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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Gilded Scarab.

Setting labels used: alternate London, Londinium, late Victorian, turn of the 20th century, 1899, Britannic Imperium, steampunk world, alternate British Empire, molly house, coffeehouse setting, museum setting, South Africa (Boer War), Aegyptology milieu

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.

Cover of The Iron Wyrm Affair by Lilith Saintcrow

The Iron Wyrm Affair

Lilith Saintcrow · 2012 · Bannon & Clare

A sorceress and a logic-driven outsider team up to stop a murderous conspiracy threatening an alternate Victorian empire.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1460

Cover of The Hangman's Revolution by Eoin Colfer

The Hangman's Revolution

Eoin Colfer · 2014 · W.A.R.P.

A time-shifted teen agent must repair a fractured timeline and stop a fascist empire from reshaping Europe.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1480

Cover of The Affinity Bridge by George Mann

The Affinity Bridge

George Mann · 2008 · Newbury and Hobbes

In steampunk Victorian London, two Crown agents investigate a deadly airship crash, linked murders, and a spreading plague.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1570

Cover of The Janus Affair by Pip Ballantine

The Janus Affair

Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris, Philippa Ballantine · 2012 · Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences

A steampunk secret-agent duo investigates vanished suffragists while dodging conspiracies, secrets, and rising romance.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1592

Cover of Alistair Grim's Odditorium by Gregory Funaro

Alistair Grim's Odditorium

Gregory Funaro · 2015 · Odditorium

A chimney sweep boy stows away into a flying magical house and becomes the apprentice who must save it from dark forces.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1603

Cover of The Glass Scientists: Volume One by S.H. Cotugno

The Glass Scientists: Volume One

S.H. Cotugno, Sabrina Cotugno · 2023 · The Glass Scientists

In Victorian London, a public-facing scientist builds a haven for “rogue” minds while a dangerous secret and new arrivals threaten it.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1604

Cover of Ink, Iron, and Glass by Gwendolyn Clare

Ink, Iron, and Glass

Gwendolyn Clare · 2018 · Ink, Iron, and Glass

A gifted teen must cross into an alternate Italy to rescue her kidnapped mother and stop a world-altering conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1617