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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Middlewest, Book One.
Setting labels used: small town, farming community, Midwest-inspired setting, fantasy world, magic-hidden world, steampunk-inspired world, alternate reality, road journey setting, traveling carnival, train travel
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A photographer with panic attacks discovers hidden beings around her and is pulled into a secret, dangerous world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · rural Wisconsin · modern world · secret community · parallel world · shadow world · alternate reality · otherworldly realm · portal world · Earth-adjacent fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1661
A half-elf girl in a war-torn steampunk world finds purpose, invention, and a path toward peace.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · magic and steam · wartime setting · small village · secluded valley · industrializing world · fantasy world · alternate world · medieval feel · sky/air travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1756
An outlaw crew takes on a train-bound kidnapping mission for the emperor, while secrets, loyalties, and romance collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: imperial setting · train setting · countryside travel · light steampunk world · magic-inflected technology · alternate world · non-historical steampunk · secret facility · moving train
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1822
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: 0.1880
A sarcastic slacker duo battles an apparently zombie-like spider infestation and a looming apocalypse in their town.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Midwestern U.S. · quarantine · internment camps · contemporary · near-apocalyptic · urban fantasy world · otherworldly
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2023
Ex-superheroes trapped on a rural farm village must hide, adapt, and uncover why they can’t go home.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town rural · farming village · timeless reality · alternate dimension · purgatory-like space · midwestern atmosphere · post-crisis world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2024
A newly married farm girl and Lakewalker must face his hostile family, changing magic, and a deadly malice threat.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy world · imaginary places · rural setting · camp setting · farm country · Lakewalker community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2030
Two brothers chasing a way to reclaim their bodies are pulled into wartime secrets, allies, and deadly new revelations.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fictional country · industrial era · steampunk world · military state · foreign east · small town · capital city · wartime history · fantasy world · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2097
A child’s dream revisits a food-filled fantasy town, where excess becomes a way to help feed the world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantastical setting · imaginary world · dream world · small town · alternate reality · weather-driven world · community setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2097
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: 0.2100
A young inventor girl and her friends race to protect her grandfather’s secrets in a fairy-tale steampunk world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · rural setting · fictional world · neo-Victorian · steampunk world · 1800s-inspired · pre-steam-engine · fairy tale world · world on brink of war · country home · treehouse headquarters · alternative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2124
A rule-following girl uncovers her hidden heritage and a cabinet-bound world that could change two oppressive societies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · western town · Colorado · dystopian society · steampunk world · enclosed world · fantasy realm
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2148
