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
4310 Caprice Ronald Firbank 1917 British English
4310 Hurrah For St Trinian's Ronald Searle 1948 British English
4310 The Adventures Of Ferdinand Count Fathom Tobias Smollett 1753 British English
4310 Something Fresh P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
4310 Death At The President's Lodging Michael Innes 1936 British English
4310 The Reluctant Orphan Sara Seale 1947 British English
4310 Vril Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1871 British English
4310 After London; Or, Wild England Richard Jefferies 1885 British English
4368 The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1800 Canadian English
4372 Frost Thomas Bernhard 1963 Austrian German
4372 Nobodaddy's Children Arno Schmidt 1963 German German
4372 The Long Voyage Jorge Semprún 1963 French French
4379 A Woman Sibilla Aleramo 1906 Italian Italian
4379 Eyes Shut Federigo Tozzi 1919 Italian Italian
4379 Revolt In Aspromonte Corrado Alvaro 1930 Italian Italian
4377 The Truce Unknown 1963 Italian Spanish
4385 Flowers in the Attic V. C. Andrews 1979 American English
4387 It's A Hard Life Luciano Bianciardi 1962 Italian Italian
4393 The Winds Of War Herman Wouk 1971 American English
4401 Ariosto Chelsa quinn yarbro 1972 American Unknown
4402 The Sword Of Welleran Lord Dunsany 1908 Irish English
4414 Norma Vladimir Sorokin 1970 Russian Russian
4415 The House Book Terence Conran 1974 British English
4419 Johnny The Partisan Beppe Fenoglio 1968 Italian Italian
4421 Guide To Kulchur Ezra Pound 1938 American English
4421 Trifles Susan Glaspell 1916 American English
4431 Das Große Protokoll Gegen Zwetschkenbaum Albert Drach 1964 Austrian German
4436 House Mother Normal B. S. Johnson 1971 British English
4442 Demons By Daylight Ramsey Campbell 1973 British English
4451 The Eye Of The World Robert Jordan 1990 American English
4454 Gogol's Wife Tommaso Landolfi 1953 Italian Italian
4455 The City in History Lewis Mumford 1961 American English
4457 The Circus Of Dr. Lao Charles G. Finney 1935 American English
4458 Death Of Jezebel Christianna Brand 1948 British English
4460 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
4464 Ingeniosul Bine Temperat Mircea Horia Simionescu 1975 Romanian Romanian
4464 Lumea în Două Zile George Bălăiță 1975 Romanian Romanian
4464 Învoiala George Bălăiță 1975 Romanian Romanian
4473 Nifft The Lean Michael Shea 1982 American English
4479 The Economy of Cities Jane Jacobs 1969 American English
4480 Perceval, Or The Story Of The Grail Chrétien de Troyes 1181 French Old french
4481 Revenge Of The Lawn Richard Brautigan 1971 American English
4489 The Bears' Famous Invasion Of Sicily Dino Buzzati 1945 Italian Italian
4495 The Letters Of Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert 1887 French French
4492 Niourk Stefan Wul 1957 French French
4506 Different Seasons Stephen King 1982 American English
4511 The Aula Hermann Kant 1965 German German
4514 Comet In Moominland Tove Jansson 1946 Finnish Swedish
4516 The Channel Shore Charles Bruce 1954 Canadian English
4517 Finn Family Moomintroll Tove Jansson 1948 Finnish Swedish
4518 The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander 1965 American English
4519 When The Wind Blows Raymond Briggs 1982 British English
4526 Falconer John Cheever 1977 American English
4531 Minneliederen Hendrik van Veldeke 1170 German Middle dutch
4529 Songs Hadewijch 1250 Dutch Middle dutch
4530 Tangi Witi Ihimaera 1973 New Zealand English
4533 The Spiritual Espousals Jan van Ruusbroec 1343 Dutch Middle dutch
4535 Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
4538 Special Topics In Calamity Physics Marisha Pessl 2006 American English
4541 Rules Of Summer Shaun Tan 2013 Australian English
4548 Island Of The Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell 1960 American English
