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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Cold Storage.
Setting labels used: near future, future Earth, post-collapse, dystopian world, fragmented United States, cyberwar aftermath, laboratory setting, ambulance, on the run, underground resistance, cold storage
Focused on “tower 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 hitman is forced to target a rising cyborg religion in a grim near-future city ruled by a brutal police state.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · cyberpunk future · unified world · ruined city · New York · crapsack world · post-collapse society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1087
An army veteran survives a deadly bus crash, then wakes in a secret lab where cryonics, lies, and danger unfold.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic future · dystopian future · secret lab · medical facility · icy river · winter storm · collapsed society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1126
A teen illusionist thief joins superpowered criminals on a dangerous hunt for the vaccine formula that made them outlaws.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future America · post-pandemic · dystopian society · real world · underground crime · government surveillance · urban setting · post-apocalyptic · pandemic aftermath
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1133
A grim hitman with a code hunts a runaway girl in bombed-out future New York split between streets and virtual escape.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future New York · post-apocalyptic city · dirty bomb aftermath · localized apocalypse · urban ruin · virtual reality world · cyberspace · limnosphere
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1136
A secret sleeper program races to save a select few from an extinction-level comet and wakes into a changed world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · Earth · underground shelters · secret facility · post-apocalyptic world · radiation crisis · dystopian future · apocalyptic Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1143
In a female-scarce post-apocalypse, Audrey is forced into a five-husband marriage that tests survival, trust, and desire.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic earth · dystopian future · near-future · Texas · safe township · bunker · lawless outside world · collapsed civilization · nuclear aftermath
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1157
A fragmented near-future dystopia where pollution, corruption, and disease push America toward ecological collapse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future United States · global environmental crisis · urban dystopia · post-apocalyptic atmosphere · polluted earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1170
A government agent is genetically upgraded against his will and must stop a plan to alter humanity itself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · mid-21st century · dystopian future · post-famine world · climate change · flooded cities · surveillance state · Washington DC · New York City · global crisis · post-apocalyptic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1178
A gifted fugitive uses identity hacks to evade a surveillance state built on data, control, and accelerating change.
Why this is here
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: 0.1206
In a near-future VR dystopia, two students/soldiers on separate missions uncover a conspiracy that could collapse both worlds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · virtual reality · real world · cyberpunk city · academy setting · militarized society · corporate state · climate-ravaged world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1207
Two between-book novellas and a journal collection revisit the Shatter Me story through Warner and Adam’s eyes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · controlled society · military base · resistance movement · asylum · post-collapse world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1219
In a near-future pandemic-stricken London, a mother must protect her son after his recovery brings back something unseen and dangerous.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future London · dystopian society · apocalyptic world · post-pandemic · global pandemic · collapsed Earth · spacefaring future · underground facility · communal living
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1231
