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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Senlin Ascends.
Setting labels used: Tower of Babel, ringdoms, vertical city, steampunk world, labyrinthine setting, tourist destination, marketplace, industrial fantasy, mythic setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A pirate-turned-captain and his crew hunt for a missing wife while bargaining with the Tower's most dangerous mysteries.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Tower of Babel · tower interior · skyship travel · pirate airship · steampunk world · labyrinthine world · imaginary places · ringdoms · fictional secondary world · ancient artifact
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0978
The final Books of Babel novel interweaves multiple character paths as the Tower’s mysteries, power struggles, and reunions come to a head.
Why this is here
Setting labels: tower setting · vertical city · ringdoms · top of the tower · surreal fantasy world · steampunk world · biblically inspired setting · glass city · sealed tower
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1510
A wanted outlaw crew races to solve a poisoned-water mystery and win back the emperor’s trust.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy city · imperial city · aqueducts · waterworks · mountains · rural woodland · industrializing world · steampunk world · fictional empire
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1816
A grieving young mechanic infiltrates a secret guild to reclaim her brother through ghost-powered machines.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy city · industrial city · farm setting · steampunk world · invented world · technology-driven society · ghost-in-the-machine
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2008
A winged courier in a rigid city-state is pulled from a rescue into murder, sabotage, politics, and tangled romance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fictional city · mountain city · industrial city · tiered city · alternative world · non-Earth setting · highly stratified society · steampunk world · clockwork technology · analytical engine
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2058
A self-doubting woman is pulled through a mirror into a perilous kingdom where magic, politics, and trust can kill.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · alternate reality · medieval world · castle setting · court setting · kingdom · portal-between-worlds setting · fantasy realm · castle interior · secret passages
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2072
Shae follows a stolen magical book to a forbidden industrial city, where lies, betrayals, and alliances reshape her world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: secondary world · fantasy world · mythic land · forbidden realm · industrial city · steampunk vibe · technological society · alternate world · refugee tunnels · country conflict · post-lie society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2084
Exiled heir Titus wanders a strange modern world, hunted by doubt, longing for home, and trying to prove his lost kingdom real.
Why this is here
Setting labels: castle world · modern city · industrial city · futuristic setting · dystopian setting · surreal setting · underground world · post-ritual world · modernity versus antiquity · science-fictional landscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2100
In a war-torn fantasy city, rebels and fugitives chase a legendary runaway train as revolution brews on every front.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fictional city · secondary world · industrial fantasy · steampunk setting · war-torn city · continental journey · desert landscape · wilderness travel · post-revolutionary unrest
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2103
A young magician’s lucky poker win sparks a child-sized complication, a reputation threat, and a new dose of responsibility.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy realm · multiple worlds · city bazaar · underworld-adjacent mob world · fictional reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2123
A barbarian quest in a fantasy realm becomes legendary not for craft, but for its wildly infamous badness.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy world · primitive world · castle · dungeon · town · brothel · tavern · cult setting · pulp fantasy setting · mythic reality · sword-and-sorcery world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2139
Emily and her companions seek lost memories on Algos Island, uncovering secrets that could change everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy world · underwater setting · island setting · imaginary places · steampunk world · portal fantasy · ancient forests · fantastic cities · ocean setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2148
