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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for A Civil Campaign.
Setting labels used: Barrayar, capital city setting, imperial court, aristocratic society, feudal society, maturing empire, spacefaring future, colonial society, local politics, high-society setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
On a feudal world, a newly married outsider must protect her family as a regency crisis erupts into violence.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Barrayar · single-planet setting · interstellar empire · feudal society · militaristic society · patriarchal society · conservative society · court setting · civil unrest · far future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1127
A young noble and three unlikely friends join an imperial guard and tumble into duels, intrigue, and court danger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: secondary world · imperial court · capital city · medieval-feudal society · prequel setting · pre-Interregnum · long-lived species · fantasy empire · urban court politics
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1912
A dragon-tied heroine faces court politics, buried history, and a looming final battle to save her world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: capital city · high society · court politics · dragon world · shared human-dragon world · palace setting · multiple countries
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1914
A Betan survey captain and a Barrayaran lord survive war, betrayal, and politics, then build a life together.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Beta Colony · Barrayar · alien planet · spacefaring future · interstellar society · feudal society · militarized society · civil war setting · dynastic empire · medieval-in-space · technology contrast · medical technology · wartime frontier
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1939
Three Imperial assassins infiltrate a Knight World to topple a ruler, sway a succession, and avert secession.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Knight World · feudal society · imperial frontier · court politics · mechanized warfare · far future · gothic future · domed cockpit · aristocratic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2065
An amnesiac investigator on an oppressed resource planet uncovers a galactic conspiracy that could avert disaster—or ignite war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · galactic empire · planetary society · colonial society · feudal system · interplanetary civilization · spacefaring · planetary divide · upper city · lower city
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2095
An impoverished earl hires a wealthy flirt to teach him courtship, and both risk falling in love.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space regency · future society · imperial society · capital season · aristocracy · ton · planetary estates · interplanetary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2097
A victorious naval officer is pulled into court politics and a personal vendetta that can cost her love, rank, and honor.
Why this is here
Setting labels: spacefaring society · planet-bound · royal court · naval setting · political capital · alternate future · monarchy · dueling culture
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2100
A reluctant princess must host a royal selection of male suitors while unrest threatens her future rule.
Why this is here
Setting labels: royal court · palace life · future monarchy · dystopian society · post-caste society · unrest
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2110
An amnesiac dragon-ridden must navigate a deadly faction dispute around a powerful discovery while uncovering her own hidden past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: imperial court · fantasy empire · archaeological site · multi-faction society · city setting · secondary world · science-fantasy setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2110
A rogue queen enters an emperor’s court to expose traitors, survive attacks, and untangle a slow-burn attraction.
Why this is here
Setting labels: spacefaring future · imperial court · capital city · home planet · galactic politics · courtly setting · space travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2147
A crime-boss assassin must protect his wife when her secret revolutionary activism threatens their marriage and his world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy empire · capital city · urban slum · human quarter · fantasy city · class-stratified society · feudal hierarchy · alien-race society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2206
