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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Electric Church.
Setting labels used: near future, dystopian future, cyberpunk future, unified world, ruined city, New York, crapsack world, post-collapse society
Focused on “near-future” 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.
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
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0643
A genetically enhanced assassin gets an unexpected protection job in a brutal cyberpunk future full of secrets and danger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: cyberpunk world · dystopian future · near-future · megacity · immortal society · corporate-controlled world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0819
A rule-bound robot discovers a living human girl and must choose between protocol and helping her survive.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · post-apocalyptic · robot society · solar power · ruined world · underground bunkers · environmental recovery · totalitarian society · near-future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1012
In a dystopian future, a rebel group races to stop an AI apocalypse as new allies, betrayals, and sacrifice reshape everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · futuristic prison · laboratory · AI-controlled world · post-apocalyptic future · digital world · near-future · oppressive society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1012
A lone surviving Turtle in a ruined future NYC fights for revenge, justice, and his lost family’s legacy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future New York City · post-apocalyptic city · dystopian future · fortress city · cyberpunk future · underground city · ruined metropolis · technological future · alternate universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0737
A mercenary, a hacker, and an art dealer are drawn into a corporate-cybernetic conspiracy in the Sprawl.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · corporate-controlled world · urban megacity · cyberspace · virtual reality · global economy · Sprawl
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0738
A hyper-detailed dystopian sci-fi comic where a suburban man, a killer tax collector, and a robot may be one being.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · near future · future Los Angeles · urban wasteland · crowded metropolis · suburban home · corporate city · smog-choked city · cyberpunk reality · mechanized society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0795
A grim hitman with a code hunts a runaway girl in bombed-out future New York split between streets and virtual escape.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future New York · post-apocalyptic city · dirty bomb aftermath · localized apocalypse · urban ruin · virtual reality world · cyberspace · limnosphere
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0801
In a near-future VR dystopia, two students/soldiers on separate missions uncover a conspiracy that could collapse both worlds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · virtual reality · real world · cyberpunk city · academy setting · militarized society · corporate state · climate-ravaged world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0829
In a near-future crime underworld, a weary anti-hero chases a dangerous, addictive substance and a missing artist.
Why this is here
Setting labels: late 21st century · near future · future New York City · Paris · dystopian city · crumbling cities · urban underworld · retrofuture · cyberpunk future · alternate future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0840
A future street thief discovers she is the next Slayer and must save a broken city from demons and vampires.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · Manhattan · urban slum · future New York · cyberpunk city · monster-filled city · radiation-damaged world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0842
An ex-cop junkie in a vertical cyberpunk city rescues human clones and is dragged back into his own buried past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · cyberpunk future · city-sized mall · vertical city · cloning farm · corporate state · alternate dimension · surreal otherworld
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0852
