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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Timequake.
Setting labels used: United States, New York City, 1990s, early 2000s, near future, contemporary realism, speculative reality
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Two strangers receive a 24-hour death warning and use a friend-finding app to spend their final day together.
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Setting labels: near-future · alternate world · New York · urban setting · speculative reality · technology-mediated
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0981
A retired superhero turned New York mayor navigates politics, mystery, and the fallout of post-9/11 America.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · modern-day world · post-9/11 · early 2000s · alternate reality · contemporary America · urban political setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1217
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: 0.1234
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: 0.1245
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: 0.1420
In a dying future, a self-taught reader, a rebel woman, and a suicidal android collide in a robot-run world.
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Setting labels: future America · New York City · 25th century · far future · distant future · post-apocalyptic world · decaying city · robot-managed society · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1431
A young New Yorker becomes tied to a tattoo machine that exposes hidden truths, then faces its fallout over decades.
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Setting labels: New York City · 1960s · 1990s · 2000s · near future · alternate history · post-9/11 · urban · counterculture · apartment setting · real-world history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1432
A wealthy American family is forced to survive after the dollar collapses and the economy unravels.
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Setting labels: near future · United States · New York City · Washington, D.C. · Paris · Nevada · economic dystopia · post-collapse society · alternate future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1440
A homeless man in New York follows messages from soda cans on a strange mission, then meets a trans runaway who changes everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · contemporary urban · real-world setting · street-level life · marginalized city life · Earthbound speculative
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1461
A satirical dystopia follows a violent American revolution that splits society into separate nations by identity.
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Setting labels: near future · United States · alternate society · dystopian future · internet age
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1484
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: 0.1490
An inventor betrayed by his partners wakes decades later and uses time travel to reclaim his work and his future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 1970 · 2000 · 2001 · alternate future · postwar future · American setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1497
