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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Dark Light.
Setting labels used: small village, rural England, present day, hidden supernatural world, alternate realities, ancient ritual setting, country village
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A time-warping, philosophy-laced sci-fi fantasy follows gods, villagers, and a love triangle across eras and realities.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small English village · English countryside · mythic future · prehistoric to far future · multiple eras · cosmic scale · reality-bending world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1160
A secret British agent investigates a rural unicorn outbreak and discovers the creatures are far from mythical.
Why this is here
Setting labels: English countryside · rural England · Great Britain · secret government setting · contemporary setting · urban fantasy world · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1591
After a divorce, twins sent to rural England uncover a village secret tied to symbols, bees, and buried history.
Why this is here
Setting labels: English village · rural England · small town · old-world atmosphere · modern-and-ancient contrast · countryside · isolated community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1737
A full-cast BBC radio adaptation of a comic apocalypse tale where an angel and demon try to stop Armageddon.
Why this is here
Setting labels: England · Lower Tadfield · London · contemporary setting · small village · Earth · supernatural reality · apocalyptic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1749
A priest chases a murderous mystery across time and realities as a small town’s dark secrets begin to surface.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town horror · alternate realities · multiple timelines · past and present · rural setting · church setting · barn setting · historical setting · cosmic horror
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1772
A modern graphic adaptation of Lovecraftian horror where a small town faces an occult, otherworldly threat.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rural New England · small town · isolated farmhouse · early 20th century · fictional horror world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1795
A hypnotized teen’s ordinary talent-show day turns surreal when everyone else changes and technology stops making sense.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small English village · community talent show · contemporary present (setting) · distant future frame · technology-dependent society · alternate reality · post-human future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1829
A new Black Hammer follows clues through strange realms to uncover the truth behind the Farm and the heroes’ imprisonment.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rural small town · farm setting · stasis pod reality · parazone · hell · alternate dimensions · storyworld · shared reality · mystical realm · cosmic reality · small-town purgatory · multi-reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1838
In a time-warped rural manor, a household built on polyamory and duty is disrupted by visitors, gods, and shifting loyalties.
Why this is here
Setting labels: farming village · manor house · quasi-medieval · pre-industrial · alternate world · flat world · east-west gradient · time varies by location · magic varies by location · localized religion · small rural community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1838
A small-town cop is recruited into a secret government force after a vampire attack reveals a hidden supernatural war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · contemporary hidden world · supernatural secrecy · secret agency setting · mundane world plus supernatural
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1890
A pompous English poultry breeder learns the moon will strike Earth and records how his village faces the end.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rural England · small village · London · Britain · 1930s · early 1940s · post-apocalyptic world · alternate history · future archaeology · isolated island
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1899
A fugitive assassin hides in a rural village, where a healer’s apprentice begins to see his world—and himself—differently.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small village · rural setting · country setting · wilderness · fugitive on the run · feudal world · imaginary place · dragaeran society · noble houses · remote community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1909
