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Setting labels used: near future, future Reykjavik, Iceland, speculative near future, socially divided society
Focused on “near-future UK” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
In near-future Britain, a women-run curfew system for men is challenged by a murder that shouldn’t be possible.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future Britain · near-future UK · alternate reality · dystopian society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1830
A future PI uses short-lived copies of himself to solve a cloning crime that opens into a deeper mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · Earth · urban future · technologically transformed society · political-economic future · street-level future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1586
A laid-off expat in Thailand is pulled into a mystery when monuments from the future appear, warning of a coming conqueror.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · early 21st century · Thailand · Bangkok · Asia · global · declining society · dystopian future · alternate future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1659
In a tightly controlled future city, a streetwise fixer uncovers the truth behind an apparently fair social order.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future society · urban complex · closed city · alternate reality · controlled future · technological society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1678
In a near-future northern Sweden torn by collapse, two survivors fight for safety, belonging, and a way forward.
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Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic future · Northern Sweden · Norrbotten · Lapland · Kiruna · rural wilderness · dystopian state · self-governing republic · collapsed society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1682
A memory-perfect teen must stop a thief stealing lives—while her own memories begin to vanish.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future society · city setting · closed community · urban dystopia · futuristic technology · science fiction world · class divide
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1737
A themed best-of anthology of Harlan Ellison’s short fiction, mixing iconic SF, horror, and surreal, unsettling tales.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · alternative reality · mythic space · afterlife · city life · time-bending
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1740
Seven Korean speculative stories explore space, aliens, and future tech through intimate questions of identity, grief, and connection.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · distant future · space station · other planets · Earth · utopian society · dystopian society · advanced technology · posthuman future · alternative future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1745
An indentured detective on future Earth investigates a cult leader’s murder and uncovers a conspiracy tied to his past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · near future · dystopian future · corporatized society · cyberpunk future · surveilled society · London · England · Europe · rural commune · hotel crime scene
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1745
In a near-future Sweden, a health party turns anti-obesity policy into a terrifying system of control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Sweden · near future · contemporary future · dystopian state · totalitarian society
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Distance: 0.1747
A sheltered young woman is pulled into elite courtship, a forbidden love triangle, and a buried rebellion in a tightly controlled future society.
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Setting labels: far future · post-war future · cloud city · surface world · underground society · technologically advanced society · surveillance state · caste system · speculative future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1749
A pregnant Ojibwe adoptee journals to her unborn child while a chaotic future turns women’s bodies into targets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · Minnesota · reservation · dystopian future · apocalyptic world · theocracy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1756
