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Similar in premise + setting

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.

Cover of Legion by Brandon Sanderson

Legion

Brandon Sanderson · 2012 · Legion

A genius with hallucinatory expert companions tackles a mystery involving a camera that can capture the past.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1546

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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: 0.2221

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A Vision of Fire

Gillian Anderson, Jeff Rovin · 2014 · The Earthend Saga

A child psychologist follows a trail of global visions, strange languages, and political danger toward an unfolding mystery.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2400

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The Illuminatus! Trilogy

Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson · 1983 · Illuminatus!

A bombed magazine, a missing editor, and a labyrinth of conspiracies pull a detective into a reality-bending investigation.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2440

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Injection, Vol. 2

Warren Ellis · 2016 · Injection

A rogue internet intelligence and a Holmes-like detective collide in a grotesque, occult-laced mystery in modern New York.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2466

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Timequake

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 2011

A time-reset science fiction premise becomes a metafictional, memoir-like farewell about free will, memory, and being human.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2567

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Harlequin Butterfly

Toh EnJoe · 2024

A wealthy entrepreneur chases an elusive polyglot writer whose books, languages, and identities keep slipping out of reach.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2575

Cover of The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer

The Lost Colony

Eoin Colfer · 2006 · Artemis Fowl

A teenage genius races to stop a hidden demon colony from returning as a rival prodigy and time distortions complicate everything.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2580

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Game Changer

Douglas E. Richards · 2016

A Secret Service agent on the run uncovers a near-future brain-tech conspiracy that could reshape memory, learning, and power.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2588

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The Fullness of Time

Kate Wilhelm · 2012

A documentary crew probes a reclusive family whose uncanny foresight hides a disturbing cost.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2597

Cover of Killfile by Christopher Farnsworth

Killfile

Christopher Farnsworth · 2016 · John Smith

A CIA-trained telepath turned private fixer is hired to recover stolen code, then becomes the hunted.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2616

Cover of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams · 2002 · Dirk Gently

A chaotic detective mystery links ghosts, quantum weirdness, a missing cat, and time travel through one grand interconnected puzzle.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2617