
17120 Requiem For The Living Alan Cherchesov 2005 Unknown Russian
17120 A Man Was Going Down The Road Otar Chiladze 1973 Georgian Georgian
17120 Dagny, Or A Love Feast Zurab Karumidze 2014 Georgian English
17120 The Legacy Of Lost Things Aida Zilalian 2016 Unknown English
17120 The Fourth Man Robert Baer 2022 American English
17120 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17120 Inside The Cia Ronald Kessler 1992 American English
17120 True Believer Jack Carr 2019 American English
17120 Code Red Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills 2023 American English
17120 The Combat Codes Charles Darwin Unknown Unknown
17120 Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, Vol. 1 Singshong 2018 Korean Korean
17120 Crier's War Francisco J. Varela 2019 Unknown English
17120 Waiting For The Galactic Bus Parke Godwin 1988 American English
17120 Beauty Sheri S. Tepper 1991 American English
16963 What's Wrong With The World G. K. Chesterton 1910 British English
17120 Menewood Nicola Griffith 2023 British English
17120 The Heaven And Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
17120 The Steerswoman Rosemary Kirstein 1989 American English
17120 The Rise Of The Counter Establishment Sidney Blumenthal 1986 American English
17120 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17120 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17120 Girlfriend On Mars Deborah Willis 2023 Canadian English
17120 Archangel Andrea Barrett 2013 American English
17120 The Terraformers Annalee Newitz 2023 American English
17120 The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet Vandana Singh 2009 Indian English
17120 A Half Built Garden Ruthanna Emrys 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Stolen Coast Dwyer Murphy 2023 Unknown English
17120 Mobility Lydia Kiesling 2023 American English
17120 Strega Johanne Lykke Holm, Saskia Vogel 2020 Unknown Swedish
17120 The Skull Jon Klassen 2023 Canadian English
17120 The Girls’ Guide To Hunting And Fishing Melissa Banks 1999 Unknown English
17120 Fear Is Just A Word Azam Ahmed 2023 Unknown English
17120 Liliana’s Invincible Summer Cristina Rivera Garza 2023 Unknown Spanish
17120 The Dictionary People Sarah Ogilvie 2023 Unknown English
17120 Foreign Bodies Simon Schama 2023 British English
17120 A History Of Fake Things On The Internet Walter Scheirer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17120 The Love Of Singular Men Victor Heringer 2023 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 January Sara Gallardo 2023 Argentine Spanish
17120 A Council Of Dolls Mona Susan Power 2023 Unknown English
17120 A Haunting On The Hill Elizabeth Hand 2023 American English
17120 The House Of Doors Tan Twan Eng 2023 Malaysian English
17120 Going Infinite Michael Lewis 2023 American English
17120 A Volga Tale Guzel Yakhina 2023 Russian Russian
17120 Omega Farm Martha McPhee 2023 Unknown English
17120 Pandora’s Box Peter Biskind 2023 Unknown Unknown
17120 A City On Mars Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith 2023 Unknown English
17120 Crossings Ben Goldfarb 2023 Unknown English
17120 Our Hideous Progeny C. E. McGill 2023 Unknown English
17120 Blood In The Machine Brian Merchant 2023 Unknown English
17120 American Visions Edward L. Ayers 2023 American English
17120 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17120 The Life And Times Of Hannah Crafts Gregg Hecimovich 2023 Unknown English