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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Out of Time.
Setting labels used: 1920s New York, 1929 Manhattan, Prohibition era, speakeasies, Coney Island, modern day opening, United States, historical urban setting, pre-Depression New York
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A love story set in Grand Central Terminal where a young woman repeatedly appears across decades, bound to one place and one man.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1930s New York · 1940s New York · Depression-era New York · World War II era · Grand Central Terminal · Manhattan · Queens · urban landmark · single-location setting · historical city setting · magical realism setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1925
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: 0.2137
A hardboiled PI in magical 1930s New York races to solve a deadly plague case before the authorities pin it on him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1930s New York · Depression-era · alternate history · magical world · pre-war America · urban setting · magic-powered city · historical fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2258
A time-twisted Pendergast thriller follows Constance into 1880s New York while modern murders and a rescue plan collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · 1880s New York · Gilded Age · contemporary New York · South Dakota · reservation setting · museum setting · Natural History Museum · present day · late 19th century · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2270
In Prohibition-era Chicago, a seedy barroom regular tries to scare a young man away from his first drink.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Chicago · prohibition era · pre-Prohibition · future 1950 · barroom · pool hall · tavern · seedy urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2300
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: 0.2333
A homeless Black queer artist in New York is chosen to help the city be born and defend it from ancient threats.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · modern day · urban setting · street-level reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2433
A curated anthology of 19 contemporary fantasy stories showcasing rising voices, weird premises, and genre-bending moods.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · modern day · our world · real world · urban setting · small town · suburbs · New York City · west · 1930s New York
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2449
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: 0.2450
In a 1920s alternate America, an outsider detective’s murder case threatens a powerful multicultural city’s fragile order.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1920s · Jazz Age · Prohibition · alternate United States · Midwest · Mississippi River · industrial metropolis · urban setting · multiracial city · state within a union · noir city · counterfactual history · speakeasies · skyscrapers · streetcar city
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2473
A Black woman with no memory in 1930s Los Angeles must uncover her past lives before her time runs out.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1930s Los Angeles · Depression-era Los Angeles · far future · early 20th century · historical Los Angeles · changing city
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2476
An undead 17-year-old gangster narrates his long, grisly journey through American history, hunting for meaning and redemption.
Why this is here
Setting labels: late 19th century · 1896 · 20th century · American history · Chicago · Lake Michigan · World War I · Depression-era New York City · Hollywood · traveling medicine show · trench warfare · alternate history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2487
