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Premise labels used: class system, death games, social ascent, wagering society, survival game, forced participation, hidden secrets
Setting labels used: future, 2126, New London, dystopian society, class-stratified world, arena, gameshow
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
A young Traveler lands in a territory ruled by a ruthless corporation and must survive deadly games to save it.
Why this is here
Premise labels: oppressive game system · life-or-death competition · corporate control · territory in crisis · chosen hero · rebellion
Setting labels: alternate world · dystopian city · controlled society · corporate state · televised games · time travel · space and time
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1938
A boxed four-book dystopian saga where teens fight for survival under state control and one rebellion-shaped symbol emerges.
Why this is here
Premise labels: forced competition · death game · state control · survival game · political oppression · rebellion
Setting labels: Panem · postwar society · dystopian future · capital versus districts · arena setting · live television
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2008
A penultimate survival-game manga volume leans into side stories, backstories, and ruthless mind games before the finale.
Why this is here
Premise labels: survival game · parallel world · deadly puzzles · life-or-death stakes · escape reality · social critique
Setting labels: parallel world · alternate reality · dystopian game space · claustrophobic setting · borderland society · present and flashback
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2012
In a pleasure-driven future where citizens are engineered and conditioned for obedience, one outsider questions the cost of happiness.
Why this is here
Premise labels: dystopian society · engineered society · social control · state conditioning · managed happiness · future society · class stratification · controlled reproduction · individual vs system · utopia facade
Setting labels: future · World State · London · reservation · socially engineered future · technological dystopia · single global state · industrial society
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2098
In a future colony where a game decides status and survival, a teen outsider challenges the system from inside Epic.
Why this is here
Premise labels: game-run society · violence outlawed · conflict by game · resource inequality · class struggle · underdog uprising · corrupt government · revenge quest · social control through games · rebel team
Setting labels: New Earth · distant future · colony planet · dystopian society · VR game world · fantasy world · medieval-style virtual world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2170
In a post-apocalyptic dictatorship, a teen girl is forced into a televised death contest that ignites rebellion.
Why this is here
Premise labels: death game · selected tributes · survival contest · revolution · oppressive regime · televised violence · underdog struggle · forced competition · resistance against authority
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · dystopian society · North America · Panem · district system · Capitol · televised arena · futuristic setting · authoritarian state
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2195
A ranked dystopian teen is forced into a powerful dead girl's life and must survive court intrigue and rebellion.
Why this is here
Premise labels: ranking system · caste system · identity swap · body double · masked identity · rebellion infiltration · forced impersonation · political conspiracy · survival game · power struggle
Setting labels: futuristic United States · dystopian future · post-collapse society · totalitarian state · meritocracy · class divided society · political court · group home · urban future
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2198
In a tightly controlled future city, a streetwise fixer uncovers the truth behind an apparently fair social order.
Why this is here
Premise labels: controlled society · class hierarchy · intelligence ranking · social engineering · resource rationing · guaranteed basic income · restricted mobility · system evasion · hidden order
Setting labels: future society · urban complex · closed city · alternate reality · controlled future · technological society
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2201
In a faction-divided future, a teen's impossible choices pull her into rebellion, secrets, romance, and loss.
Why this is here
Premise labels: faction society · identity choice · hidden divergence · coming of age · rebel society · secret society · survival quest · government control · forbidden uniqueness · romantic stakes
Setting labels: dystopian future · post-apocalyptic Chicago · faction-based society · walled city · science-fiction setting · controlled society · futuristic city
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2215
A hidden Natural enters elite university life in a gene-edited future, where exposure could ruin her family and her future.
Why this is here
Premise labels: genetic caste system · hidden identity · natural vs enhanced · social status struggle · university life · hacker threat · AI game · coming-of-age · self-worth · belonging
Setting labels: futuristic China · Asian Federation · New Beijing · Peking University · near future · 22nd century · urban future · dystopian society · college campus · outskirts
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2264
In a brutal near-future circus society, a privileged boy and an enslaved performer risk everything to escape oppression.
Why this is here
Premise labels: oppressed underclass · forbidden romance · circus survival · deadly performance · social divide · class oppression · racist society · escape mission · star-crossed lovers
Setting labels: near-future England · dystopian future · London · traveling circus · circus arena · slums · class-segregated society · alternate future
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2266
In a youth-run future where everyone dies at 21, a top enforcer becomes the hunted and chases Sanctuary.
Why this is here
Premise labels: population control · mandatory euthanasia · youth society · fugitive pursuit · escape to Sanctuary · cop turns runner · hunt the runners · anti-age society · survival quest · system rebellion
Setting labels: future society · dystopian future · 2116 · post apocalyptic · world-spanning setting · automated utopia · youth-controlled society
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2278
