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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Mad Scientist's Daughter.
Setting labels used: near future, post-apocalyptic, post-disaster, dystopian future, alternate future, climate-changed world, small-town America, isolated house, moon base, robots in daily life
Focused on “near future” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A themed anthology of short fiction imagining robot uprisings, AI rebellion, and the human cost of future tech gone wrong.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic future · post-robot rebellion · technological future · household technology · AI-mediated world · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0994
A sheltered girl in a flooded future city uncovers family secrets, folklore, and a mysterious neighbor’s hidden life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · flooded city · partially submerged city · island city · apartment tower · high-rise building · climate catastrophe · urban decay · alternate world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1003
A queer speculative story collection uses body horror, myth, and dystopia to explore transness, survival, and belonging.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · mid-apocalyptic · post-apocalyptic · dystopian · moon colony · alternative reality · contemporary setting · city under climate threat · church shelter · science fictional world · fantastical world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1021
A secret sleeper program races to save a select few from an extinction-level comet and wakes into a changed world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · Earth · underground shelters · secret facility · post-apocalyptic world · radiation crisis · dystopian future · apocalyptic Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1034
In a woman-scarce future Alaska, one fugitive bride is matched to six husbands and a past that won’t stay buried.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future world · dystopian world · post apocalyptic world · Alaska · safe haven · government compound · near future · alternate universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1063
A father is involuntarily thrust forward through time in ever-longer leaps, as his son races to bring him back.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · near future · far future · post-apocalyptic future · utopian future · dystopian future · deep time · Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1083
After a tech-company plane crash, survivors find a high-tech island house whose secrets turn survival into paranoia.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · deserted island · tropical island · isolated mansion · smart home · techno-dystopia
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1089
In a futuristic, disaster-scarred world, a young woman seeks to erase painful memories tied to love and loss.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 2040s · 2050 · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic · unnamed locations · tropical region · scientific future · disaster aftermath
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1108
Nineteen YA short stories imagine what survives after collapse, from plague and war to monsters, walls, and strange new orders.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · dystopian · near future · far future · space habitat · generation ship · walled society · ruined world · collapsed civilization · catastrophic future · alternate future · isolated communities
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1139
A second-chance couple must bend time and reality to save both their relationship and a collapsing world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · post-apocalyptic world · present day · near future · alternate universe · parallel world · Denver · tropical beach · mountain cabin · secret underground facility · hidden city · burned-out city · modern world · global collapse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1140
In a bee-less future, a beekeeper’s daughter returns home for answers and finds a fragile new family, a secret, and hope.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · rural farm · countryside · farmhouse · agricultural collapse · food scarcity · state care system · juvenile care system · prison state · environmental collapse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1149
A genetically engineered young woman in a dystopian lab breaks free and unleashes a fiery, mythic revolt.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic future · dystopian future · future America · New York · tower setting · Africa · transatlantic setting · climate-changed world · flooded cities
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1161
