I fear that the books I have identified so far for some countries are not always terribly highbrow, but I don’t think anyone can really have grounds for complaint here. Although it does wander round the eastern Mediterranean a bit, with excursions into completely imaginary geography, most of the places described – and, crucially, the start and finish of the book – are set firmly on territory which is today part of the Hellenic Republic. It’s the book most often tagged “Greece” on LibraryThing and Goodreads, and it’s far ahead of any other books set in Greece in terms of ownership. (With a small caveat explained below.) It is, of course:
Once I rule out certain books for being insufficiently set in Greece (or not at all – those being
The top modern book set in Greece is a 1994 work by a British novelist with a French name, which was adapted for film in 2003. It is of course:
I think that’s all very satisfying.