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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Victor LaValle's Destroyer.
Setting labels used: modern-day United States, present day, near future, Arctic, Antarctica, contemporary social reality, science lab
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A mysterious object skips through the solar system toward Earth, forcing humanity to confront first contact, fear, and misinformation.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · present day · solar system · Earth · United States-centered · global · space mission · current-day realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1485
A fallen Nobel physicist stumbles through marriage, vanity, and climate politics toward a possible shot at redemption.
Why this is here
Setting labels: United States · New Mexico · Arctic · North Pole · research institute · academic world · contemporary setting · early 2000s · turn of the millennium · global warming era
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1681
A father is involuntarily thrust forward through time in ever-longer leaps, as his son races to bring him back.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · near future · far future · post-apocalyptic future · utopian future · dystopian future · deep time · Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1751
A newly inaugurated president learns a secret alien mission is nearing its target as political fallout unfolds on Earth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary United States · White House · asteroid belt · deep space · solar system
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1807
When the Moon becomes cheese, a rotating cast of people across America faces humor, panic, and fallout over one lunar cycle.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · United States · global · modern world · science and government settings · media culture
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1818
A time-reset science fiction premise becomes a metafictional, memoir-like farewell about free will, memory, and being human.
Why this is here
Setting labels: United States · New York City · 1990s · early 2000s · near future · contemporary realism · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1820
A billionaire’s mammoth-cloning scheme uncovers a frozen time-travel mystery in the Canadian Arctic.
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Setting labels: northern Canada · Nunavut · modern day · prehistoric past · Ice Age · Pleistocene · North America · modern metropolis · modern America · Arctic
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Distance: 0.1820
A genetic code, a hidden project, and a global conspiracy collide as old secrets threaten humanity’s future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · contemporary · global · international · post-pandemic world · Arctic · Australia · United States · Berlin · virtual world · alternate reality · human genome
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1821
A Secret Service agent on the run uncovers a near-future brain-tech conspiracy that could reshape memory, learning, and power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · United States · White House · Harvard University · national security · global geopolitics · scientific research environment · technological future
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Distance: 0.1823
A diverse anthology imagines near-future Americas shaped by resistance, oppression, and hard-won hope.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future United States · alternate America · climate-affected future · surveillance state · dystopian society · utopian elements · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1873
A terminally ill teen wakes five years later in a new body and must face the life, love, and friends that moved on without him.
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Setting labels: contemporary United States · high school · hospital · family home · post-teen transition · near-future science
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1897
A black-ops team races to stop an EMP-driven terror plot while mind control, monsters, and fallout unravel everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: United States · Antarctica · Pacific Northwest · alternate dimension · parallel universe · real-world near-future · military operations
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1901
