The best known books set in each country: the UK

See here for methodology.

TitleAuthorGoodreads
raters
LibraryThing
owners
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s StoneJ.K. Rowling10,371,677137,024
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJ.K. Rowling4,340,803109,647
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsJ.K. Rowling4,061,552112,957
1984George Orwell4,784,31683,782
Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireJ.K. Rowling3,815,466104,567
Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsJ.K. Rowling3,807,94898,539
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen4,369,16182,844
Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixJ.K. Rowling3,480,151103,139

I normally list the top eight books set in each country. There is no prize for guessing what the ninth book would have been.

The first time that I have read all eight!

I disqualified The Hobbit, though it is arguable that Tolkien intended a continuity between the Shire and England.

I might do Wales and Northern Ireland separately when I get to that stage of the population rankings.

Next up is Tanzania.

India | China | USA | Indonesia | Pakistan | Nigeria | Brazil (revisited) | Bangladesh (revisited) | Russia | Mexico | Japan | Philippines (revisited) | Ethiopia (revisited) | Egypt | DR Congo | Vietnam | Iran | Türkiye | Germany | France | Thailand | UK | Tanzania | South Africa | Italy | Myanmar | Kenya | Colombia | South Korea | Sudan | Uganda | Spain | Algeria | Iraq | Argentina | Afghanistan