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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Epidemic.
Setting labels used: dystopian future, alternate reality, pre-Program, teen suicide epidemic, grief department, school setting, road trip, Oregon, authoritarian system, memory manipulation
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
In a dystopian YA finale, Tatum races to uncover her erased past, expose the Program, and reclaim the truth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian society · high school · institutional control · medical/clinical setting · memory-alteration reality
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Distance: 0.1246
In a world where two souls share one body, a hidden girl must risk everything for a chance to move and live openly.
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Setting labels: alternate reality · dystopian future · government clinic · hospital setting · school setting · institutional setting · near-future America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1423
A queer teen enters a prestigious school that hides a conversion regime, then must outwit its control years later.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · post-climate disaster · post-apocalyptic · futuristic · authoritarian society · school setting · finishing school · coastal town · city · isolated facility
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Distance: 0.1471
A teen who sees impossible things fears she's losing her mind, until a secretive boy suggests the danger is real.
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Setting labels: near future · future America · dystopian society · parallel reality · high school setting · mental institution · government-controlled society · anti-religion setting
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Distance: 0.1474
An elderly Peter Parker is pulled back into action in a bleak future New York ruled by an authoritarian regime.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · alternate universe · future New York · police state · urban dystopia
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Distance: 0.1536
In a state-run society, a boy’s mandatory intelligence test reveals a terrifying rule about intelligence.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · government-controlled society · school-like system · bureaucratic world · near-future
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Distance: 0.1565
A girls' boarding school in a war-torn future hides secrets, forcing four friends to survive and trust each other.
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Setting labels: future world · dystopian future · war-torn society · boarding school · isolated school · wilderness setting · schoolcamp
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Distance: 0.1574
A captured illegal third child must choose between saving herself and betraying three imprisoned children to live.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · totalitarian state · authoritarian government · prison cell · boarding school · forest hideout · boys' school · girls' school · famine-stricken world
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Distance: 0.1579
Two separated twins collide in a future where infertile adults pay teens to have babies—and belief systems clash.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · post-virus society · highly controlled society · religious enclave · consumerist society · school setting
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Distance: 0.1584
A dying teen hunts for truth, family, and freedom while secrets, a cure, and old loyalties unravel around her.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · post-apocalyptic world · isolated society · controlled medical system · mansion setting · underground resistance · road trip setting · dying society
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Distance: 0.1603
A teen with hidden powers goes on the run, joining an underground resistance while a dangerous truth about her role emerges.
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Setting labels: near-future dystopia · alternate reality · high school · underground sanctuary · lawless city · California · Detroit · urban setting · government-controlled society · bunker
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1603
A guilt-ridden ex-handler hunts down people he wronged, trying to return stolen memories and earn a measure of peace.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-dystopia · after the fall · road trip · state-to-state travel · teen institutional setting · memory-erasure system
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1613
