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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.
Setting labels used: Providence, Rhode Island, New England, colonial Rhode Island, early 1900s, 1920s, 18th century, American setting, catacombs, underground lair, private hospital, asylum, labyrinthine underground
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A doctoral student follows a century-old clue into the Roaring Twenties, where love and history collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Providence · Rhode Island · Indiana · Evansville · 1920s · 1925 · 2017 · Roaring Twenties · Prohibition era · small-town America · Midwest · future glimpse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2892
An occult professor and his assistant are sent to 1929 New York, where survival, vampires, and romance collide.
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Setting labels: 1920s New York · 1929 Manhattan · Prohibition era · speakeasies · Coney Island · modern day opening · United States · historical urban setting · pre-Depression New York
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2912
A scientist’s device opens perception to hidden planes of existence, drawing him and his friend into terror.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Providence · attic laboratory · house setting · early 20th century · urban gothic · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2970
A lavish collection of Lovecraft tales centered on forbidden knowledge, cosmic dread, and the Necronomicon mythos.
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Setting labels: New England · ancient ruins · isolated houses · underground spaces · cosmic scale · dream worlds · occult reality · fictional universe · urban decay · subterranean horror
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3032
A consultant who solves strange phenomena uncovers a hidden room and long-buried experiment at a coastal think tank.
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Setting labels: Newport, Rhode Island · New England mansion · seaside estate · think tank · abandoned wing · hidden chamber · old mansion · architectural mystery · 1930s experiment · contemporary setting · old house atmosphere
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3033
A time-traveling trio must stop a power-hungry enemy from rewriting the American Revolution and unraveling reality.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 19th century New York · 18th century London · 1770s America · American Revolution · post-WWII psychiatric hospital · rural New York · historical fantasy world · alternate history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3039
A young traveler detours into a decaying coastal town and uncovers a terrifying family-linked secret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1920s · New England · Massachusetts · coastal town · isolated settlement · rundown town · seaside horror · oceanic horror
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3085
An heir pieces together documents and clues about a secret cult and an ancient sea-born terror stirring beneath the world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1920s · Massachusetts · Louisiana bayous · Pacific Ocean · submerged city · port town · undersea realm · Earthbound cosmic horror · mythic antiquity
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3117
A guilt-ridden heiress joins a secret society where touching objects lets members relive strangers’ deaths—and becomes addicted.
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Setting labels: subterranean world · secret society setting · opulent setting · underground club · different eras · different countries · different time periods · historical settings · urban setting · Brooklyn · Manhattan · Litchfield, Connecticut
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3173
A trapped military team and a desperate scientist race to stop an evolving infection as humanity nears extinction.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · New York City · underground tunnels · sewers · Plum Island · military base · secret installation · Naval destroyer · apocalyptic United States
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3232
A pregnant nurse infected by a combustible plague fights to survive a collapsing world with help from a mysterious Fireman.
Why this is here
Setting labels: apocalyptic America · New Hampshire · New England · hospital setting · camp setting · collapsed civilization · small town · post-pandemic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3269
Years later, a haunted friend group returns home to face the evil that fed on their childhood fears.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · American town · Maine · sewers · subterranean tunnels · 1950s · 1980s · hometown return · fictional town · urban horror
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3275
