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 The Hive And The Honey Paul Yoon 2023 American English
17120 The Unsettled Ayana Mathis 2023 American English
17120 Anansi’s Gold Yepoka Yeebo 2023 Unknown English
17120 Beyond The Door Of No Return David Diop 2023 French French
17120 Dragon Palace Hiromi Kawakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
17120 The Peacock And The Sparrow I. S. Berry 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Of Andy Africa Stephen Buoro 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Centre Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi 2023 Unknown English
17120 A Most Tolerant Little Town Rachel Louise Martin 2023 Unknown English
17120 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
17120 Fire Rush Jacqueline Crooks 2023 Unknown English
17120 Elsewhere Yan Ge 2023 Chinese English
17120 After The Funeral And Other Stories Tessa Hadley 2023 British English
17120 Natural Light Julian Bell 2023 British English
17120 The Book Of Eve Carmen Boullosa 2023 Unknown Spanish
17120 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
17120 Easily Slip Into Another World Henry Threadgill, Brent Hayes Edwards 2023 Unknown English
17120 Owlish Dorothy Tse 2023 Unknown Chinese
17120 Be Mine Richard Ford 2023 American English
17120 A Life Of One’s Own Joanna Biggs 2023 Unknown English
17120 Commitment Mona Simpson 2023 American English
17120 Hungry Ghosts Kevin Jared Hosein 2023 Unknown English
17120 A Small Sacrifice For An Enormous Happiness Jai Chakrabarti 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Postcard Anne Berest 2023 French French
17120 Nothing Stays Put Willard Spiegelman 2023 Unknown English
17120 Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 2023 Unknown English
17120 Benjamin Banneker And Us Rachel Jamison Webster 2023 Unknown English
17120 In Memoriam Alice Winn 2023 Unknown English
17120 White Cat, Black Dog Kelly Link 2023 American English
17120 Siblings Brigitte Reimann 2023 German German
17120 Ringmaster Abraham Riesman 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Kingdom Of Prep Maggie Bullock 2023 Unknown English
17120 Ghosts Of The Orphanage Christine Kenneally 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Dog Of The North Elizabeth McKenzie 2023 American English
17120 A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs Gulchehra Hoja 2023 Unknown English
17120 Big Swiss Jen Beagin 2023 American English
17120 Iron Curtain Vesna Goldsworthy 2023 Unknown English
17120 Collected Works Lydia Sandgren 2023 Unknown Swedish
17120 Brooklyn’s Last Secret Leslie Stein 2023 Unknown English
17120 I Have Some Questions For You Rebecca Makkai 2023 American English
17120 Skull Water Heinz Insu Fenkl 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Scythian Empire Christopher I. Beckwith 2023 Unknown English
17120 Ghost Music An Yu 2022 Unknown English
17120 The Hive And The Honey Paul Yoon 2023 Unknown English
17120 Holding Pattern Jenny Xie 2023 Unknown English
17120 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17120 Beyond The Door Of No Return David Diop 2021 French French
17120 The Lost Wife Susanna Moore 2023 American English
17120 The Strange Nathan Ballingrud 2023 American English
17120 Critical Mass Daniel Suarez 2023 American English
17120 Fixit Joe Ide 2023 American English
17120 The Kind Worth Saving Peter Swanson 2023 American English
17120 The Murder Of Mr. Wickham Claudia Gray 2022 Unknown English
17120 The Tree And The River Aaron Becker 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Life And Times Of Hannah Crafts Gregg Hecimovich 2023 Unknown English
17120 A Haunting On The Hill Elizabeth Hand 2023 American English
17120 The Madstone Elizabeth Crook 2023 American English
17120 My Father’s House Joseph O’Connor 2023 Irish English
17120 No One Prayed Over Their Graves Khaled Khalifa 2019 Syrian Arabic
17120 The Sunset Crowd Karin Tanabe 2023 Unknown English
17120 Vintage Contemporaries Dan Kois 2014 Unknown English
17120 The Critic’s Daughter Priscilla Gilman 2023 Unknown English
17120 Leg Greg Marshall 2023 Unknown English
17120 Number Go Up Zeke Faux 2023 Unknown English
17120 Starkweather Harry N. MacLean 2023 Unknown English
17120 Under The Eye Of Power Colin Dickey 2023 American English
17120 Ian Fleming Nicholas Shakespeare 2023 Unknown English
17120 Into The Amazon Larry Rohter 2017 Unknown English
17120 Emperor Of Rome Mary Beard 2023 British English
17120 Mefisto Kulübü Tess Gerritsen 2006 American English
17120 To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 Tad Williams 1993 American English
17120 Traitor's Blade Sebastien de Castell 2014 Canadian English
17120 Remnant Population Elizabeth Moon 1996 American English
17120 The Curse Of The Mistwraith Janny Wurts 1993 American English
17120 Temporary Hilary Leichter 2020 American English
17120 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 7 Hayao Miyazaki 1995 Japanese Japanese
17120 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 6 Hayao Miyazaki 1994 Japanese Japanese
17120 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 5 Hayao Miyazaki 1994 Japanese Japanese
17120 Lost Gods Brom 2016 American English
17120 To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 Tad Williams 1993 American English
17120 Stone Of Farewell Tad Williams 1990 American English
17120 Bloodline Claudia Gray 2016 American English
17120 Lost Stars Claudia Gray 2015 Unknown English
17120 Mistborn Trilogy Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
17120 Enchantment Orson Scott Card 1999 American English
17120 9 From The Nine Worlds Rick Riordan 2018 American English
17120 Still Life / A Fatal Grace / The Cruelest Month Louise Penny 2005 Canadian English
17120 The Mastermind Evan Ratliff 2019 American English
17120 Pentimento Lillian Hellman 1973 American English
17120 The Harry Potter Collection 1 4 J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
17120 Led Zeppelin Bob Spitz 2021 American English
17120 Toy Fights Don Paterson 2023 British English
17120 The 7 1/2 Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton 2018 British English
17120 The City Of Mist Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2021 Spanish Spanish
17120 The Devil And The Dark Water Stuart Turton 2020 British English
17120 The Day After Tomorrow Allan Folsom 2004 American English
17120 Nine Inches Tom Perrotta 2013 American English
17120 The Rise Of Kyoshi F.C. Yee 2019 American English
17120 Gadis Kretek Ratih Kumala 2012 Indonesian Indonesian
17120 Laut Bercerita Leila S. Chudori 2017 Indonesian Indonesian
17120 The Long Patrol Brian Jacques 1997 British English
17120 Version Control Dexter Palmer 2016 American English
17120 Abigail And Alexa Save The Wedding Lian Dolan Unknown Unknown
17120 Twisted Family Values V.C. Chickering 2018 Unknown English
17120 Count The Ways Joyce Maynard 2021 American English
17120 The Motion Of The Body Through Space Lionel Shriver 2020 American English
17120 A Likely Story Leigh McMullan Abramson 2023 Unknown English
17120 New Waves Eric Nguyen 2021 Unknown English
17120 Cobble Hill Cecily von Ziegesar 2020 American English
17120 The Arrivals Meg Mitchell Moore 2013 American English
17120 Truth In Advertising John Kenney 2013 American English
17120 The Island Elin Hilderbrand 2010 American English
17120 Good Riddance Elinor Lipman 2019 American English
17120 This Must Be The Place Maggie O'Farrell 2016 British English
17120 Gilt Jamie Brenner 2022 American English
17120 Seating Arrangements Maggie Shipstead 2012 American English
17120 The Portable Veblen Elizabeth Mckenzie 2016 American English
17120 Calling Invisible Women Jeanne Ray 2012 American English