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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Ex Machina, Vol. 4: March to War.
Setting labels used: alternate history, post-9/11 New York, New York City, Iraq War era, political thriller setting, near-real-world setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A superhero-turned-mayor navigates city crises, hidden pasts, and a city full of secrets in alternate New York.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day real world · alternate New York City · post-9/11 · early 2000s · urban setting · alternate history · city politics
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1078
A retired superhero turned New York mayor navigates politics, mystery, and the fallout of post-9/11 America.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · modern-day world · post-9/11 · early 2000s · alternate reality · contemporary America · urban political setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1178
A traumatized alien intermediary and a journalist race to argue for extraterrestrial personhood as Earth destabilizes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · recent past · Earth · United States · government facility · political thriller backdrop · post-first-contact world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1383
A covert anti-superhero team digs into the secret history of corporate-made heroes while new loyalties and rivalries ignite.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · contemporary America · New York City · United States · post-9/11 · Cold War era · World War II era · Vietnam War era · corporate world · superhero world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1628
A young New Yorker becomes tied to a tattoo machine that exposes hidden truths, then faces its fallout over decades.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · 1960s · 1990s · 2000s · near future · alternate history · post-9/11 · urban · counterculture · apartment setting · real-world history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1704
A flashback-heavy installment uncovers the hidden origins of The Boys and the supers, while tensions race toward war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · World War II · post-war era · contemporary period · United States · military setting · spy world · corporate America · superhuman reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1739
In a collapsing alternate America, rival powers converge as Death closes in on his son and the apocalypse escalates.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · post-Civil War America · apocalyptic future · dystopian world · mythic reality · western setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1792
Secrets, alliances, and betrayals tighten the noose as the nations of an apocalyptic America move toward Armageddon.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · post-Civil War America · apocalyptic world · dystopian future · multiple nations · machine city · western landscape · mythic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1797
During an alien invasion of New York, a teen discovers telekinetic powers and must choose how to fight.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Harlem · Financial District · urban invasion · contemporary Earth · near-future alien war
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1830
A murdered masked hero pulls a retired vigilante into a paranoid investigation in a dark alternate-history superhero world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · Cold War · 1980s · New York City · nuclear tension · superhero world · dystopian atmosphere
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1842
An alternate-history war story where a child holds launch codes in her body, forcing leaders to confront the cost of power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · war-torn nation · nuclear age · near-future feel · dystopian society · political court
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1908
A hidden future-viewing device pulls two fugitives into a desperate race to stop an apocalypse before it arrives.
Why this is here
Setting labels: present day · near future · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic future · Washington, D.C. · New York City · global stakes · alternate timeline
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1911
