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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Cosmic Detective.
Setting labels used: dark city, grimy city, near future, future city, urban noir, secret facility, interdimensional world, alternate reality, cosmic setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
In a city where everyone has powers, a precinct of super-cops tackles bizarre crimes, corruption, and prejudice.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fictional metropolis · police precinct · parallel world · multiverse · futuristic city · cosmopolitan city · dense urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1299
A hidden-London private eye hunts a singer whose voice drives fans to suicide before the city succumbs.
Why this is here
Setting labels: hidden London · alternate reality · perpetual 3 AM · urban underworld · city within a city · supernatural metropolis · noir fantasy setting · magic and science coexist
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1353
After a deadly accident, Erin discovers a hidden immortal gene and is dragged into a war for her life and loyalty.
Why this is here
Setting labels: urban setting · contemporary setting · secret world · hidden society · near-present day · supernatural reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1366
A low-level detective stumbles into a cosmic quest over a mystical artifact that could save or doom the universe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · far future · degenerate world · space opera setting · noir city · galactic empire · cosmic reality · alien worlds · neo-feudal future · psychedelic universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1380
An illegal guide leads tourists into a reality-warping zone, drawing detectives, criminals, and strange artifacts into chaos.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future city · distant planet · spaceport · urban wasteland · anomalous zone · space-time distortion · alien ruin · post-event world · liminal space
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1393
A young private detective’s early life in a corrupt dystopian megacity leads toward the events of The Incal.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · dystopia · megacity · vertical city · corrupt society · surveillance state · galactic setting · planetary city · science fiction world · urban noir
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1399
A gonzo journalist battles a corrupt president, police violence, and censorship in a filthy future city.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Futuristic city · Dystopian city · Urban setting · Political future · Retro-future · Noir cityscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1416
A werewolf private detective in a dangerous future city unravels linked crimes that spiral into personal tragedy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future world · urban setting · dangerous city · Unterstadt · planetary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1417
A young newcomer becomes a vigilante’s sidekick and uncovers a secret as the city turns against its heroes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: imaginary city · superhero city · urban setting · nighttime vigilante world · shared-universe reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1428
Two children in a failing underground city decode a mystery that may be their only route to freedom.
Why this is here
Setting labels: underground city · post-apocalyptic city · dark city · dystopian city · sealed community · limited world · flickering lights · darkness beyond
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1429
A world-saving adventurer tries to quit destiny by killing her fairy godmother and claiming an ordinary life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary fantasy · urban setting · alternate realities · outer space · time travel · multiverse · Earth · fantastical reality · secret conspiracies
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1438
A hardboiled Nightside P.I. must stop an unstoppable divine enforcer before judgment wipes out the whole city.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · hidden city · alternate reality · parallel reality · urban underworld · dark city · nighttime setting · fantasy city · supernatural reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1446
