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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for False Memory.
Setting labels used: contemporary, urban domestic, therapist office, medicalized setting, real-world setting, psychological realism, small-circle social world
Focused on “contemporary setting” 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 young psychologist is assigned to a rare psychiatric case, and the patient and hospital secrets quickly entangle them both.
Why this is here
Setting labels: hospital setting · psych ward · single-location setting · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1607
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: 0.1693
An exhausted family welcomes a humanoid AI helper, only to find it acting on their unspoken fears and wishes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · near-future technology · domestic setting · family home · suburban neighborhood · school setting · workplace stress
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1822
A genius with hallucinatory expert companions tackles a mystery involving a camera that can capture the past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · real world setting · mansion
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1864
A frustrated wife and new mother falls into a Hallmark-fueled escape fantasy that turns darkly surreal.
Why this is here
Setting labels: suburban domestic life · contemporary setting · dystopian facility · women's rehabilitation center
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1881
A time-stopping sex-powered couple faces relationship strain, mental health struggles, and a widening secret world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · fictionalized reality · time travel · secret world · adult life · therapy setting · library setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1640
Tiny dream-givers and nightmare-bringers shape the night for an abused boy and the adults trying to help him heal.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · domestic setting · foster home · dream world · liminal reality · nighttime
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1966
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: 0.1968
A psychiatrist records sessions with a patient who claims to be an alien from K-PAX, and the truth stays uncertain.
Why this is here
Setting labels: psychiatric hospital · New York City · Manhattan · contemporary setting · outer space · alien world · utopian planet · single-site setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2001
When pain becomes visible as light worldwide, a love-note journal passes among strangers linked by suffering.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · global setting · hospital setting · urban setting · realist world with one fantastical premise · liminal realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1728
A teen who forgets each day but sees the future must navigate love, secrets, and a dark mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · contemporary setting · suburban family life · school scenes · home scenes · teen social world · modern day · psychological realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2058
An illustrated anthology of 34 stories about a machine that tells people how they’ll die, and how that knowledge reshapes life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · dystopian society · contemporary setting · shared world · speculative world · institutional setting · high school setting · medical setting · wartime setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2069
