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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Stars Undying.
Setting labels used: space opera, interstellar empire, galactic empire, planetary politics, multiple planets, ancient Mediterranean-inspired, future history, queer-norm world, religious society, science-fantasy setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
An arranged political marriage in space forces two mismatched men to solve a murder and stop a war while falling in love.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space opera · galactic empire · interplanetary politics · planetary system · royal court · future setting · queernormative world · colonized planetary system · space stations · off-world cultures
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0745
A bored empress returns to the front lines as new allies, new recruits, and new enemies push an empire toward war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: interstellar empire · space opera setting · alien politics · military setting · futuristic setting · multi-species world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0927
A gunrunner-turned-empress fights a coup, hunts the mastermind behind her losses, and tries to save her empire.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space opera · interstellar empire · imperial palace · matriarchy · multi-civilization setting · planetary warfare · shipboard setting · alien cultures · far-future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0957
A hacker on the run and a space captain avoiding commitment are paired by an alien dating agency—against both their plans.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space opera · interstellar travel · multiple planets · alien civilization · futuristic setting · planetary romance · spaceship setting · other worlds · fictional planet
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0992
Mind-linked across class lines, a duke and a commoner flee assassination charges and uncover a bond that could change a galaxy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space opera · intergalactic kingdom · alien worlds · Earth · Florida · futuristic society · queernormative world · colonial empire
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1095
An assassin-slave and a journalist are pulled into a dangerous sapphic romance amid palace intrigue and brutal power politics.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space opera · intergalactic setting · planet-spanning kingdom · multiple worlds · eighteen worlds · dystopian society · monarchy · royalty · palace intrigue · futuristic world · medieval fantasy feel · mix of old and new · colonized world · space-travel civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1110
A debt-ridden human woman marries a fearsome alien lord for survival, only to discover desire, revenge, and fate entwined.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space colony · foreign planet · intergalactic setting · multi-species society · futuristic world · space opera · alien homeworld · planetary politics
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1126
A tech-shunned young woman and a scent-tracking bounty hunter are pulled into a galactic hunt bound to prophecy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space opera · interplanetary · multiple planets · solar system · high-tech planets · low-tech planet · medieval-fantasy-inflected · galactic politics · space travel · royal courts
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1129
A queen flees her brutal alien husband with her children and bodyguard in a fast, action-heavy space chase.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Space opera · Galaxy-wide · Interplanetary · Alien worlds · Futuristic past · Ancient future · Cosmic empire · War zones · Dead worlds · Cosmopolitan world · Science fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1134
An engineered bodyguard and a teen emperor fight court, religion, and betrayal to keep a fragile new regime alive.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space empire · planetary empire · court society · futuristic world · interplanetary politics · ruling class · religious state · outer space
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1158
A tea expert turned political hostage is pulled into imperial espionage to save her sibling and her colonized world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space opera setting · interplanetary empire · occupied moon · imperial capital · floating city · theocratic empire · post-war · colonized society · alternate world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1167
Separated by war and a plague, a soldier and a mech race across worlds to save a planet and each other.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space opera · interplanetary · galactic · multiple worlds · Genesis · Earth · spaceship setting · planetary conflict · futuristic · distant planets
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1170
