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 Stolen Thoughts Tim Tigner 2015 Unknown English
17120 Tell Me An Ending Jo Harkin 2022 Unknown English
17120 Abandon Blake Crouch 2009 American English
17120 2 A.M. In Little America Ken Kalfus 2022 American English
17120 Very Nice Marcy Dermansky 2019 American English
17120 The Good Samaritan John Marrs 2018 British English
17120 Behind Her Eyes Sarah Pinborough 2017 British English
17120 Tomorrow And Tomorrow Tom Sweterlitsch 2014 American English
17120 Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne 1992 American English
17120 The Forest Of Enchantments Chitra Divakaruni 2019 Indian English
17120 T. Singer Dag Solstad 1999 Norwegian Norwegian
16829 Precious Bane Mary Webb 1924 British English
17120 The Folded Earth Anuradha roy 2011 Indian English
17120 The Mysterious Benedict Society And The Perilous Journey Trenton Lee Stewart 2008 American English
17120 Bride Of The Tornado James Kennedy Unknown Unknown
17120 A Nobleman’s Guide To Seducing A Scoundrel KJ Charles 2023 British English
17120 The Prince And The Coyote David Bowles 2023 Unknown English
17120 Slathbog's Gold M.L. Forman 2009 American English
17120 The Horn Of Moran M.L. Forman 2011 Unknown English
17120 Aberration In The Heartland Of The Real Wendy S. Painting 2015 Unknown English
17120 Faith Of The Fallen Terry Goodkind 2000 American English
17120 A History Of Warfare John Keegan 1993 British English
17120 The Magic Kingdom Russell Banks 2022 American English
17120 City On Fire Don Winslow 2022 American English
17120 My Notorious Life Kate Manning 2013 American English
17120 The Age Of Miracles Karen Thompson Walker 2012 American English
17120 Un Lun Dun China Miéville 2007 British English
17087 The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde And Other Stories Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 British English
17120 Blood Sport Dick Francis 1967 British English
17120 Destinations Jan Morris 1980 British English
17120 Dover One Joyce Porter 1964 British English
17120 The File On H. Ismail Kadare 1981 Albanian Albanian
17120 God's First Love Friedrich Heer 1970 Austrian German
17120 God's Grace Bernard Malamud 1982 American English
17120 The Golem Isaac Bashevis Singer 1969 Unknown English
17120 How Like An Angel Margaret Millar 1962 Canadian English
17120 Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang Mordecai Richler 1975 Canadian English
17120 The Laxian Key Robert Sheckley 1966 American English
17120 The Nephew James Purdy 1960 American English
17120 On The Narrow Road Lesley Downer 2013 Unknown English
17120 The People Trap Robert Sheckley 1968 American English
17120 Quiet As A Nun Antonia Fraser 1977 British English
17120 Take A Girl Like You Kingsley Amis 1960 British English
17120 Ways Of Escape Graham Greene 1971 British English
17120 Where The Jackals Howl And Other Stories Amos Oz 1965 Israeli Hebrew
17120 Missionaries Phil Klay 2020 American English
17120 Grasping Evil I’m Ink Unknown Unknown
17120 Voyage Of The Damned Frances White 2024 Unknown English
17120 Amy And Isabelle Elizabeth Strout 1998 American English
16872 O Meu Pé De Laranja Lima José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17120 The Inheritance Cycle Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
16866 Barn Burning William Faulkner 1939 American English
17120 Lincoln In The Bardo By George Saunders Instaread Summaries 2017 American English
17120 The Yiddish Policeman's Union Michael Chabon 2007 American English
17120 The Handmaid's Tale Renée Nault 1985 Unknown English
17120 恶意 Keigo Higashino 1996 Japanese Japanese
16840 The Theban Plays Sophocles -442 Greek Ancient greek
17120 A World Without Princes Soman Chainani 2014 American English
16964 Moon Rising Tui T. Sutherland 2014 American English
