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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 “quasi-post-apocalyptic” 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.
In a near-future where public gatherings are banned, two women chase music, freedom, and connection through live and virtual worlds.
Why this is here
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 drug-addled banker uncovers a monstrous corporate conspiracy that may be ending the world.
Why this is here
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.
Why this is here
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.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic world · pandemic setting · US setting · civil conflict · trans community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1309
A teen illusionist thief joins superpowered criminals on a dangerous hunt for the vaccine formula that made them outlaws.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future America · post-pandemic · dystopian society · real world · underground crime · government surveillance · urban setting · post-apocalyptic · pandemic aftermath
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1310
A guarded security consultant follows a dead woman's cryptic trail into wildlife smuggling, paranoia, and eco-collapse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · not-too-distant future · contemporary world · dystopian future · climate collapse · pandemic world · surveillance state · digital society · urban thriller · international conspiracy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1315
A sequel-length techno-thriller where a distributed AI and its followers battle corporations over the future of society.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · United States · Midwest · corporate dystopia · digital world · augmented reality · darknet · virtual reality · post-collapse society · globalized world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
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
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1392
A scientist’s failed Alzheimer’s experiment creates body-swapping tech that reshapes society and exposes its dark uses.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · realistic future · Ann Arbor · Michigan · global · urban future · black market underworld · corporate future · regulated technology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1395
A debt-ridden baseball scout hunts his brother’s killer in a corporate, body-modified near future.
Why this is here
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
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1401
A diverse anthology imagines near-future Americas shaped by resistance, oppression, and hard-won hope.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future United States · alternate America · climate-affected future · surveillance state · dystopian society · utopian elements · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
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
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1441
