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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Sleep Donation.
Setting labels used: near future, United States, major US cities, night worlds, dystopian future, sleep-deprived world, pandemic society, black market underworld
Focused on “contemporary world” 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 guarded security consultant follows a dead woman's cryptic trail into wildlife smuggling, paranoia, and eco-collapse.
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Setting labels: near future · not-too-distant future · contemporary world · dystopian future · climate collapse · pandemic world · surveillance state · digital society · urban thriller · international conspiracy
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Distance: 0.1315
A drug-addled banker uncovers a monstrous corporate conspiracy that may be ending the world.
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Setting labels: near future · urban setting · corporate America · banking workplace · dystopian city · surveillance state · alternative reality · cosmic horror world · techno-dystopia · dark alleys
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1192
A hitman is forced to target a rising cyborg religion in a grim near-future city ruled by a brutal police state.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · cyberpunk future · unified world · ruined city · New York · crapsack world · post-collapse society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1266
A trans woman’s personal vendetta collides with a hormone-crisis future where gender becomes a choice, a weapon, and a reckoning.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic world · pandemic setting · US setting · civil conflict · trans community
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Distance: 0.1309
A teen illusionist thief joins superpowered criminals on a dangerous hunt for the vaccine formula that made them outlaws.
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Setting labels: near future · future America · post-pandemic · dystopian society · real world · underground crime · government surveillance · urban setting · post-apocalyptic · pandemic aftermath
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Distance: 0.1310
In a near-future where public gatherings are banned, two women chase music, freedom, and connection through live and virtual worlds.
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Setting labels: near-future United States · post-pandemic society · post-terror society · virtual reality society · rural isolation · underground venues · Hoodspace · corporate-dominated future · quasi-post-apocalyptic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1313
A sequel-length techno-thriller where a distributed AI and its followers battle corporations over the future of society.
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Setting labels: near future · United States · Midwest · corporate dystopia · digital world · augmented reality · darknet · virtual reality · post-collapse society · globalized world
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Distance: 0.1390
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
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Distance: 0.1392
A scientist’s failed Alzheimer’s experiment creates body-swapping tech that reshapes society and exposes its dark uses.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · realistic future · Ann Arbor · Michigan · global · urban future · black market underworld · corporate future · regulated technology
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Distance: 0.1395
A debt-ridden baseball scout hunts his brother’s killer in a corporate, body-modified near future.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · climate-ravaged world · pandemic aftermath · corporate America · New York City · high-tech society · neo-industrial future · smog-choked city · biotech future
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Distance: 0.1401
A diverse anthology imagines near-future Americas shaped by resistance, oppression, and hard-won hope.
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Setting labels: near future · future United States · alternate America · climate-affected future · surveillance state · dystopian society · utopian elements · speculative reality
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Distance: 0.1413
A satirical dystopia follows a violent American revolution that splits society into separate nations by identity.
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Setting labels: near future · United States · alternate society · dystopian future · internet age
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Distance: 0.1441
