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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for He Who Fights with Monsters 9.
Setting labels used: fantasy world, alternate world, parallel Earth, magical earth, alien world, adventuring world, travel narrative, post-conflict landscape, city politics
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A runaway teen wakes between Earth and a hidden world, where her secret power could save—or doom—both realities.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · Terra · alternate reality · contemporary setting · fantasy realm · parallel worlds · urban fantasy setting · mythic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0992
An outcast leper is pulled into a magical world where he's hailed as a savior, but he refuses to believe it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate world · secondary world · magical realm · modern Earth · parallel world · utopian society · dark fantasy landscape · epic worldbuilding
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1006
A bitter leper is pulled into a magical world where he’s expected to save it, while refusing to believe it’s real.
Why this is here
Setting labels: parallel world · secondary world · magical realm · other world · alternate reality · mythic landscape · epic fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1056
In the final Amulet adventure, Emily and her allies race across worlds to stop the shadows and save their people.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy world · Earth · other worlds · space setting · alternate reality · parallel timeline · time travel setting · world-spanning
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1062
A broken assassin-turned-administrator is dragged back into a brutal two-world struggle of plague, power, and gods.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · alternate world · parallel world · future Earth · dystopian future · fantasy world · corporate state · caste society · interdimensional setting · post-plague world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1093
A Merlin-era Amber novel where a reluctant heir is pushed into a cosmic choice between Order and Chaos.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate worlds · multiple worlds · shadow travel · between-world space · magical realms · court politics · castle setting · secondary world · mythic reality · multiverse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1184
After a long time skip, Jason reunites with old friends and prepares for a new arc while his power and politics reshape everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: otherworld · parallel world · cosmic scale · interdimensional · Earth · fantasy world · mage world · adventurer world · world hopping · post-time-skip
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1197
A dying knight from a disgraced family must defy a whispering tyrant or surrender his freedom to save those he loves.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy world · dystopian setting · post-war world · wasteland · frontier · kingdom · alien world · medieval fantasy · surreal world · self-contained world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1210
A teen Forest Guard hero risks everything to rescue his presumed-dead mother, only to face betrayal and hard choices.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy world · forest kingdom · desert · enemy city · warring factions · alternate world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1214
Eight years into a magical war, survivors must breach a reality-warping enemy before it can reset creation itself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: secondary world · fantasy world · post-time-skip · global conflict · city-state politics · war-torn · alternate reality · techno-fantasy · large-scale worldbuilding
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1225
A woman signs up for a psychology experiment and is thrust into a dangerous alien realm where faith and survival intertwine.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alien planet · alternate reality · speculative world · arena setting · hostile landscape · possibly post-apocalyptic elements · science-fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1234
A young apprentice magician lands an impossible court job and must outwit an invading army with help from a sarcastic mentor and odd allies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy world · alternate dimension · inter-dimensional travel · kingdom · courtly setting · bazaar setting · imaginary place · multiple worlds
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1248
