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Jeanette Winterson

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Premise labels used: time disruption, time control, quest object, hidden artifact, orphaned heroine, world at risk, race against time, magical house, pursuit by villains

Setting labels used: London, England, River Thames, hidden underground world, alternate universe, parallel worlds, time travel setting, magical realism

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Paths Not Taken

Simon R. Green · 2005 · Nightside

A hidden-city detective journeys into the past to uncover his world’s origin and stop his own mother from destroying it.

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Premise labels: time travel · origin mystery · hidden city · creator mystery · family secret · stopping apocalypse · finding things · alternate timelines · paradox loop · past investigation

Setting labels: hidden London · parallel city · alternate reality · urban supernatural · timeless realm · historical Nightside · past and future · mythic world · time travel setting

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Distance: 0.1763

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The Dark

Marianne Curley · 2005 · Guardians of Time

A year after the last battle, the Guardians face a darker threat when history shifts and one of their own is taken.

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Premise labels: time travel · history protection · good vs evil · rescue mission · underworld quest · altered history · battle for history · secret guardians · prophecy · revenge plot

Setting labels: contemporary world · underworld · dark parallel world · alternate world · time travel setting · historical eras · secret magical world

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Distance: 0.1787

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The Skin Map

Stephen R. Lawhead · 2010 · Bright Empires

A London man is pulled into a ley-line quest across time and worlds after meeting his supposedly dead great-grandfather.

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Premise labels: treasure hunt · lost map · interdimensional travel · parallel worlds · time travel · quest · ley lines · hidden worlds

Setting labels: modern-day London · 17th century Prague · ancient Egypt · historical Europe · alternate realities · multiverse · omniverse · historical settings · cross-time setting

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Distance: 0.1816

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Timepiece

Myra McEntire · 2012 · Hourglass

A teen empath must hunt a dangerous enemy while time fractures worsen and his own powers expand.

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Premise labels: time disruption · past threatens future · ultimatum · missing enemy · time powers · time gene · team quest

Setting labels: small-town setting · Southern setting · contemporary setting · time travel world · alternate timeline · space-time continuum

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Distance: 0.1858

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The Time Paradox

Eoin Colfer · 2008 · Artemis Fowl

Artemis must time-travel with fairy allies to save his dying mother, facing his younger self and a dangerous poacher.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · time paradox · save mother · cure quest · extinct species · past self confrontation · antihero redemption · rescue mission

Setting labels: Ireland · present day · past timeline · time travel world · magical reality · urban fantasy setting

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Distance: 0.1862

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Anachronist: A Time Travel Adventure

Andrew Hastie · 2017 · The Infinity Engines

A London teen thief discovers hidden time-travel powers and a secret order, forcing him to rethink his life and future.

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Premise labels: time travel mission · secret society · reluctant hero · hidden world · alternate history · save the future · change the past · mentor protege · criminal past · better future

Setting labels: present-day London · South London housing estate · Victorian London · World War II · French Revolution · Ancient Greece · Ice Age · modern-day hidden world · historical fantasy · alternative timeline

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Distance: 0.1879

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The Named

Marianne Curley · 2005 · Guardians of Time

A teen Guardian must train a new apprentice while battling a secret force that tries to rewrite history.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · history protection · chosen one · secret organization · guardians · training mentor · apprenticeship · prophecy · good vs evil · altered history

Setting labels: modern day · historical travel · past and present · alternate history · hidden world · interdimensional · urban fantasy setting · worlds collide

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1927

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The Forgotten Locket

Lisa Mangum · 2011 · Hourglass Door

A time-traveling teen races to mend a broken timeline, save her family, and survive a mind-game battle for her heart.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · save the future · alter the past · battle for mind and life · world in danger

Setting labels: time travel setting · alternate history · 16th century Italy · 16th century France · present day · riverbank world · time machine world · fantastical reality

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Distance: 0.1929

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The Time Hunters

Carl Ashmore · 2010 · Time Hunters

A reluctant girl and her brother discover their eccentric uncle’s time-travel secret and race across history for a mythic prize.

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Premise labels: summer visit · secret relative · time quest · treasure hunt · mythic artifact · rescued past · hidden time travelers · dangerous pursuit

Setting labels: stately home · Victorian London · modern era · ancient Greece · Ice Age · mythic world · historical fantasy · alternate history · British setting · time travel setting

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Distance: 0.1972

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Smaragdgrün

Kerstin Gier · 2010 · Edelstein-Trilogie

A teen time traveler races to expose a centuries-old secret and survive a tangled final mission with her unreliable partner.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel gene · secret society · race against time · broken heart · fated lovers · centuries-old plot · destiny · traitor among allies

Setting labels: London · past and present · historical periods · 18th century · time travel setting

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Distance: 0.1976

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A Trail Through Time

Jodi Taylor · 2015 · The Chronicles of St Mary's

Max and Leon are chased through history by the Time Police, forcing St Mary’s into a desperate fight for survival.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time chase · historical journey · survival mission · fleeing pursuit · save the future · battle for survival · alternate timeline · time police conflict

Setting labels: St Mary's · parallel timeline · alternate universe · 17th century London · Ancient Egypt · Pompeii · 14th century Southwark · time travel world · historical periods · frost fair · timeline policing

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Distance: 0.1988

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Infinityglass

Myra McEntire · 2013 · Hourglass

A teen genius heads to New Orleans to guard a girl who turns out to be the key to repairing a broken timeline.

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Premise labels: time rips · time anomaly · legendary object · person as key · bodyguard mission · search mission · protective escort · power awakening · time-continuum repair · destiny figure

Setting labels: New Orleans · contemporary setting · time travel world · space-time continuum · alternate reality · present day · historical bleed-through · urban setting

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1991

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