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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Master.
Setting labels used: modern day, global setting, worldwide, New York City, Venice, Bangkok, travel across continents, international, contemporary world, alternate hidden society, offstage geopolitics
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.
New York’s living avatars must unite other cities to stop a multiversal threat and a very human political takeover.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · modern day · contemporary urban setting · global cities · multiverse · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1533
A laid-off expat in Thailand is pulled into a mystery when monuments from the future appear, warning of a coming conqueror.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · early 21st century · Thailand · Bangkok · Asia · global · declining society · dystopian future · alternate future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1905
A shattered teen resistance fights a brain-hacking enemy in a high-tech war over free will and sanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate present · near future · multiple cities · Washington, DC · New York City · Chicago · Japan · microscopic level · macro and micro worlds · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2027
A broke former singer is pulled into a hunt for a secret clothing brand, where fashion, power, and espionage collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary world · near future · London · Paris · New York · Iceland · Europe · global travel · fashion world · marketing world · corporate world · military-industrial world · present-day tech · globalized present
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2030
A young Harlequin must protect gifted fugitives while a shadow network uses surveillance to hunt anyone who threatens control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · modern day · parallel reality · global · London · Los Angeles · Prague · Arizona · New York · urban surveillance
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2055
A bombed magazine, a missing editor, and a labyrinth of conspiracies pull a detective into a reality-bending investigation.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York · global · alternate reality · space and time shifts · counterculture era · America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1777
Bethany Anne and her growing team push Earth’s war toward space while settling old scores and expanding their power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary Earth · global travel · space transition · moon base · urban fantasy world · present day · Earth defense · international locations
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1786
A global craze for camera-eyed toy pets links strangers in invasive, unsettling ways, exposing loneliness and hidden impulses.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · global setting · homes · international locations · digital reality · contemporary world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2141
A near-future cyberattack cripples food and infrastructure systems, sending multiple survivors into a rapid societal collapse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · present-day United States · global scale · urban setting · supercities · Washington DC · San Francisco · international setting · realistic fictional reality · crisis setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2142
An immortal body-hopper races to solve a murder and evade hunters while wrestling with identity, consent, and survival.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · Europe · United States · metro stations · city travel · global travel · urban · modern world · international locales · crowded transit
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1849
A resurrected rebel must uncover hidden clues, outwit a tyrannical Council, and bring freedom and shalom to her world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian world · futuristic world · global travel · Russia · Paris · contained society · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1872
A secret gameshouse turns chess, hide-and-seek, and more into contests that decide fortunes, cities, and empires.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Venice · Thailand · contemporary world · 17th century · 1930s · historical setting · global scale · moving house · secret venue · world-stage reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1873
