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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation.
Setting labels used: near future, 2024, 2025, 2027, California, Los Angeles, Southern California, walled community, gated community, post-collapse America, near-future USA, climate-affected future
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
In a slow-collapsing near-future California, a married couple’s fragile wilderness life unravels after a pregnancy forces them toward a guarded community.
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Setting labels: near future · California · Los Angeles · wilderness · forest · remote settlement · gated communities · post-collapse America · post-apocalyptic world · near-future dystopia
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1299
A near-future American epic where climate crisis and political breakdown pull a vast cast toward collapse and hard choices.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 2013-2040 · 2013-2039 · 2013-2040s · early 21st century · American setting · United States · California · Wyoming · Gulf Coast · Los Angeles · Midwest · Washington, DC · climate-ravaged world · post-collapse future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1330
In a near-future California, a teen inherits a house and joins the fight to house climate refugees amid political backlash.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 2050s · Burbank · Southern California · California · United States · post-climate-crisis · alternative future · high-tech future · urban redevelopment
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1391
A bike messenger and a fired security man are drawn into a near-future California chase over high-tech glasses.
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Setting labels: near future · California · San Francisco Bay Area · Los Angeles · Bay Bridge community · post-earthquake · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic · alternate future
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Distance: 0.1446
In a near-future America, an undocumented teen must cross a surveilled country with her brother to reach sanctuary.
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Setting labels: near future · 2032 · United States · Vermont · California · border wall · surveillance society · post-secession California · near-future America · countrywide transit
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Distance: 0.1539
A near-future California community and its founder are tested by collapse, extremism, and a shattered family.
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Setting labels: near future · 2030s · California · western United States · post-apocalyptic · dystopian America · rural commune · societal collapse · apocalypse aftermath · authoritarian regime
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Distance: 0.1553
A wealthy young clone wakes accused of murder and races to uncover the truth about his memory gaps and family trauma.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · Los Angeles · southern California · Salton Sea · dystopian future · climate-altered future
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Distance: 0.1647
A family’s uneven attempts to live normally amid accelerating climate collapse trigger darkly comic, escalating fallout.
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Setting labels: near future · coastal America · California · Florida · US West Coast · US East Coast · climate-ravaged · drought and flood · wildfire country · storm-battered coast
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Distance: 0.1656
In near-future California, a hyperempathetic teen survives collapse, then forges a new faith and a path north.
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Setting labels: near future · California · Los Angeles outskirts · walled enclave · post-apocalyptic America · drought-stricken world · lawless society · failed state
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Distance: 0.1671
In a collapsing America, a Marine and a mafia family fight separate wars for family, survival, and control of Los Angeles.
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Setting labels: Los Angeles · Naples · southern California · United States · near future · post-collapse America · civil war America · urban anarchy · post-apocalyptic city · lawless state
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Distance: 0.1731
When California’s water supply suddenly fails, a teen and her family must survive a desperate scramble for water.
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Setting labels: Southern California · California · suburban neighborhood · near future · present-day adjacent · dystopian future · apocalypse · resource-scarce world · real-world setting · urban breakdown
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Distance: 0.1754
In a near-future world of walled States and hidden powers, a teen girl discovers telekinesis and a dangerous role in a coming conflict.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 2051 · near future · post apocalyptic · post global warming · future America · enclosed states · walled cities · abandoned schools · outskirts · ghost town
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1819
