The Greatest British Books of All Time Set in Utopia

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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
50 Brave New World Aldous Huxley 1932 British English
65 Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1726 British English
728 Erewhon Samuel Butler 1872 British English
828 Lost Horizon James Hilton 1933 British English
881 Utopia Thomas More 1516 British Latin
980 News from Nowhere William Morris 1890 British English
1776 Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke 1953 British English
1943 The Pursuit of the Millennium Norman Cohn 1957 British English
2170 Noughts and Crosses Malorie Blackman 2001 British English
2399 The Blazing World Margaret Cavendish 1666 British English
2894 Seven Days In New Crete Robert Graves 1949 British English
3817 The Beach Alex Garland 1996 British English
4898 Lord Of The World Robert Hugh Benson 1907 British English
5392 New Atlantis Francis Bacon 1627 British English
5905 The First Men In The Moon H. G. Wells 1901 British English
13522 Island Aldous Huxley 1962 British English
15902 Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells H. G. Wells 1933 British English
17131 Red Plenty Francis Spufford 2010 British English
17131 Al Qaeda And What It Means To Be Modern John Gray 2003 British English