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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Middlegame.
Setting labels used: New York, United States, impossible city, urban fantasy world, alternate reality, time-shifted timeline, modern world, hidden magical system
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.
Bullied library kid Nita finds a wizard manual and joins another novice in a secret, science-inflected quest to save reality.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Long Island · library · alternate New York · parallel world · urban contemporary · cosmic fantasy · secret wizard world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1204
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: 0.1554
Two strangers receive a 24-hour death warning and use a friend-finding app to spend their final day together.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · alternate world · New York · urban setting · speculative reality · technology-mediated
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1620
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: 0.1467
A trio of kids races to solve a citywide cipher as time shifts, future consequences, and hidden histories collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate New York City · futuristic New York · steampunk New York · future timeline · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1484
A fangirl teen becomes the newest elemental hero and must battle monsters, fame, and a secretive conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Earth · global setting · New York City · major cities · international travel · urban fantasy world · world under attack
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1494
A memory-scrambled Psy woman lands on a guarded leader’s doorstep, and both must decide whether she’s a threat or salvation.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · urban fantasy world · New York · Vermont · Alaska · hidden network · secret facility · post-Silence society · psychic society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1833
A teen Guardian must train a new apprentice while battling a secret force that tries to rewrite history.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern day · historical travel · past and present · alternate history · hidden world · interdimensional · urban fantasy setting · worlds collide
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1586
A journalist chasing a serial killer across nearly identical realities gets pulled into the multiverse herself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · subway · open house · parallel universes · alternate realities · multiverse · slightly altered worlds
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1604
A college student researching a mythic heroine becomes the next avatar of imagination in a futuristic New York.
Why this is here
Setting labels: weirdly futuristic New York · alternate timeline · 1999 · near-future city · Immateria · world of imagination · material vs immaterial worlds · mythic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1639
A teen criminal mastermind’s fairy-tech scheme backfires, forcing him into a dangerous heist to recover it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern world · England · New York · underground fairy world · secret magical society · contemporary fantasy · high-tech hidden world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1639
An airship crew from many parallel worlds arrives in Manhattan to study a famous building—and meets its inhabitants.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · Flatiron Building · parallel worlds · multiverse · alternate timelines · cross-dimensional setting · our world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1665
