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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Parable of the Talents.

Setting labels used: near future, 2030s, California, western United States, post-apocalyptic, dystopian America, rural commune, societal collapse, apocalypse aftermath, authoritarian regime

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.

Cover of Lazarus, Vol. 2: Lift by Greg Rucka

Lazarus, Vol. 2: Lift

Greg Rucka · 2014 · Lazarus

A family enforcer confronts terror and identity doubts while a displaced waste family races toward a life-changing selection.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.0752

Cover of The Peace War by Vernor Vinge

The Peace War

Vernor Vinge · 1984 · Across Realtime

A scientist and a teen genius fight a technocratic regime that rules a shattered world with unbreakable force-field weapons.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.0898

Cover of California by Edan Lepucki

California

Edan Lepucki · 2014

In a slow-collapsing near-future California, a married couple’s fragile wilderness life unravels after a pregnancy forces them toward a guarded community.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.0967

Cover of The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk

The Fifth Sacred Thing

Starhawk · 1993 · Maya Greenwood

In a climate-ravaged future California, a spiritual community must defend its free society against a brutal authoritarian south.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1022

Cover of The Way by Cary Groner

The Way

Cary Groner · 2024

In a virus-ravaged near-future America, a Buddhist caretaker crosses the West with animal companions to deliver a possible cure.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1036

Cover of The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele

The Lightest Object in the Universe

Kimi Eisele · 2019

After a grid failure and flu collapse society, two lovers on opposite coasts struggle toward reunion and renewal.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1094

Cover of Golden State by Ben H. Winters

Golden State

Ben H. Winters · 2019

In a surveillance-heavy alternate California, a truth-detecting investigator probes a suspicious death—and the system he serves.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1126

Cover of Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers

Dinner at Deviant's Palace

Tim Powers · 2001

In post-nuclear Los Angeles, a former cult deprogrammer-musician must infiltrate a sinister sect to rescue his lost love.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1140

Cover of Heavy Weather by Bruce Sterling

Heavy Weather

Bruce Sterling · 1994

In a climate-ravaged near future, a storm-chasing crew hunts a legendary super-tornado before it hits.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1146

Cover of The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton

The Last Beekeeper

Julie Carrick Dalton · 2023

In a bee-less future, a beekeeper’s daughter returns home for answers and finds a fragile new family, a secret, and hope.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1198