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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for The Body Scout. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: murder investigation, baseball world, body modification, corporate control, medical debt, biotech capitalism, future sports
Setting labels used: near future, dystopian future, climate-ravaged world, pandemic aftermath, corporate America, New York City, high-tech society, neo-industrial future, smog-choked city, biotech future
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
An FBI pair investigates a star athlete’s death during a violent future sport played through robot bodies.
Why this is here
Premise labels: near-future mystery · sports conspiracy · death during game · investigation duo · disabled body transfer · corporate intrigue · crime in sport
Setting labels: near future · post-pandemic · virtual reality · robot bodies · professional sports · corporate sports league · futuristic society
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Distance: 0.1673
An indentured detective on future Earth investigates a cult leader’s murder and uncovers a conspiracy tied to his past.
Why this is here
Premise labels: murder investigation · corporate dystopia · indentured detective · future Earth · cult leader death · past catches up · political conspiracy · crime solving
Setting labels: future Earth · near future · dystopian future · corporatized society · cyberpunk future · surveilled society · London · England · Europe · rural commune · hotel crime scene
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Distance: 0.1828
A near-future trilogy of biotech collapse, plague, and survival told through intertwined timelines and perspectives.
Why this is here
Premise labels: near future · genetic engineering · global plague · post-collapse survival · corporate power · bioengineered humans · biotech disaster
Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · corporate compounds · pleeblands · biotech society · environmental collapse · plague aftermath · scientific dystopia · recognizable world
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Distance: 0.1926
A new hire and an undercover spy enter a mega-corporation’s live-work city and uncover the cost of total convenience.
Why this is here
Premise labels: corporate monopoly · mega-corporation · corporate dystopia · undercover infiltration · corporate espionage · workplace control · company town · live-work facility · whistleblowing · job scarcity · survival economy · surveillance state · corporate takeover
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · post-climate change · corporate compound · warehouse city · company town · closed ecosystem · desert landscape · ravaged America · uninhabitable outside world · surveilled workplace · live-work community
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Distance: 0.1928
A hitman is forced to target a rising cyborg religion in a grim near-future city ruled by a brutal police state.
Why this is here
Premise labels: hitman · assassination mission · killer for hire · cyborg religion · eternal life · oppressive state · forced contract
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · cyberpunk future · unified world · ruined city · New York · crapsack world · post-collapse society
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Distance: 0.1930
In 2045, an Interpol agent hunting illegal gene editors is transformed into the criminal kingpin he’s chasing.
Why this is here
Premise labels: genetic engineering · gene editing · identity theft · body swap · fugitive on the run · illegal labs · black market biotech · biocrime · human enhancement
Setting labels: near future · 2045 · Southeast Asia · Singapore · Thailand · Myanmar · Asian biotech hub · dystopian future · globalized future
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Distance: 0.1959
A hardboiled detective probes the murder of a gigantic elite Titan in a near-future society built on life-extending biotech.
Why this is here
Premise labels: murder investigation · detective case · elite society · life extension · medical enhancement · genetic modification · near-immortal rich · class divide · corrupt power · specialist detective · forbidden access · body augmentation · socio-medical crime
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · fictional city · urban noir · corporate dystopia · rich enclave · class-stratified society · posthuman society · cyberpunk-like setting
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Distance: 0.1959
A scientist’s failed Alzheimer’s experiment creates body-swapping tech that reshapes society and exposes its dark uses.
Why this is here
Premise labels: consciousness transfer · body swapping · future tech · black market tech · Alzheimer's research · identity crisis · technology gone awry · corporate control · legal gray market · world-changing invention
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · realistic future · Ann Arbor · Michigan · global · urban future · black market underworld · corporate future · regulated technology
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Distance: 0.1960
A government agent is genetically upgraded against his will and must stop a plan to alter humanity itself.
Why this is here
Premise labels: genetic engineering · genome hacking · human enhancement · superhuman transformation · upgrade humanity · ethical dilemma · save humanity · genetic modification · family legacy · scientific conspiracy · illegal research · future crisis
Setting labels: near future · mid-21st century · dystopian future · post-famine world · climate change · flooded cities · surveillance state · Washington DC · New York City · global crisis · post-apocalyptic
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Distance: 0.1974
In a polluted near-future, a matched couple joins an elite healthcare program that offers longevity at a disturbing cost.
Why this is here
Premise labels: dying world · corporate healthcare · genetically matched couple · life-extending program · mysterious creature · harvest for longevity · survival bargain · post-apocalyptic decline
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · polluted world · toxic environment · climate-damaged world · corporate society · private healthcare regime · domestic setting
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Distance: 0.1981
In 2075 New York, a Filipino American corporate hacker is sent to probe a billionaire’s secrets and falls into doomed desire.
Why this is here
Premise labels: corporate hacker · investigation · elite intrigue · class divide · doomed romance · wealth disparity · morality vs desire · American Dream · cyberspace conspiracy · hidden secrets
Setting labels: New York City · 2075 · near future · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · capitalist society · late-stage capitalism · fractured nation · post-war society · technological future · corporate city · futuristic Americas
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Distance: 0.1993
In a near-future NYC where immortality is rationed, a model citizen is pulled toward a rebel group that rejects eternal life.
Why this is here
Premise labels: immortality · life extension · illegal death · health-obsessed society · genetic selection · body enhancement · underground resistance · family rupture
Setting labels: near future · near-future NYC · future America · dystopian city · biotech society · high surveillance · strict regulation · immortal elite · social underclass · urban near future
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Distance: 0.2004