4549 Forever Amber Kathleen Winsor 1944 American English
4549 Restoree Anne McCaffrey 1967 American English
4549 Bride Of The Mac Hugh Jan Cox Speas 1954 American English
4549 The Wolf And The Dove Kathleen E. Woodiwiss 1974 American English
4560 Star Of The Sea Joseph O'Connor 2003 Irish English
4561 The Lady's Not For Burning Christopher Fry 1948 British English
4562 The Haunted Woman David Lindsay 1922 British English
4562 A House Of Pomegranates Oscar Wilde 1891 British English
4562 The Twilight Of The Gods Richard Garnett 1888 British English
4571 No Kiss For Mother Tomi Ungerer 1973 French English
4574 The Moomins And The Great Flood Tove Jansson 1945 Finnish Swedish
4575 Moominvalley In November Tove Jansson 1970 Finnish Swedish
4577 Alanna Tamora Pierce 1983 American English
4598 Cartea Milionarului Ștefan Bănulescu 1977 Romanian Romanian
4606 Swords And Deviltry Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
4609 One Lonely Night Mickey Spillane 1951 American English
4624 The Party Richard McGregor 2010 Unknown English
4626 Blue Bird Maurice Maeterlinck 1908 Belgian French
4629 The Governor's Lady Thomas H. Raddall 1960 Canadian English
4632 The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo 2006 American English
4639 The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse Louise Erdrich 2001 American English
4641 Prime Evil Douglas Winter 1988 American English
4652 Cold Hand In Mine Robert Aickman 1975 British English
4656 Coraline Neil Gaiman 2002 British English
4663 The Swan Book Alexis Wright 2013 Australian English
4667 Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson 1992 American English
4672 Rilla Ze Złotego Brzegu L. M. Montgomery 1921 Canadian English
4678 Each Man's Son Hugh MacLennan 1951 Canadian English
4684 Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss 1960 American English
4687 The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht 2011 Serbian English
4688 The Cost Of Discipleship Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1937 German German
4688 Letters And Papers From Prison Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1951 German German
4688 Christianity And Culture T. S. Eliot 1939 British English
4688 Major Trends In Jewish Mysticism Gershom Scholem 1929 German German
4707 The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter Katherine Anne Porter 1965 American English
4709 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
4710 Roots Arnold Wesker 1959 British English
4711 Grimus Salman Rushdie 1975 British English
4712 Flesh Brigid Brophy 1962 British English
4721 The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe 1982 American English
4724 My Book House Olive Beaupré Miller 1920 American English
4724 Days Of Sand Bujor Nedelcovici 1979 Romanian Romanian
4735 Woman Of Straw Catherine Arley 1956 French French
4739 When A Scot Ties The Knot Tessa Dare 2015 American English
4749 Blood Oranges John Hawkes 1971 American English
4750 The Glamour Christopher Priest 1984 British English
4755 Angels And Demons Dan Brown 2000 American English
4766 The Abc Murders Agatha Christie 1936 British English
4769 Dark Carnival Ray Bradbury 1947 American English
4769 Works Of Fancy And Imagination George MacDonald 1867 British English
4769 The Supernatural Tales Of Fitz James O'brien Fitz-James O'Brien 1908 British English
4769 The Bee Man Of Orn Frank R. Stockton 1887 American English
4769 The White Deer James Thurber 1945 American English
4769 The Ship Of Ishtar A. Merritt 1924 American English
4786 Amphitryon Plautus -184 Roman Latin
4784 Ice Anna Kavan 1967 British English
4795 Yvain Chrétien de Troyes 1177 French Old french
4797 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Hugh Lofting 1922 British English
4798 The Fish Can Sing Halldor Laxness 1957 Icelandic Icelandic