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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: genius detective, hallucinated experts, problem solving, psychology as power, impossible cases, mystery investigations, alter egos, hidden knowledge
Setting labels used: Earth, United States, contemporary setting, real world, global travel, religious stakes
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
A genius with hallucinatory expert companions tackles a mystery involving a camera that can capture the past.
Why this is here
Premise labels: genius detective · hallucination superpower · missing person · missing object · specialized alter egos · psychological mystery · science-fiction mystery · problem solving
Setting labels: contemporary setting · real world setting · mansion
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Distance: 0.1546
A genius with hallucinatory specialist “aspects” investigates a stolen corpse hiding dangerous biotech data.
Why this is here
Premise labels: genius consultant · hallucinated helpers · stolen corpse · encoded data · biotechnology mystery · high-tech conspiracy · mind as system · dangerous information
Setting labels: alternate present-day USA · urban setting · corporate intrigue · biotech lab world · morgue · mansion · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2221
A child psychologist follows a trail of global visions, strange languages, and political danger toward an unfolding mystery.
Why this is here
Premise labels: child psychologist · global visions · mysterious illness · spiritual mystery · international crisis · race against time · secret organization · artifact mystery · possession
Setting labels: contemporary New York · international settings · India · Pakistan · Haiti · Iran · United Nations · global · war tension
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Distance: 0.2400
A bombed magazine, a missing editor, and a labyrinth of conspiracies pull a detective into a reality-bending investigation.
Why this is here
Premise labels: secret society · conspiracy investigation · missing editor · detective investigation · alternate history · mind expansion · world-spanning conspiracy
Setting labels: New York · global · alternate reality · space and time shifts · counterculture era · America
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2440
A rogue internet intelligence and a Holmes-like detective collide in a grotesque, occult-laced mystery in modern New York.
Why this is here
Premise labels: consulting detective · rogue AI · missing ghost · occult conspiracy · science-magic hybrid · mystery case
Setting labels: modern New York · internet age · contemporary setting · urban setting · occult reality · technological uncanny · global system
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Distance: 0.2466
A time-reset science fiction premise becomes a metafictional, memoir-like farewell about free will, memory, and being human.
Why this is here
Premise labels: time loop · time reset · free will · determinism · alternate autobiography · author alter ego
Setting labels: United States · New York City · 1990s · early 2000s · near future · contemporary realism · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2567
A wealthy entrepreneur chases an elusive polyglot writer whose books, languages, and identities keep slipping out of reach.
Why this is here
Premise labels: elusive writer · polyglot author · pursuit narrative · idea capture · language puzzle · travel-linked reading · author mystery
Setting labels: global travel · airplane setting · airport setting · cross-cultural setting · language-shifting world · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2575
A teenage genius races to stop a hidden demon colony from returning as a rival prodigy and time distortions complicate everything.
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Premise labels: genius versus genius · missing person rescue · time-spell collapse · hidden world exposure · race against catastrophe · covert operation · mythic return · secret species
Setting labels: modern world · hidden faerie world · underground civilization · alternate dimension · limbo · time travel · Europe · Sicily · Taiwan · outer space · magic and technology
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Distance: 0.2580
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
Premise labels: mind manipulation · memory alteration · brain-tech · knowledge download · near-future technology · national security plot · assassination attempt · conspiracy plot
Setting labels: near future · United States · White House · Harvard University · national security · global geopolitics · scientific research environment · technological future
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Distance: 0.2588
A documentary crew probes a reclusive family whose uncanny foresight hides a disturbing cost.
Why this is here
Premise labels: future knowledge · time travel · investigation · family secrets · documentary investigation · patent fortune · insider trading · madness · suicide · reclusive family · scientific mystery · hidden power
Setting labels: contemporary · near-present · documentary research setting · corporate/financial world · speculative reality · future-knowledge premise
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Distance: 0.2597
A CIA-trained telepath turned private fixer is hired to recover stolen code, then becomes the hunted.
Why this is here
Premise labels: telepathy · mind reading · thought manipulation · private consultant · government-trained operative · stolen intellectual property · tech conspiracy · on the run · wealthy client · psychic espionage
Setting labels: contemporary · tech industry · CIA · private sector · urban setting · global locales · Los Angeles · Dubai · Afghanistan · corporate world
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Distance: 0.2616
A chaotic detective mystery links ghosts, quantum weirdness, a missing cat, and time travel through one grand interconnected puzzle.
Why this is here
Premise labels: holistic detective · interconnectedness · murder mystery · missing cat · time travel mystery · quantum mystery · absurd investigation · apocalyptic threat · unusual case
Setting labels: Earth · present day · 1980s · London · Cambridge · university setting · cross-dimensional · time travel · alternate reality · contemporary fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2617
