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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Interview with the Robot.
Setting labels used: laboratory, police station, interview room, New York City, child welfare services, science fictional reality
Focused on “New York City” 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 rebooted TMNT origin follows the brothers’ split, their missing sibling, and a new threat rising in New York.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · sewers · street level · laboratory · underground hideout · urban fantasy · contemporary setting · science experiment setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1996
A New York homicide detective races to stop a predator staging abducted women as a chilling childhood-obsession ritual.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · New York · 2061 · near future · futuristic city · playground · police department · crime lab
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2174
A futuristic cop juggles a double murder, a missing pregnant woman, and her best friend's baby shower and birth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future New York · New York City · near-future · advanced technology · police headquarters · birthing class · hospital · apartment investigation · wealthy city elite
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2239
A winged teen and her flock race to rescue a kidnapped sister while uncovering the secrets of their experiments.
Why this is here
Setting labels: present day · New York City · Central Park · subway system · Death Valley · school facility · scientific lab · global expedition · urban chase · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2355
An FBI agent survives a bombing and begins experiencing a reality-bending psychic shift that blurs human and alien identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: federal workplace · hospital setting · crime scene investigation · psychological reality · psychedelic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2124
Mutant winged teens search for their origins while trying to survive a new home, school, and old enemies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Washington, D.C. · school setting · hospital setting · federal agent home · contemporary urban setting · shared house setting · science-fiction reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2433
A college freshman becomes a parasite carrier who hunts infected exes while uncovering a New York vampire conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · modern day · urban underground · college setting · apartment building · sewers · city bureaucracy · secret world · biological realism · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2442
Teen Peter Parker juggles a secret life, a newsroom job, and a dangerous showdown with Kingpin.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · high school · school life · home life · workplace life · newsroom · daily life · urban crime · contemporary setting · alternate universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2454
Winged lab-created teens flee their captors, rescue a kidnapped sibling, and uncover secrets about their origins.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · urban setting · New York City · Death Valley · Central Park · subway system · laboratory · hidden facility · road trip
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2526
A journalist chasing a serial killer across nearly identical realities gets pulled into the multiverse herself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · subway · open house · parallel universes · alternate realities · multiverse · slightly altered worlds
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2533
A genre-blending short story collection where Ellison pairs surreal, dark tales with combative author introductions.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · 1970s · urban · New York City · fantasy reality · science fictional settings · Hell · sewers
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2540
Spider-Man and Black Cat team up to investigate a deadly drug case, then the story turns sharply into trauma and fallout.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · superhero reality · mainstream comics continuity · contemporary setting · street-level crime scene
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2552
