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Similar in premise + setting

These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Dark Matter. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: abduction mystery, alternate reality, parallel worlds, identity crisis, road not taken, family rescue, lost life, what if

Setting labels used: Chicago, small college, urban, contemporary, alternate realities, multiverse, lab setting, warehouse setting

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

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Cover of The Other Me by Sarah Zachrich Jeng

The Other Me

Sarah Zachrich Jeng · 2021

A Chicago artist wakes in a different life with another set of memories and must uncover why reality has shifted.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1896

Cover of UR by Stephen  King

UR

Stephen King · 2009

A bookish English instructor buys a mysterious Kindle that opens onto alternate realities, lost books, and future danger.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1933

Cover of Infinite by Brian Freeman

Infinite

Brian Freeman · 2021

A grieving man is pulled into parallel lives and a deadly confrontation with his own double.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2019

Cover of Elsewhere by Dean Koontz

Elsewhere

Dean Koontz · 2020

A father and daughter use a mysterious device to cross parallel worlds while shadowy forces hunt them.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2024

Cover of নিষাদ by Humayun Ahmed

নিষাদ

Humayun Ahmed · 1989 · মিসির আলি

A quiet young man brings a baffling multi-life mystery to Misir Ali, who tries to explain an unsolved case spanning realities.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2027

Cover of Life Is Strange Vol. 2: Waves by Emma Vieceli

Life Is Strange Vol. 2: Waves

Emma Vieceli · 2019 · Life is Strange Comics

A displaced time traveler tries to live in an alternate reality while old bonds, new powers, and hidden truths unsettle everything.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2075

Cover of Skyward, Vol. 1: My Low-G Life by Joe     Henderson

Skyward, Vol. 1: My Low-G Life

Joe Henderson · 2018 · Skyward (collected editions)

After gravity vanishes, a delivery girl gets pulled into her father’s dangerous plan to change the world again.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2086

Cover of Bridge by Lauren Beukes

Bridge

Lauren Beukes · 2023

A grieving daughter uses a mysterious worm to search alternate realities for her missing mother—and for herself.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2088

Cover of Ringer by Lauren Oliver

Ringer

Lauren Oliver · 2017 · Replica

Two separated girls navigate cloning fallout, hidden dangers, and identity questions in a dual-track sci-fi sequel.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2094

Cover of The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag by Robert A. Heinlein

The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag

Robert A. Heinlein · 1983

A detective couple trails a man with missing daytime memories and uncovers a reality-bending secret behind his life.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2111

Cover of In Universes by Emet North

In Universes

Emet North · 2024

A queer cosmology researcher falls through parallel lives, chasing love, meaning, and the self they might have been.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2125

Cover of Portal by Imogen Rose

Portal

Imogen Rose · 2010 · Portal Chronicles

A tomboy hockey player wakes in an alternate life as a cheerleader and must untangle what changed—and why.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2131