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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Ferryman.
Setting labels used: island archipelago, isolated community, utopian enclave, post-apocalyptic world, deteriorating outside world, controlled society, artificially sustained society
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
On an isolated island ruled by dogma, a group of girls begins to question the brutal rules controlling their bodies and futures.
Why this is here
Setting labels: isolated island · post-apocalyptic world · wasteland · closed community · rural island · fundamentalist enclave · small-scale farming · no technology · isolated society · alternative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0893
A student’s oral exam for elite entry exposes a hidden history, an AI mystery, and a challenge to what it means to be human.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future society · post-apocalyptic world · isolated island · plague world · sealed refuge · utopian society · dystopian society · academy institution · the Republic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1105
An orphaned, disabled girl with a rare artistic gift is pulled into a harsh village’s secrets and control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · future society · isolated village · harsh community · primitive world · controlled community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1175
In a controlled future Earth, a young rebel must choose between saving loved ones and ending a system that runs humanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · dystopian future · wilderness commune · closed society · controlled community · AI-controlled world · ecological setting · broken Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1222
In a walled dystopian town where boys vanish at 18, one teen hunts the truth and the world beyond the Wall.
Why this is here
Setting labels: walled village · isolated community · dystopian society · post-apocalyptic world · primitive settlement · outside-world discovery
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1246
A flood-ravaged teen is reassigned inside a rigid survival society and uncovers dangerous secrets about how it really works.
Why this is here
Setting labels: flooded future · post-apocalyptic world · walled enclave · strict society · resource-scarce settlement · climate disaster · isolated community · sector-based society · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1246
In a post-apocalyptic estate society, a dutiful young woman faces lost love, class conflict, and a dangerous future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · future world · island setting · estate setting · plantation-like estate · feudal society · agrarian society · caste system · technophobia · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1277
A trapper on a deadly island archipelago confronts magical wildlife, outside interference, and a world on the brink of change.
Why this is here
Setting labels: island archipelago · tropical island · deadly ecosystem · rural/traditional society · advancing mainland · shared universe · spacefaring contact · alternate world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1279
On a fog-ringed island, a murder and a memory wipe force one villager to solve a mystery before the world ends.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · isolated island · sealed community · deadly fog · remote island society · scientific outpost · closed world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1280
A desperate teen cheats into an elite monster-chariot race to save her family in a brutal, caste-bound island world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: oceanic world · island setting · watery world · dystopian setting · class-divided society · sun-scorched world · archipelago · ruling elite
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1281
A teenage midwife enters a harsh matriarchal settlement where love, freedom, and reproductive choice collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: wasteland · post-apocalyptic world · dystopian society · matriarchal society · isolated community · female scarcity · gender-reversed society · restricted settlement · environmental trap · acclimation sickness
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1327
In a post-mortality world, shifting alliances and power grabs converge as the final battle for humanity's future unfolds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: futuristic world · dystopian society · global scale · post-mortal age · AI-mediated world · space travel · colonized regions · island setting · religious setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1342
