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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Undertow.
Setting labels used: Coney Island, New York, near-future, dystopian setting, military zone, boardwalk setting, beach camp, high school setting, post-invasion setting, urban coastal setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A captive teen must escape an underwater prison, unite former enemies, and warn the world of a new monster threat.
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Setting labels: undersea city · ocean depths · mainland · Brooklyn · Coney Island · urban fantasy setting · dystopian future · post-invasion world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1592
On the run and hunted, Lyric must rescue her loved ones and stop a second wave of invasion before it's too late.
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Setting labels: South Brooklyn · Coney Island · Texas · desert · coastal invasion zone · secret prison facility · undersea world · contemporary Earth · post-apocalyptic setting · ruined city
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Distance: 0.1952
Max and her flock face an end-of-the-world threat while old bonds, new rivals, and hidden truths collide.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · contemporary · school setting · treehouse · desert · tropical island · New York · global scale · science experiment setting · near-future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2158
A genetically engineered young woman in a dystopian lab breaks free and unleashes a fiery, mythic revolt.
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Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic future · dystopian future · future America · New York · tower setting · Africa · transatlantic setting · climate-changed world · flooded cities
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Distance: 0.2183
Sixteen YA speculative stories center Black girls and Black women across fantasy, sci-fi, myth, and magic.
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Setting labels: past · present · future · historical settings · fantastical worlds · near-future · dystopian · urban fantasy · high fantasy · old west · New Mexico · sea/coastal settings · island setting · sugar plantation · space · postapocalyptic
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Distance: 0.2190
A trans academic surveys an isolated woods commune in a dystopian future, but his assignment and desires unravel into horror.
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Setting labels: near future · post-collapse America · dystopian city-state · New York future · Catskills · woods · commune · exurb zone · walled city · post-apocalyptic
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Distance: 0.2244
A fierce teen in a quarantined, blood-typed Orleans fights to save a newborn while an outsider scientist seeks a cure.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic city · quarantined zone · walled-off city · flooded landscape · swamp setting · storm-damaged coast · near future · dystopian future · tribal society · New Orleans setting · Gulf Coast setting
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Distance: 0.2290
A teen girl who can't be mind-controlled by alien rulers must trust a stranger and uncover why she's different.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth under alien rule · dystopian future · near future · fenced communities · controlled society · school setting · seasonal travel · post-invasion world · sanctioned cities · small-town setting
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Distance: 0.2310
A privileged teen hides storm-linked powers while surviving brutal academy trials and a forbidden attraction in flooded future Manhattan.
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Setting labels: future Manhattan · post-apocalyptic city · flooded city · climate-collapse world · academy setting · elite society · walled city · outside wilderness · dystopian future · high-tech ruins
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Distance: 0.2310
A human teen hiding among alien occupiers risks everything when military tests and first love threaten her secret.
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Setting labels: Earth · future Earth · post-apocalyptic · alien-occupied world · colonized planet · futuristic society · militarized society · school setting · beach setting · ocean setting
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Distance: 0.2325
A quiet teen fails a state test and is exiled to a brutal prison island where survival means choosing sides fast.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · prison island · island colony · controlled state · totalitarian society · post-collapse North America · island sectors · wilderness survival · jungle setting
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Distance: 0.2328
A queer teen enters a prestigious school that hides a conversion regime, then must outwit its control years later.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · post-climate disaster · post-apocalyptic · futuristic · authoritarian society · school setting · finishing school · coastal town · city · isolated facility
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2339
