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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Rising Sun.
Setting labels used: Los Angeles, corporate headquarters, Japanese corporation, American workplace, 1990s, contemporary setting (at publication), international business world, urban crime setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A math-savvy mercenary is pulled into a mind-control conspiracy that leaves her unsure which thoughts are hers.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Los Angeles · contemporary setting · our world · urban setting · criminal underworld · secret organizations · superpowered reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2329
A rebooted Green Arrow teams with Black Canary against a corrupt conspiracy that destroys his life and tests his ideals.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Seattle · contemporary urban · superhero world · corporate world · street-level crime · real-world inspired
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2395
A broke New York pizza delivery man inherits a trillion dollars and must decide how to use it to save humanity's future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York · 1990s · globalized world · financial world · contemporary setting · historical backstory
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2458
A tech executive faces a sexual harassment accusation from his new boss and fights to uncover the corporate plot behind it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Seattle · computer company · corporate office · high-tech industry · early 1990s · Merger era · virtual reality lab · business world · tech workplace · American corporate setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2461
A kidnapped math prodigy must use her gift to survive criminals, reclaim her life, and choose revenge or justice.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Seattle · Shanghai · China · contemporary · global · international · cross-cultural · criminal underworld · modern world · economy-focused
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2470
A snarky winged teen and her flock race to stop a corporation’s plan to remake humanity and cut the population in half.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · global travel · United States · Europe · Germany · Hawaii · Los Angeles · school lab setting · corporate headquarters · modern times
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2488
A CIA-trained telepath turned private fixer is hired to recover stolen code, then becomes the hunted.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · tech industry · CIA · private sector · urban setting · global locales · Los Angeles · Dubai · Afghanistan · corporate world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2508
A dead security chief returns with uncanny digital powers and must protect a mother and son while killers close in.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Los Angeles · Beverly Hills · South Central · Rancho Santa Fe · research facility · secret laboratory · contemporary · urban · wealthy enclave · street-level crime · digital world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2527
A homicide detective probes a coerced suicide bombing tied to a merger, family hostage-taking, and hidden profit.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Wall Street · near future · 2060s · futuristic city · workplace setting · corporate setting · police department · art world · high finance
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2544
A varied manga anthology mixing speculative shorts, music vignettes, and autobiographical tributes from Naoki Urasawa.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japan · Tokyo · Los Angeles · United States · contemporary · 1960s and 1970s · alternate reality · fantasy world · real-world music scene
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2559
A struggling actor’s life spirals when a mysterious self-help audiobook starts speaking back and steering him off course.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Los Angeles · Hollywood · Silicon Valley · gig economy · wealthy neighborhood · contemporary · modern life
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2566
A debt-burdened mall worker and two coworkers plot a heist to erase their student loans after violent Debt Police target them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · Los Angeles · Southern California · Glendale mall · retail workplace · mall culture · contemporary America · student debt crisis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2579
