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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Willful Machines.
Setting labels used: near future, futuristic America, boarding school, elite prep school, presidential household, high surveillance, internet-connected world, dystopian future, alternative future
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In a near-future social-media system, a teen’s tasteless post triggers a lethal public hunt, forcing her to uncover the truth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future United States · high school · social media platform · digital surveillance · near-future dystopia · government-controlled internet
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0876
Gifted teens vanish into a billionaire-run system that surveils, sorts, and sells talent for a future of servitude.
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Setting labels: high school · near future · dystopian future · surveillance state · online platform · private island · billionaire world · elite institutions · corporate power
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1059
Four early Bachman-era novellas follow a hostage crisis, a lethal walk, a man against progress, and a deadly game show.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · American future · near-future · dystopian America · roadway setting · construction site · televised future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1134
A teen who sees impossible things fears she's losing her mind, until a secretive boy suggests the danger is real.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future America · dystopian society · parallel reality · high school setting · mental institution · government-controlled society · anti-religion setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1162
In a near-future society, a teen prodigy is branded with a violent-gene test result and cast out of her old life.
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Setting labels: near-future · futuristic United States · high school · privileged school · public school · detention camp · training facility · dystopian society · government control · class segregation
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1166
A solar-powered artificial friend enters a sick teenager’s home and quietly learns what love, class, and humanity cost.
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Setting labels: near future · futuristic society · dystopian future · domestic setting · storefront · wealthy household · home schooling · unequal society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1224
A gifted fugitive uses identity hacks to evade a surveillance state built on data, control, and accelerating change.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian America · networked society · surveillance state · alternate future · post-quake society · information age · computerized world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1239
In a near-future America, a mother must defy a ruthless test-based school system when it targets her own daughter.
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Setting labels: near future · alternative America · dystopian America · federal boarding schools · elite schools · state schools · school system · Department of Education · Kansas · midwest · societal surveillance · bureaucratic control
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1243
A satirical dystopia follows a violent American revolution that splits society into separate nations by identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · United States · alternate society · dystopian future · internet age
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1249
In a near-future DNA marketplace, a biosecurity guard races to protect a star’s genetic identity as a shocking claim upends everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future United States · 2050s · dystopian future · lab conception · high-tech future · near-distant future · post-phone society · digital surveillance future · world of celebrity culture
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1256
A teen wakes from a coma with missing memories and uncovers a shocking secret about her body, family, and humanity.
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Setting labels: near future · near-future America · remote house · school setting · charter school · post-crisis society · medical-regulation society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1274
A cloned woman must hunt her original in four days while uncovering the truth behind a murder and her reality.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · futuristic society · dystopian future · altered reality · virtual overlay · surveillance state · global government · high tech world · post-work society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1317
