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 La Bombe Alcante 2020 Unknown French
17120 Far From The Tree Robin Benway 2017 American English
17120 When They Call You A Terrorist Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018 American English
17120 As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow Zoulfa Katouh 2022 Unknown English
17120 When You Least Expect It Haley Cass 2020 Unknown English
17120 Doctor De Soto William Steig 1982 American English
17120 Homestuck Andrew Hussie 2009 American English
17120 Lancelot Walker Percy 1977 American English
17120 Journey From Peppermint Street Meindert DeJong 1967 American English
17120 The Marvelous Misadventures Of Sebastian Lloyd Alexander 1970 American English
17120 The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine Or The Hithering Thithering Djinn Donald Barthelme 1971 American English
17120 The Court Of The Stone Children Eleanor Cameron 1973 American English
17120 Bert Breen's Barn Walter D. Edmonds 1975 American English
17120 The Master Puppeteer Katherine Paterson 1975 American English
17120 Ramona And Her Mother Beverly Cleary 1979 American English
17120 Westmark Lloyd Alexander 1981 American English
17120 Words By Heart Ouida Sebestyen 1979 American English
17120 Marked By Fire Joyce Carol Thomas 1982 American English
17120 Chimney Sweeps James Cross Giblin 1982 Unknown English
17120 Parrot In The Oven, Mi Vida Victor Martinez 1996 American English
17120 When Zachary Beaver Came To Town Kimberly Willis Holt 1999 American English
17120 Homeless Bird Gloria Whelan 2002 American English
17120 The House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002 American English
17120 King And The Dragonflies Kacen Callender 2020 American English
17120 Journals And Papers Soren Kierkegaard 1839 Danish Danish
17120 Romance Of The Western Chamber Wang Shifu 1200 Chinese Chinese
17120 Mushoku Tensei Magonote, Rifujin Na 2014 Japanese Japanese
17120 No Sun Under The Mountain: Dead Again, Book 1 Bruce Jamison Unknown Unknown
17120 The Wool Trilogy Hugh Howey 2011 American English
17120 Supergirl Tom King 2021 American English
17120 Superman For All Seasons Jeph Loeb 1998 American English
17120 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
17120 Angel Of Oblivion Maja Haderlap 2011 Austrian German
17120 Wonder Hugo Claus 1962 Belgian Dutch
17120 Selected Writings Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
17120 Six Early Stories Thomas Mann 1997 German German
17120 Selected Poems Su Tung–p’o Chinese Chinese
17120 The Adventures Of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom Ignacy Krasicki 1776 Polish Polish
17120 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17120 Sweeney Astray Seamus Heaney 1983 Irish English
17120 Four Comedies Molière 1982 French French
17120 From The Country Of Eight Islands Hiroaki Sato, Burton Watson 1981 Multiple English
17120 One Way Or Another Leonardo Sciascia 1974 Italian Italian
17120 Letters Of Thomas Mann Thomas Mann 1975 German German
17120 Modern Russian Poetry Vladimir Markov, Merrill Sparks 1967 Unknown English
17120 The Female Brain Louann Brizendine 2006 American English
16895 The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume Iii Edward Gibbon 1781 British English
17120 The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst 2011 British English
17120 Scion Of Ikshvaku Amish Tripathi 2015 Indian English
17120 Underlord Will Wight 2019 American English
17120 Uncrowned Will Wight 2019 American English
17120 Bloodline Will Wight 2021 American English
17120 Reaper Will Wight 2021 American English
17120 Dreadgod Will Wight 2022 American English
17120 Waybound Will Wight 2023 American English
17120 Skysworn Will Wight 2017 American English
17120 The Butcher's Masquerade Matt Dinniman 2022 Unknown English
17120 All Things Left Wild James Wade 2020 American English
17120 Last Of The Breed Louis L'Amour 1987 American English
17051 The Diary Of Adam And Eve Mark Twain 1904 American English
