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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.
A sorceress and a logic-driven outsider team up to stop a murderous conspiracy threatening an alternate Victorian empire.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate London · Victorian England · early Victorian · industrial revolution · British Empire · alternate Britain · magic-infused world · steampunk world · alternate history · urban setting · rural travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1460
A time-shifted teen agent must repair a fractured timeline and stop a fascist empire from reshaping Europe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · modern-day London · Victorian London · 1899 · alternate future · dystopian future · steampunk London · historical London · Europe · time travel setting · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1480
A girl, a clockmaker's son, and a mechanical fox race through steampunk Victorian London to uncover a dangerous secret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian London · alternate Victorian England · late 19th century · steampunk world · airships · clockwork world · urban adventure · industrial-era fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1503
In steampunk Victorian London, two Crown agents investigate a deadly airship crash, linked murders, and a spreading plague.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian London · alternate Victorian England · early 20th century London · foggy London · Whitechapel · Finsbury Park · British Empire · museum setting · steampunk world · alternate history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1570
H.G. Wells is pulled into a tangled, three-part tale of Martian menace, time travel, and a love-fueled hoax.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian London · late 19th century · early 20th century · Antarctica · British Museum · New York · alternate history · historical fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1588
A steampunk secret-agent duo investigates vanished suffragists while dodging conspiracies, secrets, and rising romance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · Victorian London · alternate history · steampunk England · British Empire · railway travel · intelligence bureau · Archives
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1592
A chimney sweep boy stows away into a flying magical house and becomes the apprentice who must save it from dark forces.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian London · 19th century England · alternate history · magical London · flying house · steampunk setting · gothic atmosphere · enchanted mansion · fantastical workshop
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1603
In Victorian London, a public-facing scientist builds a haven for “rogue” minds while a dangerous secret and new arrivals threaten it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian London · 19th-century London · alternate history · gothic world · steampunk London · scientific society · laboratory setting · historical fantasy setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1604
Victorian literary antiheroes are recruited into a secret team to confront threats to Britain.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · Victorian era · 1898 · alternate history · British Empire · steampunk London · colonial frame · turn-of-the-century
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1614
A gifted teen must cross into an alternate Italy to rescue her kidnapped mother and stop a world-altering conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Victorian Italy · 19th century Italy · historical Italy · Italy · Earth · alternate history · multiverse · world within world · sentient house · steampunk setting · alternative realities · late 1800s
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1617
Two orphaned fugitives uncover hidden powers and a shadowy conspiracy in a sprawling steampunk fantasy world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · quasi-Victorian · industrial age · steampunk world · British-inspired · airships · floating cities · underground cities · parallel world · fantastical empire
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1666
In an alternate 1887 London, two private detectives chase impossible crimes and a kidnapping through a chaotic steampunk city.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1887 · alternate history · Victorian London · urban sprawl · large-scale engineered city · late 19th century · Britain · lower England · steampunk world · technological dystopia
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1672
