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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Upgrade Soul.
Setting labels used: early 1990s, scientific laboratory, medical research setting, world like our own, domestic setting, high-tech experiment
Focused on “Japanese setting” 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.
A grieving scientist’s experiment with his dead wife’s cells awakens a terrifying force inside the human body.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japan · 1990s Japan · laboratory setting · hospital setting · medical research setting · academic setting · pharmaceutical research · cellular-scale reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1834
A grieving scientist tests a limited time-travel device that only observes her past, until reality begins to shift.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · laboratory setting · corporate research setting · tech company setting · time travel lab · domestic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2109
A pregnant woman and a scientist confront the consequences of giving an unborn child access to inherited memories.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · laboratory setting · medical setting · womb · China · scientific speculative world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2132
A wolf-breed alpha kidnaps his believed-unfaithful mate, forcing them to confront betrayal, desire, and a mad scientist.
Why this is here
Setting labels: lab setting · scientific facility · experimental reality · wolf-pack world · human-and-breed world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2260
A memory-wiped super soldier wakes in a lab and must decide whether his doctor is his guide, lover, or jailer.
Why this is here
Setting labels: laboratory · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic Earth · corporate-controlled world · war-torn future · science experiment setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2280
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An escaped mutant with split identities is taken in by strangers while the government hunts her down.
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Setting labels: Japanese setting · government laboratory · secret facility · urban setting · contemporary setting · science fiction reality · speculative biology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2594
A fertility doctor secretly engineers a genius child, then watches his experiment grow into a terrifying threat.
Why this is here
Setting labels: medical setting · laboratory setting · hospital setting · fertility clinic · biotech research · late 20th century · contemporary to publication · scientific realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2305
A disfigured scientist builds a lifelike mask and discovers it may free, split, or destroy his sense of self.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japan · 1960s Japan · Laboratory · Urban setting · Postwar setting · Modern society · Experimental science · Social world · Domestic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2419
A newly awakened AI questions identity, gender, and belonging while trying to live among humans in a near future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future society · laboratory setting · research center · human world · socially integrated technology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2440
A biotech thriller weaving together genetic experiments, patent fights, and transgenic animals in a near-present world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · near future · present-day science · biotech industry · laboratory setting · legal setting · corporate setting · urban setting · global · sci-fi realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2469
After a brutal accident, a teen is trapped in her mother’s biotech world and asked to design the perfect boy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · modern day · research facility · biotech lab · medical setting · high-tech company
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2479
A doctor pursues a baffling patient and uncovers a speculative mystery about the soul, memory, and past lives.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary Egypt · medical setting · clinic · laboratory · urban setting · rural villa · nonlinear time · multiple lives · past lives · scientific experimental setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2492
