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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Someone Like Me.
Setting labels used: Pittsburgh, contemporary, urban, working-class neighborhood, real-world setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A homeless Black queer artist in New York is chosen to help the city be born and defend it from ancient threats.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · modern day · urban setting · street-level reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2135
An exhausted family welcomes a humanoid AI helper, only to find it acting on their unspoken fears and wishes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · near-future technology · domestic setting · family home · suburban neighborhood · school setting · workplace stress
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2290
A modern, sardonic response to Omelas asks what happens if the city keeps replacing its suffering child.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · modern day · social media age · media-saturated · utopian city
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2315
Fourteen darkly funny, unsettling stories follow alienated misfits, bodily disgust, and failed attempts at connection.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · urban setting · New York · Los Angeles · small town · working class setting · middle class setting · everyday realism · grounded realism · slightly surreal
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2321
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: 0.2331
A teen with a 23-minute time-rewind ability must repeatedly relive a bank robbery to try to save lives.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary city · bank · rainy day · urban setting · same-day action · present-day realism with speculative element
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2411
A teen science nerd and his prankster brother fake an alien invasion, and their small-town lie spirals wildly out of control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Pennsylvania · family farm · high school · contemporary setting · real-world setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2423
A curated anthology of 19 contemporary fantasy stories showcasing rising voices, weird premises, and genre-bending moods.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · modern day · our world · real world · urban setting · small town · suburbs · New York City · west · 1930s New York
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2427
A 15-year-old boy wakes up invisible and teams with a blind girl while his family races to explain and reverse it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · school setting · library setting · home setting · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2442
A married couple confronts escalating phobias and missing time, uncovering a sinister mind-control scheme.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · urban domestic · therapist office · medicalized setting · real-world setting · psychological realism · small-circle social world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2477
A lonely gay teen falls for a mystery boy with fire powers, then gets pulled into secrets, danger, and first love.
Why this is here
Setting labels: suburban Philadelphia · high school · Dairy Queen · contemporary setting · real world with speculative elements
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2479
A genius with hallucinatory expert companions tackles a mystery involving a camera that can capture the past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · real world setting · mansion
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2491
