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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Kingdom of Ohio.
Setting labels used: turn-of-the-century New York, 1901 New York City, modern-day Los Angeles, Ohio frontier, industrial age, subway construction, early United States, alternate history world, mechanical age, historical New York, multiple timelines
Focused on “near future” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Teen runaways make a dangerous deal in New York and get thrown into a time-bending conflict a century away.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · 1907 · early 1900s · turn of the century · time displacement · Marvel Universe · modern to past · street-level city
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1859
A time traveler is sent to 1912 New York on a mission to alter history and avert World War I.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · 1880s · 1910s · 1912 · 1970s · Titanic · prewar era · alternate history · historical New York
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1926
A secret U.S. agency uses witchcraft and time travel to restore magic, only to unleash bureaucracy, paradox, and chaos.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · historical timelines · 1851 London · Elizabethan England · Puritan America · alternate world · contemporary world · government workplace · academic setting · multiple eras
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2277
A time-traveling carrier in a drowned future links objects, people, and histories to challenge the story of America.
Why this is here
Setting labels: late 21st century · future New York · post-apocalyptic city · drowned city · 19th century · historical America · New York Harbor · underwater world · post-Civil War New York · industrial New York
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2017
A young New Yorker becomes tied to a tattoo machine that exposes hidden truths, then faces its fallout over decades.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · 1960s · 1990s · 2000s · near future · alternate history · post-9/11 · urban · counterculture · apartment setting · real-world history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2320
A 19th-century local working a future-run time-tourism city uncovers smuggling, secrets, and a risky cross-time romance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · late 19th century · 1870s · post-Civil War America · Ohio · Illinois · San Francisco · alternate history · parallel universe · multiverse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2345
An archaeologist is pulled into a chaotic time-travel chase to undo history-warping thefts before the future unravels.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future utopia · 22nd century · multiple eras · ancient history · Bronze Age · 1776 · 1940s Hollywood · steampunk world · alternate timeline · historical reality · time travel world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2092
A poetic alternate history braiding radium poisoning and elephant cruelty into a fierce story of memory, rage, and justice.
Why this is here
Setting labels: early 20th century · 1900s · 1920s · near future · future history · alternate reality · United States · Newark · Coney Island · New York · factory setting · circus setting · nuclear waste site
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2404
A man born with the power to move through time seeks others like him and gets drawn into a fight over humanity’s future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 20th century America · 1970s America · 1930s America · ancient Rome · Byzantine Empire · Constantinople · Jerusalem · crucifixion era · Wild West · post-apocalyptic future · far future · post-nuclear future · ecologically managed future · historical cross-period setting · alternate future history · world history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2105
A time-traveling teen races through shifting timelines to stop a deadly global plan before the future locks in forever.
Why this is here
Setting labels: past and future · alternate timelines · historical settings · American history · urban settings · 20th century
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2135
A time-shifted novella follows Kiernan as he searches for a vanished Kate and uncovers hidden truths in the timeline.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate timeline · historical setting · Chicago · World's Fair Hotel · subway · time travel world · 1900s · future timeline
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2137
A map-obsessed girl races across a fractured, time-split world to rescue her kidnapped uncle and find answers.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · late 19th century · Boston · fractured world · multiple time periods · post-apocalyptic · exploration era · imaginary geography
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2147
