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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Un Lun Dun.
Setting labels used: London, alternate world, parallel city, urban fantasy setting, mirror city, discarded world, fictional city, contemporary setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
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: 0.0932
A girl from London’s underclass is pulled into a mirror world, deadly magic, and a choice that could bind her forever.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · mirror world · parallel world · dystopian future · urban setting · magical society · class-stratified world · wealth divide · underclass
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1224
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: 0.1251
A supernatural PI is hired by a tabloid to recover a missing man and a DVD said to contain proof of the afterlife.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · hidden city · alternate reality · perpetual night · urban underworld · supernatural city · noir city · decadent parallel world · modern fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1280
A slacker from Earth is recruited into a magical city where dreams, banter, and casework reshape his life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: parallel world · magical city · urban fantasy setting · dream world · alternate reality · fictional kingdom · bureaucratic magic · daily magic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1340
A young man enters an elite ark-city and discovers a secret power that pulls him through parallel worlds and hidden truths.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate London · dystopian city · post-apocalyptic · parallel world · inner city megastructure · controlled enclave · wasteland · decolonized reality · alternate history · future London
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1357
A teen sigil-bearer joins rebels to break a magical bond, but the search tests love, loyalty, and fate.
Why this is here
Setting labels: mirror world · urban fantasy setting · contemporary-feeling world · magic cities · floating mirrored cities · dystopian world · chaos magic · secret past civilization · time-stilled city · fantasy realm
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1426
Two children from different worlds join forces to survive, uncover Dust, and wield a knife that can cut between realities.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate world · parallel worlds · multiverse · our world · Oxford · deserted city · fantasy reality · physics-inflected fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1446
Two cousins in an alternate LA gain water powers and try to balance fame dreams, monster fights, and family baggage.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate earth · alternate Los Angeles · city setting · rainy city · modern day · present day · fantasy world · urban fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1517
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: 0.1570
In a finale of mirrored worlds and hidden messages, three siblings race to stop mind control from overtaking both worlds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate world · parallel worlds · fictional world · dystopian world · mirror worlds · good world vs bad world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1584
Four lonely strangers discover a hidden city that can only be reached through sex, dreams, and a permanent map on the skin.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dreamlike city · hidden city · underworld city · parallel world · between waking and dreaming · urban fantasy setting · global contemporary cities · adult fantasy world · surreal cityscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1588
