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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite.
Setting labels used: alternate reality, pseudo-Victorian, steampunk, urban fantasy, retro-futurist, worldwide setting, global scale, world-ending crisis, time travel
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A world-saving adventurer tries to quit destiny by killing her fairy godmother and claiming an ordinary life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary fantasy · urban setting · alternate realities · outer space · time travel · multiverse · Earth · fantastical reality · secret conspiracies
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1220
A sex-powered criminal duo faces their last big heist, strange time twists, and the end of their relationship.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · time travel · alternate reality · fictionalized world · supernatural sexuality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1352
Six linked sci-fi stories in shifting realities slowly reveal a hidden pattern, forcing readers to solve the puzzle.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate reality · dark future · post-apocalyptic world · surreal reality · multiple worlds · time-bent setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1363
A guest-edited year’s-best anthology of 20 science fiction and fantasy stories, ranging from playful meta pieces to dark social commentary.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · near future · far future · alternate reality · secondary world fantasy · urban fantasy · post-apocalyptic · spacefaring
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1394
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: 0.1401
A memory-wiped former rebel races to reunite his old crew and expose a reality-controlled dystopia.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate present · dystopian future · whitewashed reality · controlled society · gang-ridden world · urban wasteland · retro-futurism · technicolor world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1407
A teen girl in a magic-banned alternate world investigates her eerie stepfather and the cracks in reality around them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Earth · modern-ish setting · near-future feel · contemporary fantasy · Newworld · Oldworld · magic-suppressed society · parallel world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1424
A war-scarred teenage outcast with a monster inside her hunts the truth in a lush, matriarchal fantasy world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Asia · matriarchal society · steampunk world · war-torn world · fantasy world · alternate history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1434
A short comic anthology of bizarre, gothic, funny tales centered on a mechanical hero, monsters, and strange curiosities.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian · pseudo-steampunk · gothic · occult · mythic · cosmic horror · alternate history · Mars · folklore world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1441
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: 0.1459
Seventeen Latinx YA stories span space, magic, and myth, blending queer love, folklore, and speculative worlds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space · future · present day · contemporary setting · post-apocalyptic · urban fantasy · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1468
A resurrected rebel must uncover hidden clues, outwit a tyrannical Council, and bring freedom and shalom to her world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian world · futuristic world · global travel · Russia · Paris · contained society · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1478
