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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Kingdoms.
Setting labels used: alternate history, French-occupied London, French colony, 19th century, turn of the century, early 1900s, historical Britain, Scotland, lighthouse setting, naval setting, ships, sea travel, war setting, Outer Hebrides, Edinburgh, coastal setting, austere colonial world, gothic atmosphere
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Kidnapped in stormy London, a boy joins time-traveling agents to find his missing parents and stop history from being rewritten.
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Setting labels: London · 19th century France · 16th century Venice · historical Europe · present day · time travel · alternate history · historical adventure
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1810
A Regency aristocrat and a 21st-century time traveler are pulled into a secret war over control of time.
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Setting labels: Regency era · 1815 · 1812 · 19th century England · 21st century London · modern London · Vermont · Spain · Napoleonic Wars · historical present · alternate history · time-shifted world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1898
In a magical reimagining of early 1800s London, Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace create a living boy and chase adventure.
Why this is here
Setting labels: early 1800s · 19th century · London · historical fantasy world · alternate history · fae world · industrial era · gothic atmosphere · scientific world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1923
Captured amid a war over time itself, a queer crew must choose between love, freedom, and catastrophic sacrifice.
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Setting labels: Victorian era · mid-19th century · London · Prague · Austria · India · airship · steampunk world · alternate history · clockwork world · global travel · fictionalized history
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Distance: 0.1938
A time-shifted teen agent must repair a fractured timeline and stop a fascist empire from reshaping Europe.
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Setting labels: London · modern-day London · Victorian London · 1899 · alternate future · dystopian future · steampunk London · historical London · Europe · time travel setting · alternate reality
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Distance: 0.1963
A wounded aeronaut starts over in alternate Londinium, but a coffeehouse life pulls him into House politics and new love.
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Setting labels: alternate London · Londinium · late Victorian · turn of the 20th century · 1899 · Britannic Imperium · steampunk world · alternate British Empire · molly house · coffeehouse setting · museum setting · South Africa (Boer War) · Aegyptology milieu
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1982
Freed clockwork servants trigger a violent final reckoning as humans and machines decide whether coexistence is possible.
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Setting labels: alternate history · parallel world · early 1900s · 1920s (parallel) · New France · New World · Dutch Empire · Europe · North America · Canada · New Netherland · historical fantasy reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1985
A sorceress and a logic-driven outsider team up to stop a murderous conspiracy threatening an alternate Victorian empire.
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Setting labels: alternate London · Victorian England · early Victorian · industrial revolution · British Empire · alternate Britain · magic-infused world · steampunk world · alternate history · urban setting · rural travel
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Distance: 0.1986
In Victorian London, a public-facing scientist builds a haven for “rogue” minds while a dangerous secret and new arrivals threaten it.
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Setting labels: Victorian London · 19th-century London · alternate history · gothic world · steampunk London · scientific society · laboratory setting · historical fantasy setting
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Distance: 0.1998
A colonial-era expedition, rival forces, and strange figures orbit a sentient forest that bends memory, time, and identity.
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Setting labels: colonial Africa · European colonial town · late 19th century · early 20th century · Victorian atmosphere · alternate history · mythic reality · forest setting · frontier colony · historical fantasy world
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Distance: 0.2036
A trainee time-police team tackles illegal temporal tourism, undercover danger, and a widening conspiracy.
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Setting labels: future · time travel setting · historical eras · 17th century London · 17th century · Versailles · Ice Age · Restoration England · future headquarters · Battersea Power Station · alternate future · contemporary future · historical timeline
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2043
In 1850s England, a sharp-tongued woman scientist uncovers a family secret and pursues a dangerous, life-making experiment.
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Setting labels: 1850s · Victorian era · Victorian England · London · Scotland · Inverness · Isle of Wight · Crystal Palace · Arctic · mid-Victorian · historical · scientific revolution · paleontology boom · Gothic setting · rural England
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2048
