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Similar in premise + setting

These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Steamborn. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: walled city, monster siege, class divide, tinker apprentice, hidden conspiracy, survival quest, coming of age, fleeing home, post-war society, investigation

Setting labels used: walled city, mountain city, post-apocalyptic world, post-war world, deadlands, highlands, lowlands, fractured society, industrial fantasy, steam-powered society, city-state world, monster-filled wasteland

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.

Cover of Defiance by C.J. Redwine

Defiance

C.J. Redwine · 2012 · Defiance

A rebellious teen crosses a walled wasteland to find her missing father, guarded by the boy she once loved.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1516

Cover of Monstrous Lies by K.A. Knight

Monstrous Lies

K.A. Knight · 2022 · Forgotten City

A scavenging human crosses a wall into monster territory and discovers the real danger may be the lies keeping both sides apart.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1716

Cover of 進撃の巨人 9 [Shingeki no Kyojin 9] by Hajime Isayama

進撃の巨人 9 [Shingeki no Kyojin 9]

Hajime Isayama, 諫山創 · 2012 · 進撃の巨人 [Shingeki no Kyojin]

A breached wall sends soldiers into a tense, mystery-filled hunt for answers as new titan powers and secrets emerge.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1762

Cover of No. 6: The Manga, Volume 01 by Atsuko Asano

No. 6: The Manga, Volume 01

Atsuko Asano · 2013 · No. 6: The Manga

An elite boy in a sealed futuristic city shelters a fugitive, triggering a conspiracy and a bond that could change everything.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1780

Cover of Reactive by Becky Moynihan

Reactive

Becky Moynihan · 2018 · The Elite Trials

In a walled dystopian city, a scarred teen fights deadly trials for freedom when a boy from her past returns with secrets.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1842

Cover of Attack on Titan, Vol. 13 by Hajime Isayama

Attack on Titan, Vol. 13

Hajime Isayama · 2014 · 進撃の巨人 [Shingeki no Kyojin]

After a brutal battle, hidden truths and political schemes push humanity’s defenders toward an unstable coup.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1849

Cover of Escape from Lucien by Kazu Kibuishi

Escape from Lucien

Kazu Kibuishi · 2014 · Amulet

In a war-torn fantasy world, siblings split between a city mission and a perilous descent into memory face rising secrets and danger.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1859

Cover of Fires of Invention by J. Scott Savage

Fires of Invention

J. Scott Savage · 2015 · Mysteries of Cove

In a sealed mountain city where invention is forbidden, a young tinkerer uncovers clues to a secret machine that could upend everything.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1867

Cover of Citadel by C.M. Alongi

Citadel

C.M. Alongi · 2023

A nonverbal autistic outcast in a walled theocracy discovers the “demons” beyond the forest may be people.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1874

Cover of The Battle of Jericho Hill by Robin Furth

The Battle of Jericho Hill

Robin Furth · 2010 · Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Roland and his ka-tet face the doomed final battle that ends their age and pushes his story toward the Tower.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1912

Cover of The Dead Lands by Benjamin Percy

The Dead Lands

Benjamin Percy · 2015

In a ruined America, two allies leave a fortress city after a stranger’s warning and cross a deadly wasteland westward.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1928

Cover of Taken by Erin Bowman

Taken

Erin Bowman · 2013 · Taken

In a walled dystopian town where boys vanish at 18, one teen hunts the truth and the world beyond the Wall.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1938