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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Wake.
Setting labels used: Canada, Texas, Japan, China, World Wide Web, cyberspace, contemporary near future, high school, scientific research
Focused on “virtual world” where exact label matches exist.
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A scientist who finds evidence of the soul makes digital copies of himself, and one copy escapes into murder.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 2011 · Canada · Toronto · world wide web · cyberspace · medical setting · laboratory setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1730
A misfit teen friend group joins an AI-powered game that grants rewards, demands obedience, and turns deadly.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · senior year · computer lab · contemporary · present day · dark web · virtual world · real world overlay · augmented reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2085
A genetic code, a hidden project, and a global conspiracy collide as old secrets threaten humanity’s future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · contemporary · global · international · post-pandemic world · Arctic · Australia · United States · Berlin · virtual world · alternate reality · human genome
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2172
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: 0.1904
An autistic girl befriends a boy with ADHD and uncovers unsettling secrets inside a tech company making AI holograms of the dead.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · school · technology company · contemporary world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1940
A shy teen enters an anonymous dares game for prizes and is pulled into a dangerous online competition.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · online · social media · internet culture · high school · contemporary setting · broadcast/live-streamed game
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1946
A fired tech insider joins friends to expose data abuse and reboot the internet, risking unintended fallout.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · simulated current world · Silicon Valley · internet culture · social media world · tech industry · virtual world · online society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2257
An elderly SETI scientist gets a shot at youth to decode an alien message, but the procedure changes only her husband.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 2040s · Canada · Earth · deep space communication · realistic future · scientific world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1998
A data courier with a brain implant must outrun criminals and recover stolen secrets before the information destroys him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future Japan · Beijing · United States · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · high-tech wasteland · urban future · twenty-first century · globalized future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2000
A lonely young man joins a near-future compatibility group and discovers a new social order that could remake society.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · present-day adjacent · social media age · Canada · urban contemporary · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2021
A cyborg special agent hunts cybercriminals in a near-future Japan where minds, bodies, and identity are under siege.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 21st century · mid-21st century · futuristic Japan · dystopian future · cyberpunk world · networked society · technologically advanced world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2038
A STEM-minded teen repairs a damaged robot cat and is drawn into a high-tech school mystery with dangerous secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · futuristic world · high-tech society · academy setting · corporate setting · North America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2052