17120 The Dragonet Prophecy Tui T. Sutherland 2012 American English
16863 1001 Arabian Nights Anonymous -800 Multiple Arabic
17120 Voyage Of Slaves Brian Jacques 2006 British English
17120 The Bitcoin Standard Saifedean Ammous 2018 Unknown English
17027 The Saga Of The Volsungs Anonymous 1270 Unknown Old norse
17120 Doing Time Jodi Taylor 2019 British English
17120 Man In The Empty Suit Sean Ferrell 2013 American English
17120 Townie Andre Dubus 2011 American English
17120 The Witches Of New York Ami McKay 2016 Canadian English
17120 The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson 1978 American English
17120 The Last Runaway Tracy Chevalier 2013 American English
17120 The Price Of Peace Zachary D. Carter 2020 American English
17120 American Spy Lauren Wilkinson 2019 Unknown English
17120 Concealed Christina Diaz Gonzalez 2021 Unknown English
17120 The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years Shubnum Khan 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Blood Gospel James Rollins 2013 American English
17120 Deep Freeze Lisa Jackson 2005 American English
17120 Left To Die Lisa Jackson 2008 American English
17120 Big Sky Kate Atkinson 2019 British English
17120 The Expanse James S. A. Corey 2011 American English
17120 The Innkeeper's Song Peter S. Beagle 1993 American English
17120 Emily Wilde's Compendium Of Lost Tales Heather Fawcett 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Stranger Times Caimh McDonnell 2021 British English
17120 Beware Of Chicken 4 CasualFarmer Unknown Unknown
17120 Beware Of Chicken 3 CasualFarmer 2023 Unknown English
17120 Beware Of Chicken 2 CasualFarmer 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Starless Crown James Rollins 2022 American English
17120 Mesopotamia Serhiy Zhadan 2014 Ukrainian Ukrainian
17120 The Ocean Of Life Callum Roberts 2012 British English
17120 Secret History Of The Mongols Paul Kahn 1984 Unknown English
17120 In An Instant Suzanne Redfearn 2020 American English
17120 The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again M. John Harrison 2020 British English
17120 The Book Of Lies Brad Meltzer 2008 American English
17120 Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 Kentaro Miura 2019 Japanese Japanese
17120 Dragons Of Summer Flame Margaret Weis 1995 American English
17120 Soulsmith Will Wight 2016 American English
17120 Ghostwater Will Wight 2018 American English
17120 Howling Dark Christopher Ruocchio 2019 American English
17120 Blackflame Will Wight 2017 American English
17120 The Farseer Trilogy Robin Hobb 1995 American English
17120 The Lions Of Lucerne Brad Thor 2002 American English
17120 Knight's Shadow Sebastien de Castell 2014 Canadian English
17120 Wintersteel Will Wight 2020 American English
17120 Blood Ties Kay Hooper 2007 American English
17120 The 9th Girl Tami Hoag 2013 American English
17120 Tyrant's Throne Sebastien de Castell 2017 Canadian English
17120 A True Novel Minae Mizumura 2002 Japanese Japanese
17120 Tentacle Rita Indiana 2015 Dominican Spanish
17120 La Bastarda Trifonia Melibea Obono 2016 Equatoguinean Spanish
17120 Fish Soup Margarita García Robayo 2018 Colombian Spanish
17120 Mouthful Of Birds Samanta Schweblin 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17120 Fox Dubravka Ugrešić 2017 Croatian Croatian
17120 Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg 2014 Polish Polish
17120 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17120 Subtly Worded Teffi 2014 Russian Russian
17120 Cem Dias Entre Céu E Mar Amyr Klink 1985 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Caballo De Troya J.J. Benítez 1984 Spanish Spanish
17120 Afrikalı Leo Amin Maalouf 1986 French French
17120 All Things Cease To Appear Elizabeth Brundage 2016 American English
17120 The Twenty Year Death Ariel S. Winter 2012 American English