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) * — 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 — (2004) * — Maro Douka (2004) * The Island — Victoria Hislop (2005) * — Angelo Loukakis (2006) * Wish You Were Here — Mike Gayle (2007) * The Tomb of Zeus — Bar