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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for We're Not from Here.
Setting labels used: Mars station, space travel, Planet Choom, alien school, space station, future setting, post-Earth, interstellar, biosuspension, hyper-sleep, alien society, multi-species world, democratic government, refugee camp
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
An exiled alien and a human detective chase a murder aboard a spaceship while their long-simmering crush ignites.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space station · spaceship · interstellar future · multi-species society · alien culture · human-alien contact
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1555
A broke, ailing space jumper is sent on a diplomatic mission that turns into a deadly, angst-filled ordeal.
Why this is here
Setting labels: spacefaring future · interplanetary travel · multiple worlds · alien world · space station · planetary politics · post-crisis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1561
A murder-magnet amateur sleuth flees to a sentient alien space station, only for new human arrivals to trigger chaos.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space station · alien station · near future · first contact era · interstellar setting · living ship · sentient infrastructure · claustrophobic setting · extraterrestrial society · Earth-connected future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1574
A career-spanning Reynolds collection of hard SF, horror, and space-opera shorts with twists, wonder, and dread.
Why this is here
Setting labels: deep space · Mars · far future · interstellar travel · space stations · space colonies · post-human future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1594
A disgraced teen leader must cross the zodiac houses again to stop a galaxy-wide terror plot and uncover hidden truths.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space setting · galactic society · planetary houses · astrology-based world · refugee camp · interplanetary travel · future world · technologically advanced society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1601
An underpaid diplomat on a giant space station tries an AI dating service, only to find bad dates and bigger work problems.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space station · far future · interstellar · alien society · commercial hub · diplomatic hub · space habitat · space opera setting · post-first-contact · human protectorate
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1630
A space academy washout and three classmates become framed fugitives and must expose a deadly conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space station · moon academy · colonized planets · space colonies · futuristic setting · solar system travel · Earth colony politics · human-only future · urban colony · interplanetary society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1654
A former agent follows a dead man's ticket onto a galaxy-spanning space train and stumbles into an interstellar conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar travel · galactic civilization · space stations · train compartments · exotic planets · rail network · alien societies · space opera setting · post-Earth expansion · railroad in space · multi-species polity
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1701
A psychic young man helps humanity expand into space while sabotage, recovery, and destiny link two saga timelines.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space station · Earth orbit · near future · overpopulated Earth · Moon base · Mars base · space colonies · interstellar future · alternate Earth · colonization era
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1718
Separated across worlds, Cara and Aelyx fight prejudice, politics, and threats that could derail human-alien peace.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · alien planet · spacefaring future · school setting · human colony · interplanetary society · off-world exchange · alien homeland · global contamination
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1721
A refugee teen and a UN agent race to uncover who destroyed a world before a retaliatory fleet wipes out another.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space stations · interstellar · far future · post-singularity · colony worlds · terraformed worlds · planetary system · spacefaring civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1721
A Martian teen pilot hopeful is sent to elite school on Earth, where culture shock and strange accidents test her resolve.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Mars colony · Earth · future solar system · interplanetary society · boarding school · space stations · future Manhattan · elite academy · colonized solar system
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1726
