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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Spirits in the Wires.
Setting labels used: Newford, urban setting, contemporary setting, internet setting, cyberspace, otherworld, borderlands, fairyland, spirit world, alternate reality
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
In a post-word world, an unnamed courier delivers new names while fleeing danger and searching for her sister.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · future world · train setting · mobile world · borderlands · ghosts · monsters · dream realm · unnamed spaces · named territory · dystopian society · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1812
A Psy scientist on the run and a latent leopard sentinel are forced into alliance, attraction, and a fight for freedom.
Why this is here
Setting labels: futuristic world · paranormal world · shifter world · psychic society · urban setting · pack territory · scientific facility · dystopian control
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1894
As war nears, Zac races to strengthen himself, reunite allies, and uncover an ancient inheritance tied to his origin.
Why this is here
Setting labels: multiverse · planetary setting · earth · frontier world · borderlands · war zone · historical ruins · spacefaring setting · game-system reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1899
In a crystal-powered techno-kingdom, Cole races a resistance, a tyrant, and a hidden enemy to find a lost sister.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate world · five kingdoms · technologically advanced city · imaginary places · magical realm · cyberpunk fantasy · high-tech fantasy world · space and time
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1899
The first Lux story is retold through Daemon’s eyes, revealing his hidden motives, protectiveness, and growing attraction.
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Setting labels: Earth · alien society · colony · small-town · contemporary setting · paranormal world · science fiction world · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1900
An overpowered System Traveler arrives in a regulated city, builds allies, and clashes with nobles and corrupt power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: new world · city setting · merchant city · noble society · kingdom politics · dungeon setting · fantasy economy · regulated city · offworld traveler · void origin · system world · new planet
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1923
Side-story-heavy volume of death games in Borderland, shifting focus to new survivors as the endgame nears.
Why this is here
Setting labels: parallel world · Borderland · game arena · prison setting · forest setting · dystopian reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1931
A scientist mediating first contact must navigate alien secrets, human politics, and rising tension between two worlds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · alternate realm · portal fantasy · contemporary setting · aliens on Earth · government lab · interworld contact · ecological crisis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1932
A struggling magical innkeeper hosts a volatile interstellar peace summit, where diplomacy may save her home or destroy it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · intergalactic waystation · magical inn · Nexus · alien cultures · multiworld setting · semi-sentient house · futuristic paranormal world · neutral ground
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1939
A reluctant teen is pulled through a portal into a parallel world and must help stop a tyrant and a coming war.
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Setting labels: alternate dimension · parallel worlds · fantasy realm · imaginary places · cosmic setting · time travel setting · subway portal · medieval world · territories · snowy wasteland
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1957
A child’s dream revisits a food-filled fantasy town, where excess becomes a way to help feed the world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantastical setting · imaginary world · dream world · small town · alternate reality · weather-driven world · community setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1958
A Lovecraft anthology of dream-linked tales where eerie dreamlands, cosmic terror, and forbidden knowledge blur reality.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dreamlands · imaginary places · New England · cosmic setting · alternate dimension · moon · ancient city · fantastical realm
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1969
