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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Child Garden.
Setting labels used: future London, subtropical London, climate-changed world, post-apocalyptic future, communist society, biotechnological society, organic infrastructure, The Consensus, Antarctic mining, space opera setting, semi-tropical urban future, collective mind
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In a near-future pandemic-stricken London, a mother must protect her son after his recovery brings back something unseen and dangerous.
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Setting labels: near future · future London · dystopian society · apocalyptic world · post-pandemic · global pandemic · collapsed Earth · spacefaring future · underground facility · communal living
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Distance: 0.1199
In a flooded, theocratic future, one privacy-loving man quietly resists a world built on compulsory sharing and blind faith.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · near future · flooded London · subtropical London · post-climate-change world · overcrowded city · internet-mediated society · theocratic state · dystopian Britain · post-flood world
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Distance: 0.1259
A logic-trained girl engineer is pulled into a secret dig that forces her to confront forbidden memories and a hunted identity.
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Setting labels: future London · post-apocalyptic · far future · regressed technology · steam-era feel · alternate history · city-state society · dying world · ruined civilization · isolationist world
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Distance: 0.1330
In an overpopulated near future, one marriage is caught in a collapsing system of birth controls, scarcity, and social upheaval.
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Setting labels: near future · overpopulated world · dystopian society · skyscraper world · future London · Britain · post-collapse society · authoritarian state · wartime society · apocalyptic future
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Distance: 0.1350
In a collapsing future London, a sheltered teen boards her father’s survival ship and questions its promised utopia.
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Setting labels: future London · dystopian London · post collapse · post apocalyptic world · ship setting · open sea · near future · alternate future · ruined city · contained community
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Distance: 0.1405
An indentured detective on future Earth investigates a cult leader’s murder and uncovers a conspiracy tied to his past.
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Setting labels: future Earth · near future · dystopian future · corporatized society · cyberpunk future · surveilled society · London · England · Europe · rural commune · hotel crime scene
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Distance: 0.1422
In a cyberpunk future, tangled lives, fake identities, and an AI-driven conspiracy pull several outsiders toward collision.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · cyberspace · globalized world · urban future · Sprawl · London · Japan · New Jersey
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Distance: 0.1436
A teen who sees death dates and a girl haunted by a nightmare race to stop a near-future catastrophe in London.
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Setting labels: near future · futuristic dystopia · London · Britain · surveillance state · flooded world · post-flood society · totalitarian future
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Distance: 0.1442
A hyper-intelligent engineered analyst in a controlled near-future society starts questioning her role, freedom, and humanity.
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Setting labels: near future · late 21st century · England · Manchester · dystopian future · climate change · corporate society · regulated enclaves · office world · alternate future
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Distance: 0.1461
A future oral history of how collapse, revolt, and mutual aid built a post-capitalist New York commune.
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Setting labels: near future · late 21st century · future New York City · post-capitalist world · post-revolutionary world · global collapse · climate catastrophe · civil war · commune society · post-apocalyptic setting
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Distance: 0.1465
In a fear-only future, a fugitive discovers blood that restores emotion and may awaken all humanity.
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Setting labels: future earth · post-apocalyptic world · medieval future · alternate future · dystopian society · archaic society · capital city · Rome-derived future city · Byzantium
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Distance: 0.1465
A surrogate pregnancy becomes a secret bioethical experiment that forces a family to confront otherness, power, and humanity.
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Setting labels: near future · 2030 · 2056 · New York · London · Scottish Highlands · future society · alternate future · post-climate-change · technologically advanced
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Distance: 0.1465
