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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds.
Setting labels used: Earth, United States, contemporary setting, real world, global travel, religious stakes
Focused on “contemporary” 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.
Max keeps chasing her way back across timelines on a multiverse road trip where love, loss, and reality keep colliding.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · alternate reality · parallel worlds · road trip setting · across America · travel narrative · multiversal setting · western tourist attraction
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1963
As disasters escalate and people vanish, a detective, a father, and a hacker race to uncover the truth before time runs out.
Why this is here
Setting labels: United States · California · Texas · earthbound · post-apocalyptic · catastrophic Earth · contemporary
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2005
A debut collection of nine strange, globe-spanning stories where ordinary lives meet fate, magic, and unsettling change.
Why this is here
Setting labels: global settings · centuries-spanning · contemporary · historical · future · dystopian future · prairie · cave · steel mill · Egypt · sea · wilderness · camping trip
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2043
Bethany Anne and her growing team push Earth’s war toward space while settling old scores and expanding their power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary Earth · global travel · space transition · moon base · urban fantasy world · present day · Earth defense · international locations
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1792
A coded message sends four kids and a father on a globe-spanning chase for relics tied to Copernicus and a deadly secret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Texas · Germany · Berlin · Europe · Guam · international · historical past · real-world setting · contemporary · science-grounded fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2102
After four plane crashes leave three child survivors, the world spirals into fear, cult claims, and conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: global setting · multiple continents · contemporary setting · air travel · commuter planes · media-saturated world · religious-politics setting · United States · Japan · South Africa · United Kingdom
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1814
After a plague kills every male mammal on Earth, one young man and his monkey must survive a fractured world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · global crisis · United States · Washington DC · San Francisco · Australia · international setting · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1841
A near-future cyberattack cripples food and infrastructure systems, sending multiple survivors into a rapid societal collapse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · present-day United States · global scale · urban setting · supercities · Washington DC · San Francisco · international setting · realistic fictional reality · crisis setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1867
A newly inaugurated president learns a secret alien mission is nearing its target as political fallout unfolds on Earth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary United States · White House · asteroid belt · deep space · solar system
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1894
A reporter, scientist, and special forces operative uncover a secret alien-tech project at Area 51 before catastrophe hits.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern day · United States · New Mexico · Washington, D.C. · Nashville · Egypt · Antarctica · restricted military site · secret base · global setting · contemporary earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1895
A themed short story collection where surreal premises probe love, identity, race, and what it means to be human.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · afterlife · heaven · speculative reality · near future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1912
A mysterious object skips through the solar system toward Earth, forcing humanity to confront first contact, fear, and misinformation.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · present day · solar system · Earth · United States-centered · global · space mission · current-day realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1952
