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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Halfway to Free.
Setting labels used: near future, 2060, dystopian future, childless society, post-climate-crisis world, high-tech social control
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An insider's, spoiler-heavy guide to the Uglies universe with history, slang, science, maps, and author notes.
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Setting labels: future society · near-future · post-scarcity dystopia · United States (former) · Japan (minor) · alternate future history · fictional universe
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Distance: 0.0818
In a future where children license parenthood, a young inspector’s latest case exposes cracks in the system and his own past.
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Setting labels: future world · near future · dystopian future · utopian veneer · state-controlled society · reproductive regime
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Distance: 0.0846
In a tightly controlled future, a teen girl’s perfect match is disrupted, pushing her toward forbidden feelings and doubt.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · futuristic society · high-tech control · sterile world · regulated everyday life · surveillance state
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Distance: 0.0908
In a society ruled by instinct and the collective We, two teens uncover a hidden fracture in the system.
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Setting labels: dystopian society · near-future world · nostalgic 90s tech · bureaucratic state · hierarchical society · speculative reality
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Distance: 0.0938
A conclave of ruling families turns a fragile power balance into open war, while Forever questions her loyalties and origins.
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Setting labels: near-future dystopia · post-government world · feudal future · ocean platform setting · luxury enclave · family domains · global power structure
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Distance: 0.0953
In an immortal future ruled by AI and licensed death, two teens train as scythe apprentices.
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Setting labels: future world · utopia · dystopia · post-mortality society · AI-governed world · earth
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Distance: 0.0964
In a youth-run future where everyone dies at 21, a top enforcer becomes the hunted and chases Sanctuary.
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Setting labels: future society · dystopian future · 2116 · post apocalyptic · world-spanning setting · automated utopia · youth-controlled society
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Distance: 0.0968
In a deathless future run by AI, two teens are trained to choose who dies and must decide what justice means.
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Setting labels: futuristic world · post-mortal era · near future · dystopian future · utopian veneer · global society · planetary scale
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Distance: 0.0968
A themed anthology of short fiction imagining robot uprisings, AI rebellion, and the human cost of future tech gone wrong.
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Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic future · post-robot rebellion · technological future · household technology · AI-mediated world · dystopian future
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Distance: 0.0969
In a computer-run future of drugged conformity, one uneasy man begins to question a perfect world built to erase freedom.
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Setting labels: future Earth · global society · totalitarian future · computer-controlled society · high-tech dystopia · utopian facade · closed society
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Distance: 0.0978
In a state-run society, a boy’s mandatory intelligence test reveals a terrifying rule about intelligence.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · government-controlled society · school-like system · bureaucratic world · near-future
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Distance: 0.0996
In a future with collapsing fertility, a young woman enters a government pairing program and must choose her genetic match.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · future North America · post-apocalyptic · fertility center · government facility · controlled society · near-future · world on the brink
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Distance: 0.1015
