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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Ripe.
Setting labels used: Earth, modern day, Edinburgh, Moscow, Washington DC, White House, rural Virginia, France, Hawaii, global catastrophe, near future, pre-Roman times, alien-controlled Earth
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A teen alien hunter faces a devil-like enemy, human defections, and apocalyptic stakes in a final showdown for Earth.
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Setting labels: Earth · summer · Kentucky · West Virginia · Washington DC · New York City · Moscow · Beijing · London · Hell · outer space · home planet · interplanetary · urban and military settings · time travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1604
In a near-future US emptied by off-world flight, those left behind struggle to survive as the past comes back to claim Earth.
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Setting labels: near future · 2050s · United States · New Haven, Connecticut · Earth · space colonies · post-apocalyptic · post-climate apocalypse · radioactive Earth · irradiated land · crumbling cities · urban ruins · domed habitats · off-world colonies · American future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1624
After nuclear war, a small group of survivors returns to a ruined world and fights a terrifying, hellish pursuit.
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Setting labels: White House · Earth orbit · post-nuclear Earth · apocalyptic future · hellscape · contemporary America · Russia-US war · underworld-like reality · post-apocalyptic America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1631
A wealthy American family is forced to survive after the dollar collapses and the economy unravels.
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Setting labels: near future · United States · New York City · Washington, D.C. · Paris · Nevada · economic dystopia · post-collapse society · alternate future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1652
An abused woman becomes Earth’s go-between when aliens arrive offering help, judgment, and a very high-stakes bargain.
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Setting labels: present-day Earth · United States · Washington, D.C. · contemporary Earth · interstellar civilization · galactic federation
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Distance: 0.1679
A resurrected vampire antihero wakes after 150 years in a ruined Earth and sets out to restore honor, justice, and his lost promise.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · future Earth · Colorado · New York · Europe · space · Etheric Dimension · collapsed civilization · tech breakdown · urban wasteland
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Distance: 0.1745
A hidden future-viewing device pulls two fugitives into a desperate race to stop an apocalypse before it arrives.
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Setting labels: present day · near future · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic future · Washington, D.C. · New York City · global stakes · alternate timeline
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1759
A future narrator recounts humanity’s rise, mutations, wars, and extinctions across billions of years.
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Setting labels: far future · near future · alternate future · Earth · Mars · Venus · Neptune · solar system · deep time · post-apocalyptic · interplanetary · world state · climate collapse · spacefaring civilization · future Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1789
A devastated man learns Earth faces a rogue star, an ice age, and a hidden alien threat as his family races to survive.
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Setting labels: near-future Earth · solar system · United States · Texas · Mars · underground bunker · compound · apocalyptic future · cold climate · post-collapse world
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Distance: 0.1790
An isolated war robot with a stolen leg embarks on a post-apocalyptic road trip that turns into a fight for hope, identity, and peace.
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Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic Earth · United States · New York City · New York Botanical Gardens · ruins · collapsed society · shared human-machine world
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Distance: 0.1800
Six survivors of an unexplained apocalypse wake on an alternate Earth where time can be manipulated and enemies close in.
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Setting labels: modern-day Earth · alternate Earth · alternate America · alternate history · parallel universe · San Diego · New York City · cross-country · post-cataclysm world · isolationist America · early twentieth century divergence
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1816
A fix-up of linked stories about proving psychic powers are real and building an institution to protect Talented people.
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Setting labels: near future · future Earth · alternate Earth · bureaucratic future · overcrowded city · urban setting · late 20th century · scientific future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1823
