This is a list of notable novels set in Crete:

• The Colossus of Maroussi — Henry Miller (1941)
• The Sea Eagle — James Aldridge (1944)
• The Egyptian — Mika Waltari (1945)
• Zorba the Greek — Nikos Kazantzakis (1946)
• Ill Met by Moonlight — W. Stanley Moss (1950)
• A War of Shadows — W. Stanley Moss (1952)
• Captain Michalis — Nikos Kazantzakis (1955)
• The Cretan Runner — George Psychoundakis (1955)
• Dark Labyrinth — Lawrence Durrell (1958)
• The King Must Die — Mary Renault (1958)
• The Moon-Spinners — Mary Stewart (1962)
• Cast In Doubt — Lynne Tillman (1992)
• Der kretisches Gast — Klaus Modick (2003)
• You Are Here — Steve Horsfall (2004)
• The Innocent and the Guilty — Maro Douka (2004)
• The Island — Victoria Hislop (2005)
• The Memory of Tides — Angelo Loukakis (2006)
• Wish You Were Here — Mike Gayle (2007)
• The Tomb of Zeus — Barbara Cleverly (2007)
• Blood of Honour — James Holland (2010)
• The Sword (Volume 1) — Luna Brothers (2010)
• Digging at the Crossroads of Time — Christos Morris (2012)
• "The Theseus Code" - Marc Hammond (1981)
• "Korakas" - Anne Holloway (2015)
• "The Threshing Circle" - Neil Grimmett (2014)
• "Knossos" - Laura Gill (2014)
• “Kritsotopoula: Girl of Krista” - Yvonne Payne (2015)
• Lies that bind us-Andrew Hart

This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)