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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for To Sail Beyond the Sunset.
Setting labels used: late 19th century, 20th century, far future, alternate timeline, multiverse, Missouri, United States, prison cell, interrogation frame, historical fiction backdrop
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A 19th-century local working a future-run time-tourism city uncovers smuggling, secrets, and a risky cross-time romance.
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Setting labels: near future · late 19th century · 1870s · post-Civil War America · Ohio · Illinois · San Francisco · alternate history · parallel universe · multiverse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1654
A time-twisting Doctor Who mystery where River Song and her fictional alter ego chase a cursed artifact across realities.
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Setting labels: 1930s New York · ancient Egypt · interwar period · space prison · science fictional universe · historical fantasy · time travel setting · alternate reality · 20th century · future setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1866
A time-traveling teen races through shifting timelines to stop a deadly global plan before the future locks in forever.
Why this is here
Setting labels: past and future · alternate timelines · historical settings · American history · urban settings · 20th century
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2056
A map-obsessed girl races across a fractured, time-split world to rescue her kidnapped uncle and find answers.
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Setting labels: alternate history · late 19th century · Boston · fractured world · multiple time periods · post-apocalyptic · exploration era · imaginary geography
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2065
A mystery-obsessed super-team uncovers hidden histories and faces a final conspiracy across Earth, time, and the multiverse.
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Setting labels: Late 20th century · Earth · Outer space · Parallel worlds · Multiverse · Aliens · Secret bases · Historical past · Alternate histories
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2069
A debut short-story collection fusing horror, sci-fi, and fantasy to confront race, class, prejudice, and identity.
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Setting labels: near future · alternate timeline · historical past · pandemic era · prison system · plantation setting · hospital setting · dystopian society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2110
Questors scattered across time and worlds race to stop a multiverse collapse and reach the blocked Spirit Well.
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Setting labels: modern world · 1930s Damascus · Stone Age · Egypt · Rome · Byzantium · Istanbul · Japan · New Mexico · prison · dungeon · alternate realities · multiverse · cosmic scale · historical eras
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2127
A history teacher pulled into alternate-timeline chaos must help decide which universe survives a looming temporal catastrophe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · near future · future history · thirtieth century · twentieth century · twenty-first century · wartime history · parallel universes · multiverse · academic setting · university · modern America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2167
In 2051, two teens with telekinetic and near-invincible powers are pulled into a secret war, romance, and betrayal.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 2051 · post-apocalyptic future · dystopian future · two States · abandoned prison · high-security prison · futuristic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2210
A rogue Special Corps agent races through time to stop history erasure and rescue his wife before reality collapses.
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Setting labels: Earth · 1970s · 1975 · 19th century · Napoleonic era · far future · distant future · historical past · alternate history · time travel setting · spacefaring future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2222
An immortal cyborg and a literary specialist spend centuries hunting a missing friend and uncovering a vast Company conspiracy.
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Setting labels: past and future · centuries-spanning · California · Hollywood · late 20th century · 24th century · near-future · alternate history · dystopian future · global scale
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2233
A traumatized alien intermediary and a journalist race to argue for extraterrestrial personhood as Earth destabilizes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · recent past · Earth · United States · government facility · political thriller backdrop · post-first-contact world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2262
