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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Scandor. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: truth contest, lie detector, high-stakes competition, battle royale, moral dilemma, forced honesty, win-or-bust, fear penalty
Setting labels used: contemporary, high-tech, experimental setting, competition venue, everyday life, family home, workplace
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
A shy teen enters an anonymous dares game for prizes and is pulled into a dangerous online competition.
Why this is here
Premise labels: online game · truth or dare · dares for prizes · anonymous game · social media game · watcher audience
Setting labels: near-future · online · social media · internet culture · high school · contemporary setting · broadcast/live-streamed game
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2374
After losing every other day to a hidden double self, a young acrobat fights to keep his own life from disappearing.
Why this is here
Premise labels: lost time · alter ego · dual identity · body sharing · identity conflict · time slip · memory gaps · possessed body · fight for control · self replacement · life under threat
Setting labels: contemporary · everyday life · workplace · friend group · family circle · performance world · acrobatic setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2645
A pattern-obsessed gamer is pulled into a secret reality-bending game whose next round may unravel the world.
Why this is here
Premise labels: secret game · alternate reality game · reality instability · pattern recognition · conspiracy mystery · save the world · high-stakes quest · hidden clues
Setting labels: Seattle · contemporary world · real-world setting · alternate reality · global scale
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2680
A misfit teen friend group joins an AI-powered game that grants rewards, demands obedience, and turns deadly.
Why this is here
Premise labels: AI game · virtual reality · augmented reality · blackmail · moral dilemmas · real-world consequences · high-stakes game · wish fulfillment · surveillance · lossy choice
Setting labels: high school · senior year · computer lab · contemporary · present day · dark web · virtual world · real world overlay · augmented reality
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2683
A woman with a missing year enters a luxury memory clinic, only to find her memories and reality are being rewritten.
Why this is here
Premise labels: memory manipulation · lost memories · false memories · memory recovery · institutional secrecy · corporate conspiracy · unreliable reality · trust issues · identity crisis
Setting labels: near future · high-tech facility · memory clinic · mental institution · wellness center · medical facility · corporate lab · contemporary setting · technologically advanced society
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2685
After a social network is hacked and a murder follows, an engineer must expose a conspiracy before he’s framed and hunted.
Why this is here
Premise labels: cyberattack · corporate conspiracy · on the run · wrongly accused · privacy invasion · social media manipulation · election interference · hunted protagonist · cover-up · data exploitation
Setting labels: Silicon Valley · contemporary setting · near-future setting · social media world · digital society · international intrigue · China expansion · internet culture · corporate setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2687
A tech worker’s AI experiment rewrites reality, forcing him to question truth, love, and identity.
Why this is here
Premise labels: AI gone wrong · reality alteration · truth and falsehood · misinformation · tech startup · ethical dilemma · power and control · identity crisis
Setting labels: near future · contemporary · New York · Manhattan · Brooklyn · the Hamptons · tech company · startup workplace · urban setting · recognizable 21st century environment
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2692
A wife accepts a mind-linking implant for her anniversary, only to find her marriage and secrets under siege.
Why this is here
Premise labels: mind reading · brain implant · marital secrets · toxic relationship · privacy invasion · coercive control
Setting labels: near future · technologically advanced world · smart home · digitized home · app-controlled home · university years · marriage
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2761
A woman’s life unravels after she discovers her husband’s AI sex doll and begins confronting buried truths.
Why this is here
Premise labels: AI companion · sex doll · marital collapse · family trauma · self-discovery · hidden secret · relationship breakdown · midlife crisis · unexpected friendship · emotional catalyst
Setting labels: contemporary · tech-driven age · high school · workplace · family home · garage
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2773
A pro gamer and new team captain must survive virtual deathmatches, addiction, and league corruption in 2054.
Why this is here
Premise labels: competitive gaming · virtual reality competition · fight to the death · female team captain · sports celebrity culture · hidden corruption · addiction recovery · team replacement · inside the system
Setting labels: near future · 2054 · virtual reality · gaming league · broadcast entertainment · national TV · tournament setting · real world and virtual world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2788
A memory-warping impostor turns the world against Hulk, forcing Bruce Banner to fight for his identity from inside his own mind.
Why this is here
Premise labels: identity conflict · memory manipulation · false memory · mind control · villain impersonation · hero replacement · corporate conspiracy · body horror
Setting labels: superhero universe · Marvel universe · corporate setting · media/public sphere · internal mindscape · psychological space
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2791
A broke teen hacker lands in a viral VR tournament and is hired to spy from inside a game with deadly secrets.
Why this is here
Premise labels: virtual reality game · hacker protagonist · bounty hunter · undercover spy · tournament infiltration · illegal betting · glitch into game · global competition
Setting labels: near future · futuristic New York City · Tokyo · virtual reality · global online world · immersive gaming world · international tournament · Japan
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2802
