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Similar in premise + setting

These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Crocodile Tears. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: murder investigation, suspect romance, detective suspect, forbidden attraction, grief aftermath, indentured servitude, dystopian survival, hidden secrets, power imbalance, climate collapse

Setting labels used: near future, London, 2095, post-apocalyptic, flooded world, submerged cities, drowned world, future Britain, climate collapse, indentured society

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.

Cover of Earthflown by Frances  Wren

Earthflown

Frances Wren · 2024 · The Anatomy of Water

In flooded near-future London, a healer, a journalist, and a pharma heir get pulled into water politics, secrets, and romance.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1840

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After Atlas

Emma Newman · 2016 · Planetfall

An indentured detective on future Earth investigates a cult leader’s murder and uncovers a conspiracy tied to his past.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1843

Cover of Mindstar Rising by Peter F. Hamilton

Mindstar Rising

Peter F. Hamilton · 1997 · Greg Mandel

A psi-enhanced ex-soldier investigates sabotage at a megacorp in a climate-changed, near-future Britain.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1929

Cover of Τι είδε η γυναίκα του Λωτ; by Ιωάννα Μπουραζοπούλου

Τι είδε η γυναίκα του Λωτ;

Ιωάννα Μπουραζοπούλου, Ioanna Bourazopoulou · 2007

In a flooded future, a corporate colony’s secrets surface through six letters and a crossword-like decoding game.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1933

Cover of Quarantine by Greg Egan

Quarantine

Greg Egan · 1995

A bio-enhanced PI hunts a vanished woman in a quarantined solar system and stumbles into a reality-bending quantum mystery.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1937

Cover of We Hear Voices by Evie Green

We Hear Voices

Evie Green · 2020

In a near-future pandemic-stricken London, a mother must protect her son after his recovery brings back something unseen and dangerous.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1954

Cover of The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray

The Last Day

Andrew Hunter Murray · 2020

In a near-future Britain, a scientist is dragged into a government secret after Earth’s rotation stops and chaos spreads.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1976

Cover of The Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah

The Light at the Bottom of the World

London Shah · 2021 · Light the Abyss

In a flooded future London, a teen racer enters a deadly underwater marathon to win her father’s freedom and expose the truth.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2011

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The Chaos

Rachel Ward · 2010 · Num8ers

A teen who sees death dates and a girl haunted by a nightmare race to stop a near-future catastrophe in London.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2030

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Flashback

Dan Simmons · 2011

In a collapsing near-future America, a flashback-addicted ex-cop is hired to reopen a long-unsolved murder.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2056

Cover of The Moonday Letters by Emmi Itäranta

The Moonday Letters

Emmi Itäranta · 2022

A healer on a ravaged future Earth hunts for her vanished spouse across the colonized solar system.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2062

Cover of An Ocean Apart by Jill Tew

An Ocean Apart

Jill Tew · 2025

In a flooded future, a girl infiltrates a luxury dating contest to steal back her community’s future—until love complicates the mission.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2064