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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die.
Setting labels used: near future, alternate reality, dystopian society, contemporary setting, shared world, speculative world, institutional setting, high school setting, medical setting, wartime setting
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In a dystopian YA finale, Tatum races to uncover her erased past, expose the Program, and reclaim the truth.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian society · high school · institutional control · medical/clinical setting · memory-alteration reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0769
Two separated twins collide in a future where infertile adults pay teens to have babies—and belief systems clash.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · post-virus society · highly controlled society · religious enclave · consumerist society · school setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0881
A teen who sees impossible things fears she's losing her mind, until a secretive boy suggests the danger is real.
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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: 0.0916
In a world where two souls share one body, a hidden girl must risk everything for a chance to move and live openly.
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Setting labels: alternate reality · dystopian future · government clinic · hospital setting · school setting · institutional setting · near-future America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0936
In a divided dystopian society, a girl from the oppressed Gutter must navigate debt, identity, and freedom.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · imagined world · alternate reality · colonized society · segregated society · academy setting · institutional setting · Mainland · Gutter
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0948
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
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Distance: 0.1043
A memory-perfect teen must stop a thief stealing lives—while her own memories begin to vanish.
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Setting labels: near future · future society · city setting · closed community · urban dystopia · futuristic technology · science fiction world · class divide
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Distance: 0.1047
In a deathless future, a father must choose who dies so his triplets can live.
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Setting labels: future world · near future · dystopian future · utopian dystopia · hospital · Chicago · controlled society · immortal society · one-room setting
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Distance: 0.1051
A collection of brief, funny, unsettling speculative stories where everyday life meets impossible ideas and sharp social satire.
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Setting labels: real-world setting · near future · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic future · alternate reality · American setting · rural setting · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1089
An annual, guest-edited anthology of 20 science fiction and fantasy stories spotlighting varied voices and styles.
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Setting labels: near future · far future · alternate present · alternate past · dystopian present · spacefaring settings · contemporary America · mythic fantasy settings
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Distance: 0.1104
A rebellious young woman returns to a controlled world and must face power, war, and a choice with devastating stakes.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · two worlds · parallel worlds · controlled society · political unrest · war-torn world · futuristic city · enclosed institution
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1149
A detective in a collapsing city and a distant quest across future Earth turn out to be linked by a world-changing secret.
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Setting labels: near future · distant future · future Earth · contemporary Earth · urban setting · suburban setting · post-apocalyptic future · high fantasy realm · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1169