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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for They Both Die at the End.
Setting labels used: near-future, alternate world, New York, urban setting, speculative reality, technology-mediated
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A college student’s research into a mythic heroine pulls her into an occult, reality-bending role as Promethea.
Why this is here
Setting labels: futuristic New York · alternate reality · near-future · metaphysical realm · afterlife · collective unconscious · mythic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0848
A time-reset science fiction premise becomes a metafictional, memoir-like farewell about free will, memory, and being human.
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Setting labels: United States · New York City · 1990s · early 2000s · near future · contemporary realism · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0981
An alien hunter in near-future Chicago investigates serial murders and is forced into an uneasy alliance with a suspect.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · future Earth · alternate future · Chicago · New Chicago · alien-integration world · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0988
In a world where skin-shedding erases love, a woman with a rare condition is pulled into a stolen-skins mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate universe · parallel world · near-future · contemporary-like world · urban
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0990
New York’s living avatars must unite other cities to stop a multiversal threat and a very human political takeover.
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Setting labels: New York City · modern day · contemporary urban setting · global cities · multiverse · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1011
A poisoned spy infiltrates a powerful enhanced super-soldier’s circle and falls for the one man she can’t kill.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-dystopian · 2040 · London · New York City · near-future America · cyberpunk aesthetic · corporate-controlled society · technologically advanced world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1031
A themed best-of anthology of Harlan Ellison’s short fiction, mixing iconic SF, horror, and surreal, unsettling tales.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · alternative reality · mythic space · afterlife · city life · time-bending
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1043
A near-future marriage, a troubled physicist, and a device that may rewrite reality pull one woman into an eerie puzzle.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · United States · information age · high-tech future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1063
A jealous trans dog walker’s revenge curse backfires, launching him into a surreal queer quest for a stranger’s rescue.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · not-too-distant future · New York City · Brooklyn · Bushwick · Los Angeles · California · semi-realistic future · alternate future · mood-responsive technology · internet-mediated world · semi-physical afterlife · urban setting · mysterious dimension · magical realism setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1065
In a near-future world of AI uploads, a grieving mother and three others circle a death that may hide a deeper truth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · digital future · technological dystopia · suburban setting · virtual reality · AI-saturated world · slightly off-present
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1070
A satirical dystopia follows a violent American revolution that splits society into separate nations by identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · United States · alternate society · dystopian future · internet age
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1079
A privileged New York girl’s diary records her family’s fall as a near-future city and country unravel around her.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future Manhattan · New York City · alternate reality · urban dystopia · civil unrest · economic collapse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1085
