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Similar in premise + setting

These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for The List. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: murder investigation, mysterious tattoos, cloning conspiracy, genetic identity, manhunt, world domination, marked for death

Setting labels used: Chicago, United States, North America, lab setting, political setting

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.

Cover of Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch · 2016

A kidnapped physics professor wakes in a different life and must fight to return to the family he knows.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2728

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Un(e)secte

Maxim Chattam · 2019

A cross-country thriller where a detective and a private eye uncover a terrifying link between crimes, missing people, and insects.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2827

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Blood Ties

Sophie McKenzie · 2008 · Blood Ties

Two teens uncover hidden truths about their births and identities while fleeing extremists and a secret genetic conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2838

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Murder by Other Means

John Scalzi · 2020 · The Dispatcher

A dispatcher in a world where murder rarely sticks gets pulled into a deadly conspiracy that makes him a suspect.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2886

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Vector

Robin Cook · 1999 · Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery

A New York medical examiner uncovers a deadly bioterror plot involving anthrax, extremists, and a vengeful immigrant.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2895

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Kill Them with Kindness

Will Carver · 2025

A scientist races to stop a deadly virus by mutating it into compassion—until kindness becomes its own danger.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2898

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Skin Deep

Brandon Sanderson · 2014 · Legion

A genius with hallucinatory specialist “aspects” investigates a stolen corpse hiding dangerous biotech data.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2946

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La mosca - Relatos del antimundo

George Langelaan · 2001 · Antología Luis de Caralt

A scientist’s matter-transmission experiment goes horribly wrong, and a murder confession hides the reason.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2964

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Ajin: Demi-Human, Vol. 3

Gamon Sakurai · 2015 · 亜人 [Ajin]

A fugitive demi-human faces escalating government pressure as rival factions, hidden powers, and brutal plans collide.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2992

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Season Of The Harvest

Michael R. Hicks · 2011 · Harvest Trilogy

An FBI agent hunts a brutal killer and uncovers a GM-crop conspiracy that may hide an alien threat to humanity.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2995

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Origin in Death

J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts · 2006 · In Death

In 2059 New York, Eve Dallas investigates two immaculate murders tied to a hidden project about perfection and human cloning.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.3011

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Outbreak

Robin Cook · 1988 · Dr. Marissa Blumenthal

A young CDC doctor investigates linked Ebola outbreaks across the U.S. and uncovers a deadly conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.3035