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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault.
Setting labels used: alternate Earth, Canada, Ontario, Waterloo, university campus, college town, urban fantasy world, parallel world, near-contemporary, science-and-magic world
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A clever orphan girl races north to rescue kidnapped children and uncover a secret that links souls, science, and power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Oxford · parallel Earth · pseudo-Victorian · steampunk world · Arctic North · winter setting · parallel worlds · theocratic society · college setting · fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1654
Stranded in a strange dimension and erased from her family’s memories, Sarah must win back trust and find a way home.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate dimension · parallel world · college campus · Iowa State University · urban fantasy world · alien ecosystem · multi-dimensional · non-Earth setting · parallel society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1672
Adult Lyra and her daemon are torn apart by doubt, then drawn into a dangerous international quest.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Oxford · Europe · Asia · alternate world · parallel worlds · fantasy world · college setting · Middle East
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1760
Two brilliant college rivals test a theory about near-death powers, then spend years hunting each other for revenge.
Why this is here
Setting labels: college · university · near-future · urban · gritty world · superhero world · scientific reality · alternate world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1817
A runaway teen wakes between Earth and a hidden world, where her secret power could save—or doom—both realities.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · Terra · alternate reality · contemporary setting · fantasy realm · parallel worlds · urban fantasy setting · mythic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1888
After dying, a lonely woman wakes in a war-torn parallel city where she must pose as a missing princess to survive.
Why this is here
Setting labels: parallel Earth · alternate San Francisco · post-apocalyptic city · dystopian world · multiverse · fantasy city · warring clans · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1906
Discworld wizards accidentally create a universe, while science chapters explain how our real one works.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy world · imaginary place · academic setting · university setting · cosmic scale · Earth history · modern world · deep time
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1964
A witch scientist and a newly individuated eldritch fragment are drawn together in a low-heat, quirky sapphic adventure.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate dimension · parallel world · interdimensional setting · portal travel · magic-and-science blend · cosmic horror setting · university city · New Zealand · Earth · alien world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1974
A kidnapped programmer and an eccentric mage must cross worlds to stop a hidden force tearing reality apart.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate world · parallel worlds · interdimensional · magic world · industrializing society · preindustrial society · contemporary Earth · 1980s technology · urban setting · fantasy realm
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1976
A traumatized graduate student in magical psychiatry confronts an abusive mentor, mind reading, and a split self.
Why this is here
Setting labels: university setting · graduate school · academic institution · England · United States · contemporary setting · alternate world · magic-as-normal world · academic magic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1984
A human-raised woman discovers she's a powerful seer tied to an oncoming war, and a dangerous guardian.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern Earth · alternate Earth · parallel world · dystopian future · urban setting · San Francisco · hidden society · interdimensional realm · nonphysical realm · psychic realm · alternative history · modern-day fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1999
A power-leveling hero on Earth faces magic spillover, faction wars, monster incursions, and devastating losses.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · other world · parallel worlds · urban fantasy setting · magic on Earth · monsters on Earth · pocket dimensions · astral space · global scale
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2009
