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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Memory Collectors.
Setting labels used: Ventura, California, Southern California, Pacific Coast Highway, near-future, 2028, 2025, coastal town, present and past
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In a collapsing near-future America, a teenage girl journals her way toward survival, faith, and a new community.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 2024 · 2025 · 2027 · California · Los Angeles · Southern California · walled community · gated community · post-collapse America · near-future USA · climate-affected future
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Distance: 0.2024
A bike messenger and a fired security man are drawn into a near-future California chase over high-tech glasses.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · California · San Francisco Bay Area · Los Angeles · Bay Bridge community · post-earthquake · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic · alternate future
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Distance: 0.2178
A wealthy young clone wakes accused of murder and races to uncover the truth about his memory gaps and family trauma.
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Setting labels: near future · Los Angeles · southern California · Salton Sea · dystopian future · climate-altered future
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Distance: 0.2217
In a near-future California, a teen inherits a house and joins the fight to house climate refugees amid political backlash.
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Setting labels: near future · 2050s · Burbank · Southern California · California · United States · post-climate-crisis · alternative future · high-tech future · urban redevelopment
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Distance: 0.2268
In a drought-ravaged near-future California, two holdouts flee with a child across a shifting desert toward uncertain refuge.
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Setting labels: near future · southern California · American Southwest · post-apocalyptic · desert wasteland · sand sea · abandoned mansion · relocation camps
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Distance: 0.2328
In a near-future America, an undocumented teen must cross a surveilled country with her brother to reach sanctuary.
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Setting labels: near future · 2032 · United States · Vermont · California · border wall · surveillance society · post-secession California · near-future America · countrywide transit
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Distance: 0.2381
A driver on a lonely highway becomes locked in a terrifying, high-speed pursuit with a relentless truck.
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Setting labels: open highway · road trip · desert road · California highway · cross-country travel · near future · 1950s SF
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Distance: 0.2402
When California’s water supply suddenly fails, a teen and her family must survive a desperate scramble for water.
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Setting labels: Southern California · California · suburban neighborhood · near future · present-day adjacent · dystopian future · apocalypse · resource-scarce world · real-world setting · urban breakdown
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Distance: 0.2432
Two women across decades join a covert time-war over history, feminism, and who gets to shape the future.
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Setting labels: 1992 California · 2022 future · alternate history · shared-time travel world · late 19th century · punk scene · historical past · near future
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Distance: 0.2437
A screenwriter’s discarded script opens into a savage post-nuclear vision of a ruined America ruled by fear and cult belief.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · California · Southern California · Los Angeles · New Zealand · 21st century · after nuclear war · ruined civilization
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Distance: 0.2442
In 2043, Black Americans claim underwater reparations and face violent resistance as body-modified settlers arrive below the waves.
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Setting labels: near future · 2043 · South Carolina coast · undersea city · coastal underwater land · dystopian future · flooded world · Black community
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Distance: 0.2453
A desert roadside kidnapping pulls a family into an alien-infected colony where survival and consent collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: California desert · Mojave Desert · near future · 2021 · post-apocalyptic future · collapsed society · enclaves · isolated ranch · lawless roads · American Southwest
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2460
