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Setting labels used: alternate America, present-day alternate reality, internetless world, greater Chicagoland, suburban setting, late 20th century background, contemporary America (alternate)
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
An alien hunter in near-future Chicago investigates serial murders and is forced into an uneasy alliance with a suspect.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · future Earth · alternate future · Chicago · New Chicago · alien-integration world · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1521
In an alternate America where calling someone stupid is illegal, one outspoken professor’s life and friendships unravel.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate America · near future · contemporary setting · small-town America · university setting · media world · home and family setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1549
A gifted federal agent hunts brilliant terrorists in an alternate America where extraordinary minds trigger fear, control, and revolt.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate present · United States · Wyoming · New York · Chicago · Washington, DC · dystopian America · near-future America · post-1980 emergence
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1560
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: 0.1613
A rogue internet intelligence and a Holmes-like detective collide in a grotesque, occult-laced mystery in modern New York.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern New York · internet age · contemporary setting · urban setting · occult reality · technological uncanny · global system
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1646
Two strangers receive a 24-hour death warning and use a friend-finding app to spend their final day together.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · alternate world · New York · urban setting · speculative reality · technology-mediated
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1702
A shattered teen resistance fights a brain-hacking enemy in a high-tech war over free will and sanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate present · near future · multiple cities · Washington, DC · New York City · Chicago · Japan · microscopic level · macro and micro worlds · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1711
A dispatcher in a world where murder rarely sticks gets pulled into a deadly conspiracy that makes him a suspect.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Chicago · alternate earth · near future · present day · what-if world · global phenomenon · corporate world · urban crime setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1723
In a world where wealth determines literal size, two tiny siblings fight to survive and rise in a system built against them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate reality · parallel world · urban setting · shared dreamworld · life-and-death world · contemporary America analogue · USA analogue
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1741
Ten years after saving the world, a traumatized hero discovers the battle may not be over after all.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Chicago · contemporary Earth · alternate Earth · parallel universe · magical reality · post-war world · celebrity culture
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1745
A short story collection using surreal satire to probe consumerism, media, fear, and fragile humanity in American life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: American settings · suburban America · urban America · near future · alternative reality · consumerist dystopia · media-saturated world · late-capitalist world · contemporary America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1754
A rebellious teen who can walk between choice-born worlds uncovers a hidden multiverse threat while chasing forbidden love.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Chicago · alternate worlds · multiverse · key world · secret society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1755