17120 Gossamer Lois Lowry 2006 American English
17120 The Cat's Pajamas Ray Bradbury 2004 American English
17120 O Caso Alaska Sanders Joël Dicker 2022 Swiss French
17120 A Fórmula De Deus José M. Sánchez Santos Unknown Unknown
17120 The Long Walk Stephen King 1979 American English
17120 The Gray House Mariam Petrosyan 2009 Armenian Russian
16896 The Iliad/The Odyssey/The Aeneid Homer -800 Greek Ancient greek
17120 The Blue Between Sky And Water Susan Abulhawa 2015 American English
16998 Think & Grow Rich / The Law Of Success Napoleon Hill 1937 American English
17120 Smell Nagabe Unknown Unknown
17120 Infinite Ground Martin MacInnes 2016 British English
17002 Hill Jean Giono 1928 French English
17120 Girls Against God Jenny Hval 2018 Norwegian English
16966 The Other Side Alfred Kubin 1909 Austrian English
17120 Twisted Hate Ana Huang 2022 Unknown English
17120 A "Working Life" Eileen Myles 2023 American English
17120 Sonic Life Thurston Moore 2023 American English
17120 Those We Thought We Knew David Joy 2023 American English
17120 The Four Hour Body Tim Ferriss 2010 American English
17120 Tim Ferriss the four hour workweek 2007 Unknown English
17120 Porträt Eines Jungen Kochs Maylis de Kerangal 2014 French French
17120 The Nirvana Express Mick Brown 2023 Unknown English
17120 War Of Lanka Amish Tripathi 2022 Indian English
17070 The Mad Scientists' Club Bertrand R. Brinley 1961 American English
16926 Ibn Fadlān And The Land Of Darkness Ahmad ibn Fadlān 921 Unknown Arabic
17120 O Dia Do Curinga Jostein Gaarder 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
17120 Eu Receberia As Piores Noticias Dos Seus Lindos La Marcal Aquino 2005 Brazilian Portuguese
16962 Antes Do Baile Verde Lygia Fagundes tellles 1970 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Die Kunst Des Verschwindens. Jim Dodge 1990 Unknown German
16841 L'étranger / La Peste Albert Camus 1942 French French
17120 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17120 Minha Vó Pede Desculpas Freedrik Backman 2013 Swedish Swedish
17120 Saint's Blood Sebastien de Castell 2016 Canadian English
17120 Odyssee Stephen Fry British Unknown
16813 The Original Adventures Of Hank The Cowdog John R. Erickson 1983 American English
17120 The Complete Malazan Book Of The Fallen Steven Erikson Canadian English
17120 Strangers And Sojourners Michael O'Brien 1997 Canadian English
17120 Barakamon, Vol. 1 Genzaburo Yoshino 2009 Japanese Japanese
17120 Inversions Iain Banks 1998 British English
17120 The Blue Umbrella Ruskin Bond 1980 Indian English
17120 Jabberwocky And Other Nonsense Lewis Carroll British English
17120 Seraphina Rachel Hartman 2012 American English
17120 All Star Superman, Vol. 2 Grant Morrison 2009 British English
17120 Absolute Dc Darwyn Cooke 2006 Canadian English
17120 Braking Day Oyebanji, Adam 2022 British English
17120 I Kissed Shara Wheeler Casey McQuiston 2022 American English
17120 A Study In Scarlet / The Sign Of The Four Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17120 The Talisman And Black House Stephen King American English
17007 The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions Larry Mitchell 1977 American English
17120 A Prayer For The Crown Shy Becky Chambers 2022 American English
17120 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English
17078 20000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne 1870 French French
17120 Harry Potter And The Prince Of Slytherin John Man 2015 British English
17120 The Complete Fiction Of H.P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft American English
17120 The Lost Flowers Of Alice Hart Holly Ringland 2018 Australian English
17120 Census Jesse Ball 2018 American English
17120 Die Insel Der Tausend Leuchttürme Walter Moers 2023 German German
17120 This Savage Song Victoria Schwab 2016 American English
17006 Johnathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 1970 American English
17120 The Apothecary Diaries Natsu Hyuuga Japanese Japanese