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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Lost in Time.
Setting labels used: Texas, San Antonio, Mexico border, 1872, post-Civil War, Wild West, old west, cattle ranch, roundup, frontier life, modern era, 2020, historical past, time travel setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
An alternate 1881 America faces a second war after the Confederacy expands into Mexico and the old conflict reignites.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate timeline · post-Civil War America · 1881 · 19th century · North America · Mexican borderlands · frontier war
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2229
A haunted former Union soldier rides the post-Civil War West, following visions into monsters, other worlds, and hard-won peace.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1880s · post-Civil War · American West · frontier · American West landscape · deserts · canyons · caves · plains · grasslands · territorial West · rebuilding nation · borderland reality · hidden worlds · alternate dimensions · otherworldly frontier · historical fantasy setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2290
A dying outlaw’s impossible bargain sparks an immortal feud whose consequences unravel across 100+ years.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New Mexico Territory · American West · 1870s · 1950s Los Angeles · 2000s · 2006 · alternate America · alternate history · dystopian future · present day
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2415
An angry foster teen is hurled through history, forced to inhabit other lives and confront violence, identity, and empathy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · reservation life · urban setting · Seattle · Red River, Idaho · Little Bighorn · civil rights era · 19th century · wartime history · historical time travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2496
In a ruined future, survivors try to rebuild as the last great viral threat returns for a final clash.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · North America · Manhattan · Texas · enclosed settlement · far future · present and past · future history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2524
A 19th-century local working a future-run time-tourism city uncovers smuggling, secrets, and a risky cross-time romance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · late 19th century · 1870s · post-Civil War America · Ohio · Illinois · San Francisco · alternate history · parallel universe · multiverse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2534
An immortal botanist in 1860s California is sent to save future treasures, but grief, secrets, and a dangerous double upend her mission.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 24th century future · 19th century California · pre-Hollywood Los Angeles · stagecoach inn · Civil War era · Old West · alternate history · Hollywood before Hollywood
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2543
A teacher uses a hidden portal to revisit 1950s America and try to alter one of history’s most infamous tragedies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1950s America · early 1960s · Maine · Texas · Dallas · small town · mid-century America · historical past · real-world history · alternate history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2549
A Sigma Force mission uncovers buried artifacts, hidden history, and a science-fueled catastrophe threatening the U.S.
Why this is here
Setting labels: United States · Rocky Mountains · Utah · Yellowstone · Iceland · Fort Knox · American Southwest · historical present-day dual timeline · contemporary setting · geological disaster zone
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2575
A gender-nonconforming Chinese-American psychopomp investigates missing men in an alternate Wild West full of ghosts and strange allies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1870s San Francisco · late 1800s American West · Colorado Rockies · Chinatown · alternate history · post-Civil War America · fantasy America · sanatorium · railroad-era West · alternate Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2581
A young Black woman is repeatedly pulled from 1970s California into slavery-era Maryland to keep her ancestor alive.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1970s California · antebellum Maryland · pre-Civil War South · plantation setting · 19th century South · American slavery era · dual-era setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2648
An estranged father and son are sent to 1900 Galveston, where love, a murder mystery, and a coming hurricane complicate everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 2016 · 1900 · Galveston, Texas · Texas · San Francisco · Mexico cruise · early 1900s · historic hurricane · historical past
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2655
