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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Here and Now.
Setting labels used: New York, present day, 2010, 2014, future world, near-future dystopia, post-plague world, environmental catastrophe, school setting, community enclave
Focused on “Parallel world” where exact label matches exist.
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A new girl at an elite Manhattan school discovers a secret time portal and glimpses a doomed future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · Central Park · Private school · Elite school · Modern day · Dystopian future · Parallel world · Post-apocalyptic city · Alternate New York · Underground tunnel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1755
A future oral history of how collapse, revolt, and mutual aid built a post-capitalist New York commune.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · late 21st century · future New York City · post-capitalist world · post-revolutionary world · global collapse · climate catastrophe · civil war · commune society · post-apocalyptic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1654
An isolated war robot with a stolen leg embarks on a post-apocalyptic road trip that turns into a fight for hope, identity, and peace.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic Earth · United States · New York City · New York Botanical Gardens · ruins · collapsed society · shared human-machine world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1772
A government agent is genetically upgraded against his will and must stop a plan to alter humanity itself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · mid-21st century · dystopian future · post-famine world · climate change · flooded cities · surveillance state · Washington DC · New York City · global crisis · post-apocalyptic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1779
In a near-future New York ravaged by antibiotic resistance, a detective hunts a mystery tied to a boy everyone wants.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian New York City · Central Park quarantine zone · post-pandemic world · surveillance state · urban collapse · futuristic cityscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1816
A teen in New York must keep his younger sisters alive after the moon disaster turns the city into a desperate wasteland.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · urban apocalypse · post-collapse city · Catholic school setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1829
A wounded gunslinger crosses portals into New York to recruit three fated companions for his quest.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · parallel worlds · contemporary New York · 1980s New York · 1960s New York · 1970s New York · beach setting · deserted beach · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1889
When New York's buildings begin shifting nightly, emergency workers, missing loved ones, and a city in crisis must adapt fast.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · near future · urban disaster · contemporary setting · alternate reality · surreal city · emergency services · climate-stressed world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1905
A translator for telepathic aliens becomes the prime suspect when her boss is murdered in a locked-room mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future Earth · future New York City · post-contact world · surveillance state · sea barriers · climate change aftermath · future London school · embassy setting · dystopian future · digital society
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Distance: 0.1923
A mathematically gifted risk forecaster profits from disaster predictions until a real catastrophe forces him to live them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · New York City · Maine · post-apocalyptic landscape · flooded city · corporate office · urban disaster zone
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1941
A retired superhero turned New York mayor navigates politics, mystery, and the fallout of post-9/11 America.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · modern-day world · post-9/11 · early 2000s · alternate reality · contemporary America · urban political setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1946
A homeless man is thrust into a wave-based system apocalypse and must help build a resistance in collapsing NYC.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary NYC · modern Earth · apocalypse during event · global collapse · urban setting · real-world setting · military setting · post-collapse society · science fantasy reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1948
