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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for M Is for Monster: A Graphic Novel.
Setting labels used: vaguely Victorian-esque, timeless setting, laboratory, domestic space, mirror world, gothic atmosphere, fantasy world
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A short comic anthology of bizarre, gothic, funny tales centered on a mechanical hero, monsters, and strange curiosities.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian · pseudo-steampunk · gothic · occult · mythic · cosmic horror · alternate history · Mars · folklore world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1877
A gothic-obsessed teen tumbles into a trope-filled manor-world and must help save two universes from encroaching evil.
Why this is here
Setting labels: gothic manor · pocket universe · parallel universe · alternate dimension · historic-ish setting · contemporary frame · world between dimensions
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1903
A boy imagines and narrates his wildly inventive dream house, room by room, in playful rhyming verse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: domestic setting · house setting · fantastical reality · retro-futuristic world · mid-century aesthetic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1956
In Victorian London, a public-facing scientist builds a haven for “rogue” minds while a dangerous secret and new arrivals threaten it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian London · 19th-century London · alternate history · gothic world · steampunk London · scientific society · laboratory setting · historical fantasy setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1968
A young woman with a soul-draining power and a wounded bounty hunter race to find a cure in a steampunk world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate world · fictional city · World City · Victorian-style · steampunk world · parallel world · academy setting · science school · airships · mechanical birds · clockwork · factories · dark laboratories
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1985
A newly appeared celestial body barrels through the solar system, forcing humanity to confront planetary-scale disaster.
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Setting labels: late Victorian · Earth · solar system · outer space · cosmic scale
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2023
Seven adopted superpowered siblings reunite after years apart when their father's death and an apocalypse threat collide.
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Setting labels: alternate reality · pseudo-Victorian · steampunk · urban fantasy · retro-futurist · worldwide setting · global scale · world-ending crisis · time travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2023
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: 0.2026
Mary Shelley’s supernatural stories explore immortality, love, loss, and the curse of outliving everyone you know.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 19th century · Gothic setting · historical past · alchemical laboratory · isolated places · medieval atmosphere
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2095
A new-mother investigator and her girlfriend race to break a cursed will before her childhood friends die one by one.
Why this is here
Setting labels: island mansion · secluded manor · gothic house · parallel realities · multi-layered reality · fictional magic world · early-20th-century vibe · city setting · post-book-one setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2112
A scientist’s device opens perception to hidden planes of existence, drawing him and his friend into terror.
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Setting labels: Providence · attic laboratory · house setting · early 20th century · urban gothic · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2114
A teen girl in a magic-banned alternate world investigates her eerie stepfather and the cracks in reality around them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Earth · modern-ish setting · near-future feel · contemporary fantasy · Newworld · Oldworld · magic-suppressed society · parallel world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2125
