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Setting labels used: late 20th century, 1980s, World War II era, present day, orphanage, foster care
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A grieving woman’s electroshock therapy sends her cycling through three versions of her life across different eras.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Greenwich Village · West Village · 1985 · 1918 · 1941 · 20th century · wartime home front · pandemic era
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2396
An alien virus reshapes post-WWII America, spawning heroes, monsters, and a shared-world saga of linked stories.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-World War II · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · New York City · Manhattan · United States · alternate history · shared-universe world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2437
Frozen WWII hero Captain America wakes in the 21st century and must decide where he belongs.
Why this is here
Setting labels: World War II · 1940s · 21st century · modern America · New York City · suspended animation · time travel · alternate continuity
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2475
A grieving 12-year-old uses his late father’s time machine to try to save him, with a hamster in tow.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s · 1984 · England · North East England · old house · family home · garage shelter · school setting · alternate timeline
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2512
Six near-omnipotent people must keep their uneasy balance or risk ending the world in an alternate-history Cold War.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1999 · 1940s to 1990s · Cold War era · alternate history · Earth · post-World War II · atomic age · world politics · geopolitical setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2527
A Holocaust survivor hunts mind-controlling “vampires” across decades as their hidden power shapes violence and history.
Why this is here
Setting labels: WWII Europe · Nazi concentration camp · 1980s America · Charleston · Hollywood · Philadelphia · Los Angeles · Israel · global scope · historical reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2563
An Orville crew investigation into a moral nightmare unfolds through a dark simulation, forcing hard questions about guilt and reality.
Why this is here
Setting labels: early 20th century · World War I era · World War II era · Nazi Germany · historical simulation · spacefaring future · virtual reality · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2570
A damaged recruit is pulled into a secret military experiment, triggering a family-spanning tragedy of violence and guilt.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1960s · 1964 · World War II · post-World War II · mid-century America · wartime Europe · historical reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2571
In WWII Europe, an American soldier’s strange link to rocket strikes pulls him into a paranoid, sprawling web.
Why this is here
Setting labels: World War II · postwar Europe · London · Germany · The Zone · wartime Europe · occupied Europe · 20th century
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2582
A near-future alien invasion turns Earth into a global war zone, forcing humans and a deeply alien foe to misread each other.
Why this is here
Setting labels: mid-1980s · near future · Cold War · Earth · United States · Soviet Union · space station · mothership · global setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2592
An elderly woman with dementia remembers two very different lives, each born from one crucial choice.
Why this is here
Setting labels: England · Oxford · World War II era · 20th century · 2015 · nursing home · care home · alternate history · moon base · Italy · travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2608
A Soviet scientist’s accidental time jumps bind three generations of women to one chance to stop Chernobyl.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Soviet Union · Philadelphia · Russia · USSR · Berlin · Chernobyl · 1990s · 1960s · 1980s · 20th century · wartime Europe · immigrant community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2622
