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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Halfway to Free. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: population control, childfree society, forbidden parenthood, maternal desire, reproductive choice, climate crisis

Setting labels used: near future, 2060, dystopian future, childless society, post-climate-crisis world, high-tech social control

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Cover of Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh

Blue Ticket

Sophie Mackintosh · 2020

In a society where a lottery decides motherhood or freedom, a blue-ticket woman risks everything to claim a forbidden future.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1285

Cover of Mroczna kołysanka by Polly Ho-Yen

Mroczna kołysanka

Polly Ho-Yen · 2023

In a near-future infertility crisis, a mother races to keep her child while the state polices every parenting mistake.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1298

Cover of Dwindle by K.A. Gandy

Dwindle

K.A. Gandy · 2022 · Populations Crumble

In a future with collapsing fertility, a young woman enters a government pairing program and must choose her genetic match.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1301

Cover of Graceful Burdens by Roxane Gay

Graceful Burdens

Roxane Gay · 2020

In a tightly controlled future, one woman confronts a system that decides who may bear children—and who may only borrow them.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1334

Cover of The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess

The Wanting Seed

Anthony Burgess · 1962

In an overpopulated near future, one marriage is caught in a collapsing system of birth controls, scarcity, and social upheaval.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1355

Cover of FUTU.RE by Dmitry Glukhovsky

FUTU.RE

Dmitry Glukhovsky · 2015

In an immortal future Europe, a regime enforcer is drawn into a clash between state order, parenthood, and humanity.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1409

Cover of One by Eve   Smith

One

Eve Smith · 2023

In a climate-ravaged UK, a loyal government enforcer discovers her forbidden sibling is her own.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1431

Cover of 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2BR02B

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 2007

In a deathless future, a father must choose who dies so his triplets can live.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1451

Cover of Fate of Perfection by K.F. Breene

Fate of Perfection

K.F. Breene · 2017 · Finding Paradise

In a corporate dystopia, a genius mother and her security ally fight to keep their genetically unusual child and win freedom.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1465

Cover of فتاة الياقة الزرقاء by عمرو عبدالحميد

فتاة الياقة الزرقاء

عمرو عبدالحميد · 2021

In a future ruled by fertility control, one family tries to protect a rare blue-cell daughter from the state.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1498

Cover of Shadow Children Complete Set, Books 1-7: Among the Hidden, Among the Impostors, Among the Betrayed, Among the Barons, Among the Brave, Among the Enemy, and Among the Free by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Shadow Children Complete Set, Books 1-7: Among the Hidden, Among the Impostors, Among the Betrayed, Among the Barons, Among the Brave, Among the Enemy, and Among the Free

Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2008 · Shadow Children

In a future with a two-child law, hidden third children must survive, resist, and fight for freedom.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1535

Cover of This Perfect Day by Ira Levin

This Perfect Day

Ira Levin · 1970

In a computer-run future of drugged conformity, one uneasy man begins to question a perfect world built to erase freedom.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1569