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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Saturnalia.
Setting labels used: near-future Philadelphia, alternate Philadelphia, post-apocalyptic, dystopian, winter solstice, Saturnalia, climate-ravaged, end-times, urban decay, historic city, secretive elite spaces
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A troubled waitress in a near-future city of bombs and activism is pulled toward choices between escape, resistance, and collapse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate present · alternate reality · post-industrial city · urban decay · war-torn America · apocalyptic atmosphere
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1091
A sheltered girl in a flooded future city uncovers family secrets, folklore, and a mysterious neighbor’s hidden life.
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Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · flooded city · partially submerged city · island city · apartment tower · high-rise building · climate catastrophe · urban decay · alternate world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1109
A trans academic surveys an isolated woods commune in a dystopian future, but his assignment and desires unravel into horror.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-collapse America · dystopian city-state · New York future · Catskills · woods · commune · exurb zone · walled city · post-apocalyptic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1250
A family enters a supposedly perfect company town where safety, privilege, and belonging come with eerie rules.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · environmental collapse · climate collapse · post-apocalyptic · corporate town · sealed community · walled-off enclave · dying world · polluted world · suburban setting · American suburbia · nuclear threat · underground shelter
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1303
In a ruined future where children vanish at fourteen, escaped teens join a mysterious AI-led resistance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: futuristic city · urban wasteland · post-apocalyptic Earth · alternate Earth · dystopian future · near future · subterranean refuge
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Distance: 0.1315
Three teens from climate-destroyed Nubia uncover inherited powers in a divided future New York and must choose their loyalties.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · future New York City · flooded city · sky city · lower Manhattan · post-climate disaster · alternate future · African utopia
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1385
Ultron conquers the world, and the surviving heroes risk time itself to stop him before history breaks.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · post-apocalyptic Earth · New York City · Manhattan · Savage Land · future timeline · past timeline · alternate reality · multiverse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1391
A queer speculative story collection uses body horror, myth, and dystopia to explore transness, survival, and belonging.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · mid-apocalyptic · post-apocalyptic · dystopian · moon colony · alternative reality · contemporary setting · city under climate threat · church shelter · science fictional world · fantastical world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1413
An exiled gonzo journalist keeps fighting a corrupt president while uncovering the city’s darkest social truths.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · cyberpunk city · dystopian city · urban decay · media-saturated future · political future
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Distance: 0.1426
A privileged New York girl’s diary records her family’s fall as a near-future city and country unravel around her.
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Setting labels: near-future Manhattan · New York City · alternate reality · urban dystopia · civil unrest · economic collapse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1427
In a post-apocalyptic Atlanta, a memory-genius and a dying sniper fight a corporation while falling in love.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · post-apocalyptic Atlanta · near future · dystopian future · corporate rule · walled elite city · decaying city · warehouse base · sci-fi world · shared compound
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1431
A hitman is forced to target a rising cyborg religion in a grim near-future city ruled by a brutal police state.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · cyberpunk future · unified world · ruined city · New York · crapsack world · post-collapse society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1439
