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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Lanark.
Setting labels used: Glasgow, parallel Glasgow, Unthank, post-war Scotland, industrial Scotland, fantasy underworld, hellish city, bohemian cafe scene, art school, mid-20th century
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
An amnesiac man wakes on a vast bridge-world and must untangle dream, memory, and identity to find himself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Scotland · modern Scotland · 1970s Scotland · 1980s Britain · dreamscape · bridge city · self-contained society · hospital · coma world · surreal city
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2599
Anton investigates a vampire-like murder in Edinburgh and uncovers a magical conspiracy tied to Merlin and the balance of Light and Dark.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Edinburgh · Moscow · Samarkand · Uzbekistan · Scotland · Russia · urban fantasy world · Twilight realm · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2631
In a ruined 1948 London, an immune American pilot is hunted by dying fascists who need his blood to survive.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · 1948 · post war · post apocalyptic city · dystopian London · war ravaged city · ruined Britain · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2672
A drug-fueled Scottish journalist chases a scoop as brutal murders mount and suspicion turns back on him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Edinburgh · Scotland · early 1990s · Thatcher-era Britain · contemporary setting · regional realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2733
In alternate Victorian London, a damaged heiress hunts a relic while a serial killer and a dangerous viscount close in.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian London · 1861 · alternate Victorian · steampunk London · gaslight era · alternate history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2735
In a magical Britain built on slavery, a fugitive sister and imprisoned brother fight a ruthless regime from opposite sides.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day Britain · alternate Britain · England · Scotland · London · industrial slavetowns · estate setting · castle setting · dystopian society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2888
An inventive Victorian heiress loses everything and rebuilds herself by leading a ragtag street gang.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · Victorian era · 1889 · alternate history · steampunk world · underworld · street-level London · high society · industrial society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2924
A varied collection of dark, whimsical short fiction and poems, including retellings, ghost stories, and tie-in pieces.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · Victorian England · Scottish mansion · British pub · New Orleans · Egypt · fantasy world · alternate history · underworld · liminal spaces · urban settings
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2937
A young man enters an elite ark-city and discovers a secret power that pulls him through parallel worlds and hidden truths.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate London · dystopian city · post-apocalyptic · parallel world · inner city megastructure · controlled enclave · wasteland · decolonized reality · alternate history · future London
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2948
A war-scarred veteran hunts child-stealing fae through an encroaching post-WWI Forest in alternate Britain.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-WWI Britain · alternate history · 20th century · encroaching forest · fae-infested wilderness · rural England · postwar countryside · iron-and-fire enclaves · isolated human settlements · armored trains · noir-inflected world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2955
Four detectives in four eras investigate the same murdered body in London, uncovering a baffling, symbolic mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · East London · Whitechapel · Victorian era · World War II era · present day · near-future · post-apocalyptic future · Britain
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2958
In a walled, trash-choked London, two separated youths fight to reclaim their humanity and uncover family secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Victorian London · alternate London · walled city · urban wasteland · gothic city · industrial decay · trash landscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2978
