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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Made Things.
Setting labels used: magical city, urban fantasy city, class-stratified city, poor district, upper city, alt-medieval world, Victorian-esque world, gaslamp setting, fantasy metropolis, magic-dominated society
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A crime-boss assassin must protect his wife when her secret revolutionary activism threatens their marriage and his world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy empire · capital city · urban slum · human quarter · fantasy city · class-stratified society · feudal hierarchy · alien-race society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1564
A changeling on borrowed humanity hunts her missing master before her pills run out and her hidden nature takes over.
Why this is here
Setting labels: magical metropolis · near-future city · magical Detroit · living city · urban fantasy world · modern-day and magic · human and fae coexistence · underworld city
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1572
A truth-seeing skip tracer is framed for murder in a class-split city and must find the real killer first.
Why this is here
Setting labels: urban setting · city divided by class · dystopian AU · alternate universe · not quite Earth · technomagic · modern technology · cars and phones · feudal society · medieval feel · high city · low city · middle city · contemporary fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1615
A female imperial enforcer is set up, hunted, and forced into a rogue team to save an emperor from a hidden plot.
Why this is here
Setting labels: imperial capital · city setting · industrial era fantasy · steampunkish setting · Roman-inspired setting · Victorian-like setting · caste system · magic is outlawed · magic suppressed · alternate world · urban fantasy setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1666
A slacker from Earth is recruited into a magical city where dreams, banter, and casework reshape his life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: parallel world · magical city · urban fantasy setting · dream world · alternate reality · fictional kingdom · bureaucratic magic · daily magic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1683
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: 0.1713
A godless rebel and a loyal Warden clash in a steam-powered city ruled by cruel gods as a dangerous mystery unfolds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: secondary world · steam-powered city · city-state · portal-linked realms · twelve domains · neutral ground city · undercity · upper city · victorian-inspired · edwardian aesthetics · gaslamp world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1722
A magic-stealing teen hunts her missing brother in an underground city where shadows, rebels, and secrets collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian world · post-apocalyptic world · underground city · walled city · magical city · ruined cities · wilderness · shadow creatures · day-night transformation · steampunk-inflected setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1754
A brilliant woman entering an elite mage order uncovers a world-shaking secret tied to magic, power, and oppression.
Why this is here
Setting labels: industrial city · magical barrier · academic institution · magical utopia · dystopian society · gaslamp world · elite order · outer lands
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1755
An orphan boy and a curious girl uncover the secrets of a clockwork city before hidden powers destroy it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: clockwork city · mechanical building · steampunk world · tiered city · industrial fantasy · Victorian-esque setting · city-state conflict · fantasy city
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1756
A truth-seeking investigator returns to a frontier city to unravel wizard secrets, hidden technology, and a larger world mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: preindustrial world · medieval-like world · city setting · small communities · outskirts · wizards' world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1783
A one-eyed stranger enters a magical tournament, using wit and combat to pit rival houses against each other.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy city · magic arena · dueling houses · annual festival · corrupt court · multiworld setting · planeswalker setting · medieval fantasy · sword and sorcery · early magic lore
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1800
