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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Self-Portrait with Nothing.
Setting labels used: contemporary, Europe, continental Europe, England, Germany, Poland, art world, academic setting, veterinary clinic, multiverse
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A writer helps build a clinic that recreates past decades for dementia patients, and the idea spreads into a Europe-wide nostalgia crisis.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Bulgaria · Switzerland · Europe · 20th century · contemporary Europe · clinic setting · recreated decades · past-facing alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2123
A 28-story collection of eerie, high-concept weird fiction where ordinary worlds are warped by impossible intrusions.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary reality · near-future · alternate reality · urban setting · London · Europe · England · coastal setting · island setting · isolated enclave · medical setting · academic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2204
Sigma Force races across continents to stop a hidden biotechnological conspiracy tied to an ancient prophecy and artifact.
Why this is here
Setting labels: global · Europe · Africa · Rome · Vatican · England · Norway · Princeton University · historical mystery · contemporary
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2265
A ley-line quest across time and realities deepens as new allies, new mysteries, and spiritual stakes emerge.
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Setting labels: contemporary · Stone Age · medieval · Renaissance · Victorian · historical · alternate universe · multiverse · London · Egypt · Syria · Arizona · Spain · Prague · medieval Oxford · Damascus · Pyrenees
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2270
Three Cambridge friends are haunted for decades by a partly forgotten ritual that may have opened a door to the divine.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Cambridge · England · 1980s England · 1990s England · university years · middle age · Europe · Eastern Europe · pre-war Europe · alternate Europe · contemporary realism · liminal reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2281
A snarky winged teen and her flock race to stop a corporation’s plan to remake humanity and cut the population in half.
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Setting labels: contemporary setting · global travel · United States · Europe · Germany · Hawaii · Los Angeles · school lab setting · corporate headquarters · modern times
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2302
A powerful vampire leader expands her team, builds tech and alliances, and fights new enemies across a secret global war.
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Setting labels: contemporary Earth · global · South America · Europe · Costa Rica · Germany · Romania · Caribbean
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2418
A London man is pulled into a ley-line quest across time and worlds after meeting his supposedly dead great-grandfather.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day London · 17th century Prague · ancient Egypt · historical Europe · alternate realities · multiverse · omniverse · historical settings · cross-time setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2426
An amnesiac cameraman retraces a lost period of his life, uncovering love, deception, and a reality no one can quite see.
Why this is here
Setting labels: British countryside · hospital setting · London · France · 1980s Britain · contemporary setting · alternate reality · psychological reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2476
A disgraced physicist is thrust into a bizarre multiverse quest after an inheritance unlocks reality-bending secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · multiverse · parallel realities · urban setting · scientific setting · hotel setting · alternate worlds · near-future science
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2509
A cross-continental family saga about science, activism, and technology tests what people think they owe each other.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Finland · United States · Helsinki · university setting · academic world · near future · contemporary · multiple continents · cross-cultural setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2521
Ten uncanny stories blur history, fantasy, and sci-fi to ask what makes reality feel strange.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 17th century · historical setting · contemporary setting · future setting · imagined worlds · Poland · Europe · war setting · remote frontier · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2538
