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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives.
Setting labels used: afterlife, heaven, hell, metaphysical, cosmic, dreamlike, alternate realities, future-oriented, human world reflection
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A ghostly trio races across the afterlife to replace an absent Good and rescue a stolen child in a final divine quest.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Afterlife · Heaven · Hell · mortal world · mythic reality · contemporary
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1029
A newly dead man becomes an angel tasked with guiding three human lives while learning the rules of the afterlife.
Why this is here
Setting labels: heaven · afterlife · earth · parallel worlds · spiritual realm · postmortem world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1072
A dying atheist scientist awakens in an afterlife and debates a god-like Voice over eternity, purpose, and knowledge.
Why this is here
Setting labels: afterlife · metaphysical space · eternal existence · cosmic reality · unknown place
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1191
A grieving husband journeys through the afterlife to find his wife and challenge the boundaries of death, love, and faith.
Why this is here
Setting labels: afterlife · heaven · hell · purgatory · spiritual realms · Summerland · future life · earth after death · metaphysical reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1200
In a world where angels, Heaven, and Hell are visibly real, one man seeks reunion and faith after tragedy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Earth · contemporary world · physical Heaven and Hell · visible afterlife · angelic incursions · world where religion is empirical
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1268
A suicidal man accidentally becomes Death and must learn the job while navigating a cosmic battle over souls.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Earth · future world · science and magic coexist · afterlife · Heaven · Hell · Purgatory · bureaucratic underworld
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1276
Will and Lyra race across worlds toward war, the dead, and adulthood in a finale of love, loss, and rebellion.
Why this is here
Setting labels: parallel worlds · multiverse · imaginary worlds · world of the dead · heavenly realm · post-mortem setting · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1388
Six linked sci-fi stories in shifting realities slowly reveal a hidden pattern, forcing readers to solve the puzzle.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate reality · dark future · post-apocalyptic world · surreal reality · multiple worlds · time-bent setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1439
A dream-crossing man races to stop a global virus while a forbidden love threatens the fate of another world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern world · future world · alternate reality · dream world · two realities
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1473
A devout man dies into a library-hell and must find the one book that perfectly tells his life to escape.
Why this is here
Setting labels: afterlife · hell · library · infinite space · cosmic scale · religious afterlife · resetting world · book-filled environment
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1476
A jaded reporter teams with a slacker angel to stop an absurdly bureaucratic Apocalypse before it begins.
Why this is here
Setting labels: apocalypse · modern Earth · Heaven · Hell · multiple planes of existence · religious reality · urban fantasy setting · bureaucratic afterlife · end-times world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1479
Jason’s struggle to save Earth reaches a breaking point as he seizes dangerous power and prepares to return to a wider cosmos.
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Setting labels: Earth · other world · two worlds · interdimensional · astral spaces · transformation zones · proto-space · magical Earth · apocalypse setting · hybrid reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1495
