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
3638 Ich Suchte Adam Herbert Wendt 1954 German German
3638 The Embezzled Heaven Franz Werfel 1940 Austrian German
3638 The History Of The Abderites Christoph Martin Wieland 1774 German German
3638 Les Rougon Macquart Émile Zola 1871 French French
3638 The Man Outside Wolfgang Borchert 1947 German German
3638 Everyman Hugo von Hofmannsthal 1911 Austrian German
3805 The Ponder Heart Eudora Welty 1954 American English
3810 The Writing Life Annie Dillard 1989 American English
3815 Dark Lover J. R. Ward 2005 American English
3817 City of Bohane Kevin Barry 2011 Irish English
3820 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
3826 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman 1997 British English
3827 Shadows Charles L. Grant 1978 American English
3829 Bacacay Witold Gombrowicz 1957 Polish Polish
3831 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
3832 Blott On The Landscape Tom Sharpe 1975 British English
3834 Mannen utan väg Erik Lindegren 1942 Swedish Swedish
3834 Повесть о жизни Konstantin Paustovsky 1956 Russian Russian
3846 Written on the Body Jeanette Winterson 1992 British English
3849 Piranesi Susanna Clarke 2020 British English
3850 The Unlimited Dream Company J. G. Ballard 1979 British English
3851 Fourth Mansions R. A. Lafferty 1969 American English
3855 Little Johannes Frederik van Eeden 1887 Dutch Dutch
3856 Breath Tim Winton 2008 Australian English
3861 Forest of A Thousand Daemons Daniel O. Fagunwa 1938 Nigerian Yoruba
3870 Walden Two B. F. Skinner 1948 American English
3870 Sansibar Or The Last Reason Alfred Andersch 1957 German German
3876 We Need To Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver 2003 American English
3884 The Cellar Richard Laymon 1980 American English
3887 Lunar Park Bret Easton Ellis 2005 American English
3888 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 1966 American English
3892 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine 1997 American English
3896 The Planetarium Nathalie Sarraute 1959 French French
3897 Runaway Horse Martin Walser 1978 German German
3902 Canne Al Vento Grazia Deledda 1913 Italian Italian
3904 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 1982 American English
3908 The Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater 1944 British English
3908 Med Ana Schwoazzn Dintn Hans Carl Artmann 1958 Austrian German
3922 She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith 1773 British English
3928 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
3930 Abele Spelen Unknown 1350 Unknown Unknown
3934 The Sun Is My Undoing Marguerite Steen 1941 British English
3946 The Arrival Shaun Tan 2006 Australian English
3950 The Phoenix And The Mirror Avram Davidson 1969 American English
3953 Η κρύπτη Ε.Χ. Γονατάς 1963 Greek Greek
3953 Το Πλατύ Ποτάμι Yiannis Beratis 1946 Greek Greek
3953 Το Θείο Τραγί Yiannis Skarimbas 1935 Greek Greek
3953 The Hidden Way Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3953 Pagini Bizare Urmuz 1930 Romanian Romanian
3953 The Bed Of Procrustes Camil Petrescu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3953 Iarna Bărbaților Ștefan Bănulescu 1965 Romanian Romanian
3953 În Absența Stăpânilor Nicolae Breban 1966 Romanian Romanian
3953 Îngerul A Strigat Fănuș Neagu 1968 Romanian Romanian
3953 Dincolo De Nisipuri Fănuș Neagu 1962 Romanian Romanian
4056 The Tunnel William H. Gass 1995 American English
4061 Down With Skool! Geoffrey Willans 1953 British English
4061 The Ice Wall Yasushi Inoue 1959 Japanese Japanese
4061 Mit Dem Fahrstuhl In Die Römerzeit Rudolf Pörtner 1959 German German
4065 A Feast Unknown Philip José Farmer 1969 American English
4068 The Story Of Lucy Gault William Trevor 2002 Irish English
