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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Madman's Daughter.
Setting labels used: Victorian era, 19th century, London, remote island, tropical island, isolated compound, jungle, medical school, historical setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A shipwreck survivor lands on a remote island where a disgraced scientist is reshaping animals into humanlike beings.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Pacific island · remote island · South Pacific · shipboard setting · colonial island · isolated laboratory · late 19th century · Victorian era · England · tropical isolation
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1605
A themed anthology of classic botanical horror tales where killer plants, fungi, and nature’s revenge take center stage.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 19th century · early 20th century · Victorian era · Edwardian era · rural setting · country house · estate grounds · tropical jungle · Western frontier · nautical setting · island setting · historical fiction
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1635
Martians invade Victorian England, and one unnamed man struggles to survive as civilization collapses around him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian England · late 19th century · Surrey · London · Woking · British countryside · Earth · Mars
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1869
H.G. Wells is pulled into a tangled, three-part tale of Martian menace, time travel, and a love-fueled hoax.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian London · late 19th century · early 20th century · Antarctica · British Museum · New York · alternate history · historical fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1916
In 1850s England, a sharp-tongued woman scientist uncovers a family secret and pursues a dangerous, life-making experiment.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1850s · Victorian era · Victorian England · London · Scotland · Inverness · Isle of Wight · Crystal Palace · Arctic · mid-Victorian · historical · scientific revolution · paleontology boom · Gothic setting · rural England
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1969
A shipwrecked father and son discover a hidden island where dinosaurs and humans share a carefully imagined utopia.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 19th century · 1860 · lost island · tropical island · uncharted waters · alternate world · time-isolated world · prehistoric coexistence · fantasy island · civilized wilderness
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2112
A gothic retelling of Jekyll and Hyde from Hyde’s perspective, exposing hidden motives, abuse, and a fractured mind.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian London · London slums · gothic London · medical laboratory · doctor's cabinet · 19th century · historical setting · urban gothic · high-low social divide
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2117
Monstrous young women race to rescue their kidnapped friend and stop a plot threatening Queen Victoria and the Empire.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian England · London · Cornwall · late 19th century · British Empire · urban setting · country village · crumbling castles
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2118
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: 0.2140
A colonial-era expedition, rival forces, and strange figures orbit a sentient forest that bends memory, time, and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: colonial Africa · European colonial town · late 19th century · early 20th century · Victorian atmosphere · alternate history · mythic reality · forest setting · frontier colony · historical fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2148
A holiday time-jump gives Max a chance to help her son heal while delivering Christmas cheer to children in Victorian London.
Why this is here
Setting labels: St Mary’s · 19th century London · early Victorian England · Dickensian London · historical London · time travel setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2166
In an alternate Victorian England, two schoolboys uncover a secret behind the smoke that marks sin, class, and power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian England · alternate history · Oxford · London · boarding school · country house · industrial era · isolated England · dark London · gothic England
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2183
