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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Against the Day.
Setting labels used: 1893 Chicago World's Fair, post-World War I, turn of the century, early 20th century, Colorado, New York, London, Göttingen, Venice, Vienna, Balkans, Central Asia, Siberia, Mexico Revolution, postwar Paris, silent-era Hollywood, global setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A teen with inherited time-travel powers must fix a broken timeline before she and everyone she loves vanish.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Chicago World’s Fair · 1893 Chicago · historical past · present day · future timeline · alternate timelines · parallel worlds · fictionalized history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1688
An undead 17-year-old gangster narrates his long, grisly journey through American history, hunting for meaning and redemption.
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Setting labels: late 19th century · 1896 · 20th century · American history · Chicago · Lake Michigan · World War I · Depression-era New York City · Hollywood · traveling medicine show · trench warfare · alternate history
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Distance: 0.2166
A self-absorbed Berlin set designer chases sex, art, and a teleportation mystery across 1930s Europe and America.
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Setting labels: 1930s Germany · Berlin · Paris · Los Angeles · prewar Europe · 1930s United States · experimental theatre · physics laboratory · Weimar Republic · historical past
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2334
A time-shifted novella follows Kiernan as he searches for a vanished Kate and uncovers hidden truths in the timeline.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate timeline · historical setting · Chicago · World's Fair Hotel · subway · time travel world · 1900s · future timeline
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2403
An alternate-1930s crew races to stop an interdimensional predator from consuming magic and the world.
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Setting labels: alternate 1930s · 1933 · 1930s America · Europe · Berlin · China · Japan · Singapore · alternate Earth · worldwide
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2406
A forbidden wartime love story follows a Jewish violinist and a bookshop owner across prewar Germany and postwar absence.
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Setting labels: Germany · Berlin · London · Paris · Vienna · United States · prewar Europe · postwar Europe · World War II era · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2423
An antiques dealer unearths a photograph that pulls him into a time-traveling love story and a hidden history of Ohio.
Why this is here
Setting labels: turn-of-the-century New York · 1901 New York City · modern-day Los Angeles · Ohio frontier · industrial age · subway construction · early United States · alternate history world · mechanical age · historical New York · multiple timelines
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Distance: 0.2434
A massive chronological anthology of strange, dark, and uncanny fiction from around the world, spanning 1908–2010.
Why this is here
Setting labels: multiple countries · global · 1908-2010 · historical range · real-world settings · surreal reality
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Distance: 0.2515
An archaeologist races Nazis to the Ark of the Covenant, crossing continents, traps, and old wounds.
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Setting labels: 1930s · 1936 · interwar period · World War II era · South America · Peru · Nepal · Cairo · Mediterranean · Berlin · Egypt · jungle · temple · university · Nazi Germany · fictionalized historical world
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Distance: 0.2518
A man who relives his life after every death must uncover a time-linked conspiracy before history unravels.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 20th century · early 1900s · historical periods · England · Britain · Russia · United States · global travel · world history · alternate timeline · same starting point
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2519
A grief-stricken ex-soldier is sent to 1914 to stop a pivotal assassination and avert a century of war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1914 Europe · prewar Europe · Sarajevo · Berlin · Vienna · Constantinople · Cambridge · 2024 · first world war era · early 20th century
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2530
After Europe vanishes in 1912, a photographer joins an expedition into the new wilderness and uncovers a reality-shattering secret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1912 · early 1920s · alternate 20th century · Europe · America · London · expedition frontier · post-Miracle world · primordial jungle · alien wilderness · cosmic end-time setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2558