4070 The Mountain And The Valley Ernest Buckler 1954 Canadian English
4078 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
4083 The Day of the Dolphin Robert Merle 1967 French French
4088 Love and Rockets Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Mario Hernandez 1982 American English
4091 The School For Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1777 British English
4100 Aegypt John Crowley 1987 American English
4102 Purge Sofi Oksanen 2008 Finnish Finnish
4103 Selected Poems Of Clark Ashton Smith Clark Ashton Smith 1971 American English
4105 Wolfskin Hans Lebert 1960 Austrian German
4105 Summerhill Alexander Sutherland Neill 1960 British English
4105 Renaissance And Renascences In Western Art Erwin Panofsky 1960 Unknown English
4105 Leavetaking Peter Weiss 1960 German German
4112 Art and Illusion Ernest H. Gombrich 1960 British English
4113 The Old Woman Daniil Kharms 1939 Russian Russian
4115 For a New Novel Alain Robbe-Grillet 1963 French French
4127 Het Uur U Martinus Nijhoff 1936 Dutch Dutch
4131 The Three-Arched Bridge Ismail Kadare 1978 Albanian Albanian
4133 The Nonexistent Knight Italo Calvino 1959 Italian Italian
4138 Three plays Paul Claudel 1912 French French
4145 Krapp's Last Tape Samuel Beckett 1958 Irish English
4147 The Dark Descent David Hartwell 1987 American English
4148 Forever... Judy Blume 1975 American English
4151 Oxherding Tale Charles R. Johnson 1982 American English
4153 Like A Tear In The Ocean Manès Sperber 1961 Unknown German
4160 The Burning Court John Dickson Carr 1937 American English
4160 Rockbound Frank Parker Day 1928 Canadian English
4166 Vasili Tyorkin Alexander Tvardovsky 1943 Russian Russian
4175 Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen 1867 Norwegian Norwegian
4177 Shira S.Y. Agnon 1989 Israeli Hebrew
4178 Granida P. C. Hooft 1605 Dutch Dutch
4178 De Kellner En De Levenden Simon Vestdijk 1949 Dutch Dutch
4187 The Nymph And The Lamp Thomas H. Raddall 1950 Canadian English
4189 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
4190 Flowers From The Storm Laura Kinsale 1992 American English
4193 The Three Robbers Tomi Ungerer 1961 French English
4197 Smith’s Dream C. K. Stead 1971 New Zealand English
4207 The Castle of Crossed Destinies Italo Calvino 1969 Italian Italian
4221 The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
4222 A Pattern Language Christopher Alexander 1977 American English
4231 Pounamu, Pounamu Witi Ihimaera 1972 New Zealand English
4232 Mariette In Ecstasy Ron Hansen 1991 American English
4233 Eric In The Land Of The Insects Godfried Bomans 1941 Dutch Dutch
4252 The Whitsun Weddings Philip Larkin 1964 British English
4252 Welcome To Hard Times E. L. Doctorow 1960 American English
4252 Autumn Journal Louis MacNeice 1939 British English
4257 Jack Of Shadows Roger Zelazny 1971 American English
4264 The Town Of N Leonid Dobychin 1935 Russian Russian
4271 Zangezi Velimir Khlebnikov 1922 Russian Russian
4279 Christmas At The Ivanovs' Alexander Vvedensky 1938 Russian Russian
4280 Poem Of The Mountain Marina Tsvetayeva 1924 Russian Russian
4277 A Curtain Of Green Eudora Welty 1941 American English
4285 Boy's Life Robert R. McCammon 1991 American English
4289 Pélagie Antonine Maillet 1979 Canadian French
4294 The Castle franz kafka 1926 German German
4297 The Year's Best Horror Stories Richard Davis 1972 British English
4301 The Royal Hunt Dumitru Radu Popescu 1973 Romanian Romanian
4305 A Court Of Thorns And Roses Sarah J. Maas 2015 American English
4308 Mrs. Stevens Hears The Mermaids Singing May Sarton 1965 American English
4309 The Lurking Fear And Other Stories H. P. Lovecraft 1923 American English
4309 Caprice Ronald Firbank 1917 British English