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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Bachman Books.
Setting labels used: high school, American future, near-future, dystopian America, roadway setting, construction site, televised future
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A closeted president’s son is caught between a rogue AI attack and a new boy at school who may not be human.
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Setting labels: near future · futuristic America · boarding school · elite prep school · presidential household · high surveillance · internet-connected world · dystopian future · alternative future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1134
A teen who sees impossible things fears she's losing her mind, until a secretive boy suggests the danger is real.
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Setting labels: near future · future America · dystopian society · parallel reality · high school setting · mental institution · government-controlled society · anti-religion setting
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Distance: 0.1319
In a near-future social-media system, a teen’s tasteless post triggers a lethal public hunt, forcing her to uncover the truth.
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Setting labels: near future · future United States · high school · social media platform · digital surveillance · near-future dystopia · government-controlled internet
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Distance: 0.1319
In a future America that controls girls through chaperones, one teen starts questioning everything after a sudden death.
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Setting labels: New America · near future · dystopian future · alternate America · post-secession America · patriarchal society · gender-segregated society · high school setting · library setting · road trip setting
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Distance: 0.1413
In a near-future America, a teacher with a brain implant is swept into a civil-rights crisis over human enhancement.
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Setting labels: near future · future America · Pittsburgh · Oklahoma · trailer park · school setting · dystopian America · civil unrest · secret military program
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Distance: 0.1450
In a world where two souls share one body, a hidden girl must risk everything for a chance to move and live openly.
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Setting labels: alternate reality · dystopian future · government clinic · hospital setting · school setting · institutional setting · near-future America
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Distance: 0.1456
A hidden third child in a two-child society risks discovery when he meets another child living in secret next door.
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Setting labels: future America · dystopian society · controlled society · farmland · housing development · attic hiding place · neighboring house · regulated future
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Distance: 0.1481
A shy teen receives a letter from her future self and joins friends in trying to change a painful fate.
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Setting labels: high school · teen life · present day · future timeline · alternate future
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Distance: 0.1482
In a perfected future, two teens must live ancient hardships for class and discover what their world lacks.
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Setting labels: future Earth · utopian society · near future · high-tech future · teleportation · headspace · solar system travel · school setting
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Distance: 0.1491
In a near-future society, a teen prodigy is branded with a violent-gene test result and cast out of her old life.
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Setting labels: near-future · futuristic United States · high school · privileged school · public school · detention camp · training facility · dystopian society · government control · class segregation
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Distance: 0.1501
A gifted fugitive uses identity hacks to evade a surveillance state built on data, control, and accelerating change.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian America · networked society · surveillance state · alternate future · post-quake society · information age · computerized world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1519
A shy high school girl gets a trial robot boyfriend and discovers love comes with a price, secrets, and rivals.
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Setting labels: high school · school setting · online marketplace · domestic setting · apartment living · near-future technology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1520
