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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Etiquette & Espionage.
Setting labels used: alternate history, Victorian England, 19th century, 1851, steampunk world, floating school, dirigible setting, supernatural world
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A young scientist must use dangerous illusion-tech to save his plague-stricken family and uncover a parallel world’s secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · alternative 19th century · steampunk Britain · aerial city · floating city · airships · parallel world · mirror world · London analogue · Victorian-inspired · cold/ice-covered setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1174
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: 0.1247
An amnesiac cyborg adventuress in steampunk Victorian England hunts the truth behind her body and a new mechanical corpse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: steampunk world · Victorian England · alternate history · fictional city · industrial age · airships · dirigibles · Victorian London · circus setting · science vs superstition
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1362
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: 0.1388
A young woman with a soul-draining power and a wounded bounty hunter race to find a cure in a steampunk world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate world · fictional city · World City · Victorian-style · steampunk world · parallel world · academy setting · science school · airships · mechanical birds · clockwork · factories · dark laboratories
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1440
In a magical reimagining of early 1800s London, Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace create a living boy and chase adventure.
Why this is here
Setting labels: early 1800s · 19th century · London · historical fantasy world · alternate history · fae world · industrial era · gothic atmosphere · scientific world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1478
Captured amid a war over time itself, a queer crew must choose between love, freedom, and catastrophic sacrifice.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian era · mid-19th century · London · Prague · Austria · India · airship · steampunk world · alternate history · clockwork world · global travel · fictionalized history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1482
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: 0.1495
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: 0.1534
In an ice-age alternate Europe, a student is forced into a magical marriage and pulled into secrets that could upend her world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Europe · early 19th century · Victorian-era feel · ice age world · industrializing society · parallel spirit world · mage houses · college setting · frozen countryside · alternate Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1574
A police inspector and a pirate-turned-duke unravel a murder conspiracy in a ravaged steampunk England.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Victorian England · zombie-infested wasteland · airship travel · high seas · polluted London · post-revolution society · steampunk world · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1595
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: 0.1596
