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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The River of No Return.
Setting labels used: Regency era, 1815, 1812, 19th century England, 21st century London, modern London, Vermont, Spain, Napoleonic Wars, historical present, alternate history, time-shifted world
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A Martian-born tomboy disguises herself as a boy to race by airship back to Mars and save her brother and home.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · Regency era · early 1800s · 1812 · 1813 · London · Mars · Earth · interplanetary space · British colony · colonial frontier · nautical space
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1474
Two future researchers time-travel to Regency England to befriend Jane Austen and recover a lost manuscript.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1815 England · Regency England · London society · Leatherhead Surrey · rural England · future dystopia · post-apocalyptic future · technologically advanced future · alternate history · time travel setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1577
Kidnapped in stormy London, a boy joins time-traveling agents to find his missing parents and stop history from being rewritten.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · 19th century France · 16th century Venice · historical Europe · present day · time travel · alternate history · historical adventure
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1581
Two modern children are flung into 1763 England and must recover a stolen machine to get home.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 18th century England · 1763 · 21st century England · London · English countryside · historical reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1751
A young researcher uncovers a hidden race of clockwork beings and gets pulled into their centuries-old war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern day · 1700s Russia · Oregon · London · Europe · worldwide · alternate history · hidden world · ancient past · historical settings
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1891
A teen girl discovers she's the real time-travel heir in a secret family line and is swept into a hidden London intrigue.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · England · Victorian era · historical London · contemporary London · dual timeframe · past and present · British setting · urban fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1897
An amnesiac man in French-ruled London follows a century-old postcard into a time-bending search for his true past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · French-occupied London · French colony · 19th century · turn of the century · early 1900s · historical Britain · Scotland · lighthouse setting · naval setting · ships · sea travel · war setting · Outer Hebrides · Edinburgh · coastal setting · austere colonial world · gothic atmosphere
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1898
A time-shifted teen agent must repair a fractured timeline and stop a fascist empire from reshaping Europe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · modern-day London · Victorian London · 1899 · alternate future · dystopian future · steampunk London · historical London · Europe · time travel setting · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1902
In Victorian London, three intertwined stories use time travel, literary figures, and shifting realities to challenge history.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian England · Victorian London · late 19th century · 1896 London · 1888 London · year 2000 · alternate history · speculative England · industrial age
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1905
An FBI profiler is thrown into 1815 England, where she must solve a serial murder case while hiding her identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1815 England · Regency England · country estate · castle · early 19th century · modern day opening · modern day ending · historical setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1916
A time-stranded FBI profiler must clear her lover’s name in 1815 London while chasing a brutal killer through high society.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1815 England · London · Regency era · historical past · aristocratic society · castle · urban underworld · upper class · Bow Street
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1932
A modern woman falls into Victorian England and ignites two intertwined romances between two brothers and the women who change them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Great Britain · Victorian England · late 19th century · 21st century · country estate · London ton · rural England · historical setting · time-displacement setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1958
