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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Antipope.
Setting labels used: Brentford, London suburb, small English town, pub setting, pre-decimalisation era, urban fantasy setting, ordinary world with supernatural intrusion
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
After a plane crash in suburban England, a man’s survival triggers a surreal, erotic, and apocalyptic remaking of the town.
Why this is here
Setting labels: suburban England · London suburb · Thames · small town · dreamscape · alternate reality · modern pastoral · Edenic landscape · apocalyptic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2111
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: 0.2510
An English boy’s invisible companion may be an alien intelligence, forcing his family to decide what’s real.
Why this is here
Setting labels: ordinary English town · suburban setting · mid-20th century · 1960s · British domestic setting · everyday realism · Earth · non-epic scale
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2579
A shy job-seeker lands a mysterious office job and discovers his employer hides a magical, goblin-run secret world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern London · office environment · urban setting · mundane reality · magical hidden world · workplace setting · contemporary fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2579
A full-cast BBC radio adaptation of a comic apocalypse tale where an angel and demon try to stop Armageddon.
Why this is here
Setting labels: England · Lower Tadfield · London · contemporary setting · small village · Earth · supernatural reality · apocalyptic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2628
A boy's family is drawn into a bizarre struggle with seven town-bound wizard siblings over 2,000 missing words.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small English town · contemporary world · urban setting · Britain · 1980s UK · city-as-system · constrained town · alternate-real world · time-bent reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2637
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: 0.2654
A secret British agent investigates a rural unicorn outbreak and discovers the creatures are far from mythical.
Why this is here
Setting labels: English countryside · rural England · Great Britain · secret government setting · contemporary setting · urban fantasy world · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2684
A murdered musician wakes in layered London and must use music-powered magic to stop a dead-led revolution.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · modern London · alternate London · layered city · historical strata · underground world · afterlife · contemporary fantasy · urban fantasy setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2706
A Nightside PI races to stop his world-ending mother from remaking a hidden city—and dooming everything else.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · hidden city · alternate reality · parallel world · night setting · liminal city · urban fantasy setting · mythic city · corrupt city
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2800
A jilted heiress, an assassin, and a doctor unravel a secret cabal tied to mind-altering glass and hidden power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian era · Victorian England · alternate Britain · gaslit city · country manor · London-like setting · neo-Victorian · late Victorian · historical fantasy world · remote estate · brothels · alleys · train travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2827
A punk teen is pulled into a secret occult war across time, identities, and revolutions.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · French Revolution · multiple time periods · alternate realities · secret world · occult reality · street-level urban setting · historical fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2831
