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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Two Doctors Górski.
Setting labels used: university setting, graduate school, academic institution, England, United States, contemporary setting, alternate world, magic-as-normal world, academic magic
Focused on “near-future world” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Adult Lyra and her daemon are torn apart by doubt, then drawn into a dangerous international quest.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Oxford · Europe · Asia · alternate world · parallel worlds · fantasy world · college setting · Middle East
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1672
A gifted student returns to an eerie magical institute where language shapes reality and failure could remake the world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: academic institution · magical school · contemporary setting · alternate reality · multiverse · time loops · Russian-language origin
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1688
Discworld wizards accidentally create a universe, while science chapters explain how our real one works.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy world · imaginary place · academic setting · university setting · cosmic scale · Earth history · modern world · deep time
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1764
A science-minded Harry Potter retools magic with logic and rationality in a sprawling alternate-universe first year.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate universe · wizarding school · magical Britain · school year setting · modern scientific frame · Hogwarts-like setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1798
A newly married academic couple is pulled into a battle over mind control, myth, and spiritual evil on Earth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · England · university setting · college setting · academic setting · fantastic realism · mythic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1824
A senior student chasing a royal-medical future is pursued by a relentless lover tied to his forgotten past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: university setting · royal court · imperial family · same planet · science-fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1881
A scholarship student is drawn into an elite secret society, then thrust into a hidden magical world where survival becomes revenge.
Why this is here
Setting labels: English university · prestigious university · ancient university · current day · hidden city · Night City · mortal world · otherworldly realm · fae-like realm · urban fantasy setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1891
In a modern alternate universe, mutant youths gather under Xavier while Magneto and the government push the world toward war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · alternate universe · modern America · Earth-like world · secret-government world · school setting · global setting · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1898
Haunted and hunted, a sarcastic teen metahuman faces a city-threatening enemy while searching for answers about her mother.
Why this is here
Setting labels: urban setting · contemporary setting · school/campus setting · compound setting · secret facility · modern world · superpowered world · government organization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1905
Two short, ambiguous Wells stories explore a hidden doorway and an exam slip-up through regret, choice, and conscience.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school · university · academia · real world · slightly fantastical world · portal fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1923
A clever orphan girl races north to rescue kidnapped children and uncover a secret that links souls, science, and power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Oxford · parallel Earth · pseudo-Victorian · steampunk world · Arctic North · winter setting · parallel worlds · theocratic society · college setting · fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1949
An illustrated anthology of 34 stories about a machine that tells people how they’ll die, and how that knowledge reshapes life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · dystopian society · contemporary setting · shared world · speculative world · institutional setting · high school setting · medical setting · wartime setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1973
