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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Homunculus (Omnibus), Vol. 1-2.
Setting labels used: Urban contemporary, Homelessness, Car dwelling, Medical experiment, Psychological reality, Supernatural reality
Focused on “Earthbound speculative” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A homeless man in New York follows messages from soda cans on a strange mission, then meets a trans runaway who changes everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · contemporary urban · real-world setting · street-level life · marginalized city life · Earthbound speculative
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1823
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: 0.1731
A man who fully wakes from hypnosis sees hidden manipulators controlling society and must decide how to respond.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary society · urban public spaces · media-saturated world · Earth · present-day realism · alien-in-disguise reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1797
Moon Knight’s identities splinter into separate realities, forcing a surreal battle to understand what’s real and who he is.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · the moon · mental institution · psychological interior · Egyptian imagery · alternate realities · supernatural reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1797
A street preacher faces chaos, prophecy, and reality-bending forces in a sprawling, metafictional urban saga.
Why this is here
Setting labels: unnamed city · urban neighborhood · poor neighborhood · isolated community · mental hospital · religious community · contemporary setting · alternate reality · time-bending reality · dimension-crossing reality · rural-carnival imagery
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1824
A married couple confronts escalating phobias and missing time, uncovering a sinister mind-control scheme.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · urban domestic · therapist office · medicalized setting · real-world setting · psychological realism · small-circle social world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1913
An amnesiac man follows clues left by his former self while a conceptual shark hunts his memories and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · urban spaces · un-space · conceptual world · material reality · mental landscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1958
New York’s living avatars must unite other cities to stop a multiversal threat and a very human political takeover.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · modern day · contemporary urban setting · global cities · multiverse · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1962
In a beauty-obsessed world, an STD grants perfection to those infected—until deadly consequences spark a conspiracy chase.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern society · contemporary setting · near-present world · pandemic setting · urban setting · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1995
A homeless Black queer artist in New York is chosen to help the city be born and defend it from ancient threats.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · modern day · urban setting · street-level reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2018
A speculative short-story collection bound by death, grief, rage, and Ellison’s experimental, high-voltage prose.
Why this is here
Setting labels: cosmic scale · urban settings · bus setting · telepathic interiority · fantastic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2042
A dark short-story collection of uncanny premises, personal dreads, and sharp-voiced introspections about self, time, and regret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · modern life · urban grit · alternate reality · space setting · alien world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2043
